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Mexico expects formal USMCA talks to start week of May 25

Mexico's economy minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Monday that formal negotiations to review the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact, known as the USMCA, are due to begin the week of May 25."Tomorrow and this afternoon we will hear the U.S. side’s views. Once that is done, we will move on to the next phase, which is formal negotiations. We expect formal negotiations to begin the week of May 25," Ebrard said following a meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. This would be the second USMCA round of talks, following a first round held in Washington last month. (Reporting by Emily Green

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Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO and hand reins over to the iPhone maker's hardware leader

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US Justice Department demands 2024 Detroit-area ballots in latest move for local election records

The U.S. Department of Justice has demanded that Michigan's Wayne County turn over all its ballots from the 2024 election just weeks after it made similar requests in Georgia and Arizona. The earlier requests were for ballots and other records from 2020, the presidential election President Donald Trump lost, while the fresh request is for the last round of voting in a swing state Trump won. The letter, from the head of the department's Civil Rights Division, appears to be a widening of Trump's grievances over his false claims that widespread fraud c

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving Trump's Cabinet after abuse of power allegations

Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as Labor secretary

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Morningstar considers revamping index construction ahead of SpaceX IPO

Investment research and analysis provider Morningstar Inc. is the latest index provider to consider revising its approach to designing its market indexes in light of SpaceX's outsize pending initial public offering.Elon Musk's space transportation and exploration business is on track to issue as much as $75 billion of stock in an initial public offering that could value the company at $1.75 trillion, making it by far the largest IPO ever recorded and raising unprecedented challenges for investors about how and whether to add it to their portfolios.Morningstar, eyeing not only the pending Spac

US low-cost airlines seek temporary tax relief to address soaring fuel costs

Alaska Air pulls 2026 profit forecast amid fuel costs related uncertainty

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Vance has not yet left for Iran talks in Pakistan, source says

Vice President JD Vance is still in the United States and has not yet departed for Pakistan, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, as prospects for a second round of negotiations with Iran remain unclear.President Donald Trump has said he would send a U.S. delegation to Pakistan for additional talks before a ceasefire is set to expire in the coming days. Iran is considering attending the peace talks, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday, but no decision had been made.A second source familiar with the matter said the U.S. delegation has not departed yet, but plans to tra

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Alarms sound in the cockpit as two Southwest jets fly dangerously close near Nashville International Airport

Two Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s had to make evasive maneuvers on Saturday at Nashville International Airport after collision alarms in the cockpit warned the pilots the planes were too close together.Southwest Flight 507 from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was landing in gusty winds at the same time Southwest Flight 1152 was departing from one of Nashville’s parallel runways, according to the airline.When Flight 507 aborted the landing as a precaution, the plane was instructed to turn right, in the direction of the other jet that was taking off.“The crew… received instructions from air

Michigan refuses Trump administration demand for 2024 election ballots

FBI director Kash Patel files $250M defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic

Psychedelic drug developers rally after Trump orders FDA to expedite reviews

Shares of psychedelic drug developers rose on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing health regulators to speed up reviews of psychedelic treatments and increased federal funding for their research.Shares of AtaiBeckley jumped 28% in morning trading, while Compass Pathways climbed 37%, Enveric BioSciences surged 140% and GH Research rose 24%. Definium Therapeutics gained 4% while U.S.‑listed shares of Cybin were up about 5%.The executive order, issued on Saturday, requires the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to fast-track reviews of psychedelic compo

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Pinwheels and the ‘lobster district’: How Virginia Democrats drew up a US House map to all but lock out Republicans

Virginia Democrats hope the new congressional map they’re asking voters to approve Tuesday will flip four Republican House districts, delivering 10 of 11 seats in a state former Vice President Kamala Harris won with just 52% of the vote in 2024.Here’s how they drew it up.The plan dramatically reworks entire sections of the state, slicing up deep blue districts in the Washington, DC, suburbs and around Richmond, and creates a new district running along the Blue Ridge Mountains that connects liberal cities.Virginia’s current map, which was drawn by a pair of court-appointed redistricting e

Michigan attorney general rejects Trump administration ballot request amid broader push to challenge elections

Man kills 7 of his children plus another child in shooting in Louisiana neighborhood

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Israel, Lebanon to hold second round of talks in Washington on Thursday

Israeli and Lebanese representatives will hold talks in Washington on Thursday, a U.S. State Department spokesperson and an Israeli source speaking on the condition of anonymity told Reuters on Monday.The U.S. will host the second round of ambassador-level talks between the two countries at the Department of State, the State Department spokesperson said. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted the first round of talks between Israeli ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter and Lebanon's ambassador to Washington Nada Moawad - the first direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in decad

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Gunman opens fire at Mexico’s Teotihuacan pyramids, killing Canadian and injuring others, government says

A shooting at Mexico’s Teotihuacán pyramids has left at least one person dead and several people injured, Mexico’s security cabinet said Monday.According to preliminary information, a man fired shots at the popular archaeological site, killing a Canadian woman, before taking his own life, the cabinet said on X.Authorities say they have seized a firearm, a bladed weapon and live cartridges at the site.At least six people were injured – four by firearm and two by falling – and are receiving medical attention, the State of Mexico said.Among the wounded are two Colombian nationals, one Ca

Injured Alcaraz waits on wrist tests as the French Open clock ticks

Planned fight near North Carolina middle school erupts into shooting, killing 2 teens and wounding 5, police say

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Russian blogger whose angry appeal to Putin went viral hits back after state TV attack

A celebrity blogger whose sharp criticism of the authorities has been watched by tens of millions of Russians has hit back after one of state TV's best-known political presenters accused her of working for the West and called for her to be investigated. Vladimir Solovyov, a fiery talk show host sanctioned by the West over his vocal support for the war in Ukraine, launched a vitriolic weekend attack on Victoria Bonya live on air, mixing personal insults about her appearance with accusations that she is part of a shadowy Western plot to undermine the Kremlin. Bonya, who lives in Monaco

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Chimpanzees in Uganda are in a ‘civil war,’ and researchers are unsure how it will end

Aaron Sandel can pinpoint when it all started.The codirector of the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project had been observing a group of apes on June 24, 2015, in Uganda’s Kibale National Park, where the project is located, when he suddenly noticed the chimps fall silent. Several began grimacing, a facial expression indicating they were nervous. Others started touching each other for reassurance.In the distance, more chimps could be heard, but it wasn’t anything unusual. For at least two decades, the Ngogo chimpanzees had formed a considerably large community, with more than 200 individuals living toget