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'The Fall Guy' gives Hollywood a muted summer kickoff with a $28.5M opening

“The Fall Guy,” the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened with a below-expectations $28.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, providing a lukewarm start to a summer movie season that’s very much to be determined for Hollywood

Cavs center Jarrett Allen is out for Game 7 vs. Magic with rib injury, missing 3rd game in series

Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen will miss Game 7 against Orlando with a painful rib injury that sidelined him for the final three games of the series

Big Oil finds more to love in deepwater exploration fields

By Georgina McCartney HOUSTON (Reuters) - As Big Oil returns this week to the industry's annual showcase for offshore energy projects and equipment in Houston, deepwater discoveries off Guyana,

Aston Villa slips up in race for Champions League after 1-0 loss at Brighton

A bad week has got worse for Aston Villa after a surprise 1-0 loss at Brighton in the race for the top four

Thousands protest against Hungary's Orban in ruling party stronghold

By Boldizsar Gyori DEBRECEN, Hungary (Reuters) - Thousands of Hungarians protested against nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban at a rally on Sunday weeks ahead of European Parliament and local

Los Angeles police make no arrests clearing USC pro-Palestinian encampment

By Rich McKay (Reuters) -Los Angeles police made no arrests on Sunday while clearing a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California, following arrests and turmoil at

Eurovision 2024 begins in Malmo with contestants' walk on 'Turquoise Carpet'

MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Eurovision 2024 began in the Swedish city of Malmo on Sunday when 37 contenders walked the "Turquoise Carpet" amid heightened security and calls for boycotts due to Israel's

Floods in southern Brazil kill at least 60, with 101 people missing

Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 60 people and another 101 are reported missing, according to Sunday’s toll from local authorities

Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch 6 months out from Election Day

It's six months before Election Day, and Joe Biden and Donald Trump are locked in a presidential rematch

China's president arrives in Europe to reinvigorate ties at a time of global tensions

Chinese President Xi Jinping is kicking off a three-country trip to Europe with the continent divided over how to deal with Beijing’s growing power and the U.S.-China rivalry

Hamas armed wing says responsible for Israel-Gaza border crossing attack

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - The armed wing of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, which

IMF says its mission will visit Pakistan this month to discuss new loan

By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) - An International Monetary Fund mission is expected to visit Pakistan this month to discuss a new programme, the lender said on Sunday ahead of Islamabad beginning

Gulf bourses end higher as Fed cut hopes rise

By Md Manzer Hussain (Reuters) - Stock markets in the Gulf ended higher on Sunday, led by the Qatar index, after slowing U.S. jobs growth in April raised hopes of early interest rate cuts by the U.S.

Bangladesh reopens schools as searing temperatures drop

By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Schools in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday and classes were continuing over the weekend after a searing heatwave a week ago that suspended lessons as the country baked in

Ukrainians in embattled east mark third Easter under fire

By Dan Peleschuk KOSTIANTYNIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainians in the embattled east flocked to church on Sunday to mark their third wartime Easter as Russian troops inched closer to threatening some

South Africa inquiry blames authorities for neglect leading to deadly fire

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An inquiry into a fire that killed 77 people in Johannesburg last year blamed neglect by authorities for allowing a building to become a den for guns, murder,

Slowing global economy to mean smaller revenue bump in Australian budget

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Global economic weakness and a slowing domestic economy were among the reasons Australia will report a smaller revenue increase in its federal budget for the year ended June 30

Death toll from rains in southern Brazil climbs to 66, over 100 still missing

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains that have inundated Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 66, local authorities said on Sunday.

Israel says Hamas attacks a crossing point into Gaza, wounding 10 Israelis and forcing its closure

Israel says a major crossing point used to deliver humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip has come under fire by Hamas militants, forcing it to close

Methodists end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles over sexuality for mainline Protestants

When the United Methodist Church removed anti-gay language from its official rules last week, it marked the end of a half-century of debates over LGBTQ inclusion in America's mainline Protestant denominations

A milestone reached in mainline Protestant churches' decades-old disputes over LGBTQ inclusion

The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S. Within these theologically moderate-to-progressive Protestant groups, the decades of wrestling over whether to reaffirm or overturn longstanding anti-LGBTQ+ church policies sowed deep divisions

Hush money, catch and kill and more: A guide to unique terms used at Trump’s New York criminal trial

Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial is full of terms you don’t typically hear in a courtroom

What a judge's gag order on Trump means in his hush money case

Virtually every day of his hush money criminal trial, Donald Trump talks about how he can’t talk about it

Biden has rebuilt the refugee system after Trump-era cuts. What comes next in an election year?

The American refugee program long served as a haven for people fleeing violence around the world

Police surround pro-Palestine student encampment at University of Southern California

Police have surrounded a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California, days before commencement events are set to begin on the Los Angeles campus

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