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We wrap up President Trump’s visit to China.

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Finland is the favorite for prediction markets and bookmakers, but singers from Australia, Denmark, Greece and Israel are coming for the title, too.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.

Mounting inflation fears, geopolitical tension and ongoing uncertainty around the Iran war has prompted selling pressure across asset classes.

Cerebras Systems' shares were lower in early trading Friday, after its blockbuster stock market debut on Thursday.

Wall Street is coming off yet another positive session, with both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closing at record highs.

It comes just six months after Magnum Ice Cream Company spun off from Unilever to create the world's largest standalone ice cream maker. 

Shortly after 11:00 a.m. in London, the pan-European Stoxx 600 index was seen trading down 1.3%.

The second pipeline project comes as global energy supplies remain under pressure and flows through the Strait of Hormuz remain severely limited

The Greater Manchester mayor faces a messy and bitter by-election battle with Reform UK.

A sixth-form student died following the three meningitis cases in Reading.

Africa's top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported.

Ronda Rousey takes on the role of fighter, trailblazer and promoter with the former UFC champion set to end her 10-year retirement on Saturday when she faces Gina Carano in Los Angeles.

Both Hull and Southampton are selling Championship play-off final tickets despite uncertainty over whether the game will go ahead as scheduled.

After declaring a "new dawn" for Wales, Rhun ap Iorwerth spent the night at the budget hotel chain.

These are the first albums the Canadian rapper has dropped since his beef with Kendrick Lamar escalated in 2024.

Seamus Coleman will finish his Everton playing career at the end of the season, when his contract expires after 17 years at the club.

Callum Turner, Jacob Elordi and Harris Dickinson are among the frontrunners to replace Daniel Craig.

Three more video assistant referee errors are confirmed by the Premier League's Key Match Incidents panel, taking the total number this season to 23.

The Greater Manchester mayor is hoping to return to parliament after a Labour MP stepped down, triggering a byelectionLabour’s deputy leader, Lucy Powell, has backed Andy Burnham’s efforts to return to parliament, saying there will be no attempt to stop the Greater Manchester mayor from fighting an upcoming byelection in Makerfield.Speaking at a Fire Brigades Union conference in Coventry, she saidWe could have further to fall as a party and we absolutely need to come back together as one team, because we’ve got to take the fight to [Nigel] Farage. We are at real risk of Nigel Farage walking up Downing Street in a few years time, and we can’t let that happen.But we’ve got to do our politics differently. We’ve got to end the factionalism. We’ve got to embrace all the different traditions of the Labour party, all the different voices, and bring one team back together. Continue reading...

China calls for ceasefire and opening of seaway, while Donald Trump says Xi feels ‘very similar’ about ending the war in IranTrump in China – latest updatesDonald Trump has claimed that the US and China “feel very similar” about ending the war in Iran but offered no details about a possible breakthrough.The US president was speaking alongside Xi Jinping of China at the Zhongnanhai garden in Beijing on the second and final day of the leaders’ summit. Continue reading...

Large-scale attack on Russian regions and huge oil refinery comes after 24 were killed when missile hit flats in KyivUkraine has launched a large-scale long-range drone attack targeting several regions in Russia including the huge Ryazan oil refinery, after three days of massive strikes by Moscow against Ukraine.Kyiv’s attack on Friday followed a series of drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, including on the capital, Kyiv, where a cruise missile hit an apartment block on Thursday, killing 24 people including three children. Continue reading...

Statement follows speculation party would not field candidate in Makerfield or barely fight seat UK politics live – latest updatesThe Greens are going to campaign for the upcoming Makerfield byelection, complicating Andy Burnham’s potential route back to parliament against what is expected to be a strong Reform UK challenge.A statement from the Greens said candidate selection was in process and that the party had learned from its win in another Greater Manchester seat in February, when they overcame a 13,000 Labour majority in Gorton and Denton. Continue reading...

The death toll included three children, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy saidBack to Ukraine, 36 countries and the European Union have backed plans for the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.It looks like the tribunal, long in the making, is now getting closer to being actually established. Continue reading...

Trump says ‘a lot of good’ has come from summit and ‘we’ve made some fantastic trade deals for both countries’Xi warns Trump of ‘clashes and even conflicts’ with US over TaiwanAnalysis: For anxious Taiwan, Trump’s silence after Xi talks is best possible outcomeJamieson Greer also said US export controls on semiconductor chips were not a major topic of discussions with Chinese officials in Beijing.The US trade representative’s comments to Bloomberg on Friday suggest a breakthrough on selling Nvidia’s advanced H200 chips to China remains far away, Reuters is reporting, despite Nvidia chief Jensen Huang’s last-minute invitation to Donald Trump’s Beijing trip this week.This was not a major topic of discussion at the bilateral meeting. We did not talk about chip export controls at the meeting.”First of all, it’s really important for China to have the strait of Hormuz open – no tolling, no military control. That was clear from the meeting, so we welcome that.With respect to Chinese involvement with Iran, our view is the Chinese are being very pragmatic – they don’t want to be on the wrong side of this. They want to see peace in that area, President Trump wants to see peace in that area, so we have a lot of confidence that they will do what they can to limit any kind of material support for Iran.” Continue reading...

Record heat in North and Central America coincides with egg-sized hailstones in eastern ChinaExtreme weather across several parts of the world this week has brought record-breaking temperatures to Honduras, North America and Indonesia.Honduras smashed its all-time May maximum temperature record earlier this month – only for it to be broken again on 13 May in Choluteca, known as the furnace of Central America. Temperatures climbed to 42.2C (107.9F), surpassing the previous record of 42.1C. With intense heat forecast to persist over the coming weeks, more records are expected to fall. Continue reading...

All victims of US strikes in eastern Pacific and the Caribbean identified so far came from extremely poor communitiesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA five-month investigation has named 13 previously unidentified victims of US attacks on boats allegedly carrying narcotics in a campaign that has killed nearly 200 people in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific.It is unclear if the US has ever identified any of its 194 victims before attacking them, and the names of just three had previously emerged, after their families launched legal cases against the White House. Continue reading...

Homework, social pressure and jobs still keep teens up but now screen time and social media rob their sleepA new study from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health shows that today’s teenagers are sleeping less than ever before.The findings, which appeared in Pediatrics, showed a consistent decline in sleep across every age category. The latest figures revealed record-low sleep levels for all groups, with only 22% of older adolescents saying they slept at least seven hours each night. Continue reading...

Tube stoppages due on two 24-hour periods next week but sources say RMT seeking talksHopes have been raised that next week’s strikes by London Underground drivers could yet be averted, after sources said the RMT union had put out feelers for talks.The RMT members, almost half of London’s tube drivers, are due to strike for two 24-hour periods from midday on Tuesday and Thursday, closing some lines entirely and bringing widespread travel disruption to the capital until the weekend. Continue reading...

Under aviation regulator proposals rival companies would bid to design and build parts of airport expansionBusiness live – latest updatesHeathrow could be forced to allow other companies to design and build its third runway and new terminal after the UK aviation regulator argued that rival bids could keep construction costs down.A long-awaited review by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) proposes changes to the regulatory model that governs how Heathrow runs and covers its costs. Continue reading...

NASA's Psyche asteroid probe will fly within 3,000 miles of Mars on May 15: Here's what to expect  SpaceNASA’s Psyche Mission to Fly by Mars for Gravity Assist  NASA Science (.gov)NASA spacecraft to swing past Mars as it chases rare metal asteroid  PBSNASA's Psyche Is About to Use Mars as a Slingshot to a Rare Metal Asteroid  ScienceAlertNASA spacecraft to make close flyby of Mars  Yahoo

Stock futures fall after Trump-Xi summit ends: Live updates  CNBCStock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures fall as yields rise, Trump-Xi summit ends  Yahoo FinanceDow Set to Open Down as Higher Yields and Oil Prices Spook Markets  Barron's3 things to look out for on Friday  Seeking AlphaStock Market Today: Dow Futures Slip on Hormuz Gloom — Live Updates  WSJ

Reliance-led JioStar has accused Zee Entertainment of unauthorised use of movies

Trump’s visit was celebrated with a state banquet, though it was not quite as lavish as the one he enjoyed in the UK last year

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Kyiv enters day of mourning for victims killed as Russian attacks batter the country’s capital

Samya Stumo, a 24-year-old nonprofit global health worker, was killed in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max jet in Ethiopia

The Trump administration’s move effectively eliminated over 90 per cent of foreign aid contracts

An internal Pentagon email outlined options to punish Nato allies deemed to have not supported Donald Trump’s war in Iran

President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, emphasized stability but announced no major breakthroughs on points of contention like trade, Taiwan and the war in Iran.

China’s leader reached for Greek history to warn the United States of what can happen when a rising power meets an incumbent one.

Larysa Navrotska risks her life to deliver mail, retirement checks and medicine to remote Ukrainian communities under the constant threat of Russian drones from the nearby front line. Her service has become even more crucial than it was before the war.

There has been rampant speculation online about whether the Chinese government changed the transliteration of Marco Rubio’s name to overlook sanctions. But that theory is wrong.

The world's third-largest oil importer announced increased fuel prices and austerity measures due to the energy crisis.

Displacement and violence haunt Palestinian Bedouins, forced from their homes repeatedly since the Nakba of 1948.

The two leaders did not resolve differences on key issues like Iran and Taiwan, despite push to extend truce.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.