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Exclusive-Qataris search for bodies of Americans killed by Islamic State in Syria
(Reuters) - A Qatari mission has begun searching for the remains of U.S. hostages killed by Islamic State in Syria a decade ago, two sources briefed on the mission said, reviving a longstanding effort to recover their bodies.
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Pakistan minister denies nuclear body meeting after offensive launched on India
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said no meeting of the National Command Authority, the top military and civil body overseeing the country's nuclear arsenal, had been scheduled following a military operation against India that took place early on Saturday.
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Canada's unemployment rate rises to 6.9 pct
OTTAWA, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Canada's unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 6.9 percent in April, following an increase of 0.1 percentage points in March, Statistics Canada said Friday.
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U.S. stocks close mixed ahead of U.S.-China trade talks
NEW YORK, May 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks finished mixed on Friday as markets digested the fresh comments from U.S. President Donald Trump about future trade deals and the potential for a tariff reduction on Chinese goods ahead of this weekend's high-stakes negotiations.
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1 missing after ship capsizes near U.S. Pacific Northwest coast
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9 (Xinhua) -- One person was missing after a ship capsized near Grays Harbor County's Westport, U.S. Washington state, according to the United States Coast Guard.
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U.S. Southern California braces for rare heat wave
LOS ANGELES, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Southern California is bracing for a rare heat wave this weekend, with the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) forecasting the highest temperatures of the year from Friday through Sunday.
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Roundup: U.S. measles cases top 1,000 in 2025, highest level in 6 years
by Xinhua writer Tan Jingjing
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In Peru's north, locals remember Pope Leo driving pick-up, playing tennis
CHICLAYO, Peru (Reuters) -The small city of Chiclayo in northern Peru was bustling with excitement on Friday, with businesses and locals sharing photos, memories and stories about its most famous former resident: Pope Leo XIV.
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Warm American welcome for new pope masks US church's deep divide
(Reuters) - As Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, he spoke a few words in English. It was a reminder - if anyone needed one - that a baseball fan who hails from Chicago was now leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Türkiye signs gas supply deal with Syria: report
DAMASCUS, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye inked a gas supply deal with Syria on Friday, agreeing to provide six million cubic meters of natural gas daily for its neighbor country, Syria's state-run SANA news agency reported.
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Exclusive-Iran to send Russia launchers for short-range missiles, sources say
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Iran is preparing to deliver in the near future launchers for short-range ballistic missiles that the U.S. said Tehran sent to Russia last year for use against Ukraine, according to two Western security officials and a regional official.
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U.S. reports over 1,000 measles cases so far in 2025
LOS ANGELES, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The United States has reported more than 1,000 measles cases so far in 2025, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday.
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U.S. dollar ticks down
NEW YORK, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar fell in late trading on Friday.
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China to resolutely safeguard development interests: commerce minister
MOSCOW, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao has said that China firmly opposes the abuse of the so-called "reciprocal tariffs" by the United States, and will resolutely safeguard its legitimate development interests.
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Malta becomes Europe's largest ship registry
VALLETTA, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Malta's ship registry had over 10,000 ships registered by the end of the first quarter of the year, making it the largest ship registry in Europe and the sixth largest in the world, the Transport Ministry said on Friday.
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Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender died at 103
BERLIN, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender died at the age of 103 on Friday, according to German media reports.
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Gunmen kill 30 travellers in Nigeria's unstable southeast, Amnesty says
LAGOS (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead at least 30 travellers in an attack in Nigeria's southeastern Imo state, Amnesty International said on Friday, raising fresh concerns about violence in a region rife with insecurity.
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Dutch national library appeals to public over theft of rare books
THE HAGUE, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The National Library of the Netherlands (KB) in The Hague is appealing to the public for help in locating six rare books by Russian poet Alexander Pushkin that were stolen from its collection in 2023, the KB announced on Friday.
