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Voting begins in India's West Bengal state after a national voter list purge
Iran's Revolutionary Guard attacks a third ship in the Strait of Hormuz
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LONDON (AP) – Opponents of smoking got a breath of fresh air as Parliament passed a bill that will put cigarettes out of reach for future generations. “The end of smoking, and the devastating harm it causes, is no longer uncertain – it’s inevitable,” Hazel Cheeseman, chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health said.
Rajnath Singh met with his German counterpart Boris Pistorius in Berlin on Wednesday, as both countries moved to deepen their strategic partnership and expand defence collaboration. During the talks, the two sides signed an agreement outlining a roadmap for defence industrial cooperation.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine is pushing for face-to-face talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyiv’s top diplomat said, presenting a potential summit as a way of injecting new momentum into U.S.-led efforts to end Russia’s more than four-year invasion of its neighbor.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – SpaceX says it has the rights to buy artificial intelligence coding tool Cursor for $60 billion later this year as Elon Musk’s space exploration and AI company looks for ways to compete with rivals Anthropic and OpenAI ahead of a planned Wall Street debut.
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NEW YORK (AP) – Tesla’s profit rose in the first quarter as its car sales rebounded from a sharp slump in 2025. The electric vehicle maker run by billionaire Elon Musk said it earned $477 million in the quarter, up 17% from a year ago. Earnings per share totaled 13 cents.
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LONDON (AP) – Inflation in the U.K. climbed in March after a sharp jump in prices at the petrol pump in the wake of the disruption to energy supplies caused by the Iran war, official figures showed Wednesday.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard attacks a third ship in the Strait of Hormuz, semiofficial Iranian news agencies report. U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. is indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran - a day before it was to expire.
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BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union on Wednesday was on the cusp of approving a massive loan for Ukraine as oil began flowing again through a key pipeline toward Hungary and Slovakia, lifting a major obstacle to approving the funds.
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LONDON (AP) – Opponents of smoking got a breath of fresh air as Parliament passed a bill that will put cigarettes out of reach for future generations. “The end of smoking, and the devastating harm it causes, is no longer uncertain – it’s inevitable,” Hazel Cheeseman, chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health said.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine is pushing for face-to-face talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyiv’s top diplomat said, presenting a potential summit as a way of injecting new momentum into U.S.-led efforts to end Russia’s more than four-year invasion of its neighbor.
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