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Novo Holdings plans to invest about $200 million in quantum computing startups, especially those focused on life sciences in Scandinavia, to harness the technology's potential to accelerate drug development.

Starbucks lowered its full-year sales forecast after reporting a drop in comparable sales for the first time in almost three years due to weak demand in the US and China, the company's two largest markets.

Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested by New York police after storming Columbia University. They oppose Israel's war in Gaza.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, plans to visit Iran next week to attend a nuclear conference and meet with Iranian officials to overcome the "distance" in the IAEA-Iran relationship.

US climate change diplomat John Podesta will meet with his Chinese counterpart in Washington, DC, in May for bilateral talks on climate change cooperation.

Telegram temporarily disabled official Ukrainian government bots due to a "false positive", but later restored them without providing further details.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he would not resign and promised that everything would change, despite the ongoing investigation into corruption allegations against his wife.

The G7 energy ministers are discussing setting a common target date of 2035 for the closure of coal-fired power plants, a significant step toward the phase-out of fossil fuels.

A bus crash on the outskirts of Mexico City killed 18 people and injured 32 others when it overturned on a highway en route from Guanajuato to Chalma.

Some Chinese companies have resorted to using small banks on the China-russia border, money brokers, and cryptocurrencies for payments in russia because large Chinese banks refuse to finance russian transactions due to US sanctions.

Schools in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday despite the ongoing heatwave and temperatures expected to rise above 40°C.

Nine suspects accused of preparing a violent coup d'état in Germany to overthrow the government and impose martial law will appear in court today.

BMW plans to invest nearly $3 billion in expanding electric vehicle production in Shenyang, China, bringing its total investment in the plant to more than $14 billion by 2026.

The Hamas delegation is expected to meet with Qatari and Egyptian mediators to discuss the possibility of a ceasefire in Gaza.

Pope Francis made his first trip outside of Rome in 7 months, visiting Venice for a day, where he raised issues such as the war in Ukraine, called for negotiated peace and encouraged young people to help others.

Italy is ready to support EU sanctions on russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), as it has diversified its gas supplies and can do without russian gas entirely.

Two journalists, Sergei Karelin and Konstantin Gabov, who worked for Reuters and AP, were detained in russia and accused of collaborating with Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, and face 2 to 6 years in prison for "participation in an extremist organization.

Germany opposes the confiscation of $300 billion in frozen russian assets for Ukraine's reconstruction and military aid, fearing it would set a precedent that could lead to new lawsuits against Germany for World War II crimes.

Israel will increase the amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza by allowing more water, food, construction materials and other aid to flow through the Israeli port of Ashdod and a new crossing point in northern Gaza.

The Iraqi parliament passed a law that provides for punishment for same-sex relations in the form of imprisonment for 10 to 15 years, for propaganda of homosexuality - 7 years in prison, and for transgender transition - 1 to 3 years in prison.

Mercedes-Benz announces that the U. S. Department of Justice has concluded its investigation into the diesel emissions scandal without filing charges against the company.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6. 5 occurred near the Bonin Islands of Japan at a depth of 503.2 km, but no tsunami warning was issued.

The Pentagon has allocated $13 billion to develop a new "doomsday aircraft" called the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) with Sierra Nevada Corp, which is capable of surviving a nuclear war and replacing the current Boeing E-4 Nightwatch.

Russia will look for ways to circumvent EU sanctions on its liquefied natural gas operations, threatening that if it finds them, it will have the opposite effect on European industry.

Turkish President Erdogan's planned visit to the United States was postponed due to a scheduling conflict, but high-level dialogue between the two countries will continue.

The pro-Palestinian group Palestine Legal has filed a federal lawsuit against Columbia University over the mass arrests of anti-war protesters who opposed the war in Gaza.

U. S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken expressed concern about China's support for Russia's defense industry during talks with senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in Beijing, highlighting tensions despite efforts to stabilize relations between the world's largest economies.

The Security Committee of the Swiss Parliament has voted to allocate $5. 5 billion in aid to Ukraine as part of a package of measures aimed at improving Switzerland's defense capabilities.

Oil prices rose moderately amid optimism about stronger US economic growth and concerns about conflicts in the Middle East.

U. S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that direct confiscation of Russian assets is one possibility, but that these assets could also serve as collateral for borrowing to help Ukraine, according to an interview with Reuters.