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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, met Monday with Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley and invited her administration to invest in energy production in the South American country. Rodríguez arrived in Barbados late Sunday, marking her second official visit to a Caribbean island in recent weeks after visiting Grenada on April 9. Mottley and Rodríguez met in the capital of Bridgetown for bilateral talks that centered on topics including energy sector cooperation, according to the two leaders who held a joint press conference but did not take questions. Venezuela invited Barbados to invest in oil and gas exploration,…

Moments after the head of the White House Correspondents Association welcomed President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump to its annual dinner to celebrate journalism on Saturday evening, gunshots sounded outside the doors of the Washington Hilton Hotel’s International Ballroom.Within seconds, the festive occasion attended by more than 2,000 journalists, government officials and other newsmakers erupted in chaos, as Secret Service agents hustled Trump and the first lady off stage.First Lady Melania Trump and U.S. President Donald Trump attend the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner, April 25, 2026, in Washington, DC.Nathan Howard/Getty ImagesUnbeknownst to those inside the ballroom,…

The 2026 Kentucky Derby is wide open with no clear lock. Nearly half the field sits within easy striking distance of the top contenders as the big race draws closer to its Saturday, May 2 showdown at Churchill Downs, which has a 6:57 p.m. ET post time. Following Saturday’s post draw, Renegade, who drew the inside rail, sits atop the 2026 Kentucky Derby odds board as the 4-1 morning-line favorite, but several strong challengers are close behind.Further Ado is 6-1 and Commandment are 6-1, with Chief Wallabee at 8-1 and The Puma at 10-1. Other 2026 Kentucky Derby contenders include So…

Donald Trump is once again going after Jimmy Kimmel, this time demanding that the comedian be fired over a White House Correspondents’ Dinner parody, which the president seemed to suggest foreshadowed the security incident that led to an evacuation during the actual event. Last week, Kimmel hosted his own “alternate” gala on Jimmy Kimmel Live in which he delivered a “monologue” for a fake audience that included Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. The bit was prompted by the fact that Trump had declined to enlist a comedian to helm the event — as is customary — and instead give…

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The United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States, Christian Turner, has called the four-day visit by King Charles III to the US an effort to “renew and revitalise a unique friendship” between the two allies.The visit, which began on Monday, comes at a tense period in US-UK relations as US President Donald Trump continues to publicly criticise British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his stance on the US-Israeli war on Iran, accusing him of not assisting Washington in the fight against Iran or helping the US reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listDays after…

Alexandra Daddario is ready to step into one of the most iconic roles in comic book history. In a recent conversation with Screen Rant, the actress shared that she would love the opportunity to play Wonder Woman in the evolving DCU. Daddario’s interest in the role instantly caught the attention of fans, many of whom have already started imagining what her version of Diana Prince could look like. Known for her commanding screen presence and emotional range, she has built a career that blends intensity with vulnerability, two traits that define Wonder Woman at her core. She also made it…

Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. New hair loss data for a sort of amped-up minoxidil is looking very plush. Also Astellas is reentering the clinic with a next-generation gene therapy for XLMTM and Intellia’s CRISPR therapy for hereditary angioedema impresses. The need-to-know this morning Eli Lilly said it is buying Ajax Therapeutics, a privately held developer of blood cancer drugs, for as much as $2.3 billion. Ajax’s lead medicine is a next-generation JAK2 inhibitor currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 study in patients with…

Naoya Inoue is set for an iconic battle with Junto Nakatani this weekend, in what will be the biggest fight in Japanese boxing history. Following that potentially legacy-defining bout, ‘The Monster’ wants another major match-up.Inoue has ruled in four weight divisions and had been linked with a featherweight debut if successful in defending his undisputed super-bantamweight crown against Nakatani on Saturday.However, the 32-year-old has revealed that his clash with Nakatani will be his penultimate one at 122lbs, with plans to stick around for one more fight in the division despite appearing to have cleaned it out.As a result, rumours have…