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Police in Pakistan arrest hundreds of Imran Khan's supporters, Trump is ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $5 million in a sexual abuse lawsuit, and investors await a key reading on US inflation.

Plus, how El Chapo’s sons built a fentanyl empire poisoning America.

By Edson Caldas

Today's Top News

People walk past a public bus, which was set afire by Khan's supporters during a protest against his arrest, in Karachi, Pakistan. May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

AROUND THE WORLD

Police in Pakistan have arrested hundreds of supporters of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan for violence, authorities said, deepening a political crisis in the country. Khan was arrested on Tuesday by Pakistan's anti-corruption agency. We have an explainer on his case, and the Reuters World News podcast dives into what is at stake as violence sweeps the nation.
Fighting in Sudan's capital escalated with fierce clashes and air strikes, as delegations of rival military factions continued talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at securing a ceasefire and humanitarian relief. We look back at how Sudan's paramilitary forces took parts of Khartoum and stormed the army chief's quarters in the first hours of the conflict that erupted on April 15.
EU states hold a discussion today on proposed sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine that would target Chinese and Iranian firms and allow export curbs on third countries for busting trade restrictions. Talks are set to be heated, according to one diplomat, with Russia hawks upset the plan doesn't go far enough but others wary of damaging their international ties. Follow the latest on the war.

US NEWS

Donald Trump must pay $5 million in damages for sexually abusing magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defaming her by branding her a liar, a jury decided. The former US president will appeal, his lawyer Joseph Tacopina told reporters outside the Manhattan federal courthouse.
Joe Biden plans to make the case that Congress needs to move quickly to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling in a visit to a House district that Republicans won by a narrow margin in November. His trip comes the day after he met with top Republican and Democratic lawmakers to try to avoid a historic default.
The man who shot eight people to death at a Dallas-area shopping mall over the weekend harbored neo-Nazi sympathies but appeared to have targeted his victims at random, without regard for race, age or sex, Texas law enforcement officials said.

Business & Markets

Investors await the April US consumer price data, due at 1230 GMT. Economists expect the headline CPI to hold steady at an annual 5% and core CPI to moderate very slightly to 5.5%, though anything stickier could confound bets interest rates will fall.
India's Go First was granted bankruptcy protection, bolstering the airline's chances of getting back on its feet, but lessors are expected to mount legal challenges to repossess planes. The low-cost carrier was plunged into financial crisis, sparked by what it called "faulty" Pratt & Whitney engines. We took a look at the engine dispute at the heart of Go First's bankruptcy filing.
Shifting travel patterns by consumers in a post-pandemic world are forcing airlines to guess at what is the "new normal" as they seek to adjust by cutting flights, revamping networks and packing even more passengers into planes.
Some of Britain's top finance executives, fearful London is losing out to New York and rival European cities, are pressing the government to broaden an array of reforms aimed at attracting big-ticket corporate listings.
People in China splashed out on dining, travel and luxury goods after emerging from three years of pandemic restrictions but are still not spending freely on routine consumer items, if first-quarter corporate results are an indication.

How El Chapo’s sons built a fentanyl empire poisoning America

Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is escorted by soldiers on January 8, 2016. While he has been locked up in a US prison, his sons have assumed his mantle. REUTERS/Henry Romero

Collectively known as Los Chapitos, or “the little Chapos,” the four siblings were once mocked by adversaries as entitled princelings more concerned with flashing their wealth on Instagram than the grubby work of moving tons of cocaine into the United States. Yet this Reuters Special Report shows how the brothers have resuscitated a drug empire teetering after their father was locked behind US bars and diversified the business by embracing a new line of synthetic drugs.

And Finally...

Buddy Holly celebrates after winning the best in show competition during the 147th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

A good boy. A petit basset griffon Vendeen named Buddy Holly won best of show in the 147th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, beating out more than 3,000 dogs from 210 breeds and varieties to claim the most prestigious such US prize.

Read more: Dog named Buddy Holly is first of its breed to win Westminster show
And see more: Our gallery with scenes from the competition

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