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Polls closed in Ecuador in what was expected to be a close presidential race between incumbent Daniel Noboa, who says he needs more time to combat drug gangs, and leftist Luisa Gonzalez, whose election would mark a return to the socialist policies that prevailed for a decade reut.rs/4jxboj7

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Josh Shapiro said the governor's residence was set on fire overnight by an arsonist, prompting his family's evacuation reut.rs/4iib2Mh

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The US has deported another 10 people that it alleges are gang members to El Salvador, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, a day before that country's president is due to visit the White House reut.rs/3G8LvaT

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is undergoing surgery, his fifth since being stabbed in the stomach while campaigning in 2018 reut.rs/43SJbii

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Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of a major camp for displaced people in North Darfur after a four-day assault that the government and aid groups say left hundreds dead or wounded reut.rs/3Gmo4e8

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Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar vowed to unlock billions of euros of suspended European Union funding to revive the economy if elected next year, and to hold a referendum on whether Ukraine should join the 27-member bloc reut.rs/3XZi3u6

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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that smartphones, computers and some other electronics, just exempted from steep tariffs on imports from China, would face separate new duties along with semiconductors within the next two months reut.rs/3RLGp6X

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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said the governor's residence was set on fire overnight by an arsonist, prompting his family's evacuation reut.rs/4ji1Vwj

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Britain will not relax its food-safety standards as part of any deal to secure lower tariffs on its exports to the United States, business minister Jonathan Reynolds said reut.rs/4jggC3a

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Pope Francis made a brief appearance in St. Peter's Square after Palm Sunday Mass, greeting the crowd from his wheelchair as he recovers from double pneumonia reut.rs/3RKTnSn

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At only 155 yards, Augusta National's 12th hole is dubbed the toughest in golf by 18-time major winner Jack Nicklaus — a short shot where Masters dreams go to die reut.rs/43NyiOF

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As the Trump administration cracks down on immigration, officials have repeatedly labeled detainees as gang leaders or terrorists, often without providing evidence in court to support those claims reut.rs/3EvfskV

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China has put civilian government officials in Beijing on 'wartime footing' and launched a diplomatic offensive to rally other countries against Donald Trump's tariffs reut.rs/4cs24uu

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At least 21 people were killed and 83 others were wounded by a Russian ballistic missile strike in the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy reut.rs/3G9ZFIT

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Two Israeli missiles hit a building inside a major Gaza hospital, destroying the emergency and reception departments and damaging other structures reut.rs/4lva5TE

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Clashes between pro-government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels reached Goma in east Congo as each side blamed the other for the worst violence in the area's largest city since the rebels seized it in January reut.rs/3XZetAd

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The Australian government pledged to spend A$10 billion ($6.29 billion) on grants and loans to build up to 100,000 homes for would-be home buyers, ahead of a May 3 general election that has housing affordability as a key issue reut.rs/4j8amtW

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Britain said it will expand financing support for exporters by 20 billion pounds ($26 billion), including those affected by US tariffs, in an effort to give them stability and certainty in what it described as a new era of global trade reut.rs/44mQkHx

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Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting has cast doubt on some of the commitments he had made to secure a coalition with the Social Democrats, hinting that his government might not deliver on promises of lower income tax cuts and minimum wage hikes reut.rs/4cvel19

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Thousands of protesters from Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia arrived by buses to attend a rally in Belgrade organised in support of President Aleksandar Vucic, whose grip on power has been threatened by months of anti-corruption protests reut.rs/4j4ljwB

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Harvard University professors are suing to block the Trump administration's review of nearly $9 billion in federal contracts and grants awarded to the Ivy League school as part of a crackdown on what it says is antisemitism on college campuses reut.rs/42uXgA2

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Gabon's coup leader Brice Oligui Nguema looked to cement his grip on power as the oil-producing African nation held a presidential election that analysts expected to be a one-sided affair reut.rs/42c5RZB

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Hamas released a video purportedly of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, who has been held in Gaza since he was captured by Palestinian militants on October 7, 2023 reut.rs/3XXH3BV

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British lawmakers were recalled for an emergency session to vote on legislation aimed at keeping British Steel’s blast furnaces open. The government says full nationalization of the UK’s last producer of virgin steel is increasingly likely reut.rs/3El0DS2

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Several thousand Hungarians mocked right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s moves to ban the annual Pride march by #LGBTQ+ groups, dressing in grey and carrying banners that ironically denounced colors and diversity at a rally in Budapest reut.rs/4lts0Kc

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The US excluded smartphones, computers and other electronics from President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, according to a list published by US Customs and Border Protection reut.rs/42nsV6o

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Samsung’s bet on Vietnam is under pressure. With US #tariffs looming as high as 46%, the country’s biggest investor could face major disruption. 'Vietnam’s success is Samsung’s success,' said chairman Jay Y. Lee reut.rs/4ls8mhN

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Iran and US officials began high-level talks in Oman, aiming to revive stalled negotiations over Tehran’s advancing nuclear program. Trump has threatened military action if no deal is reached reut.rs/44qsxXl

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Lady Gaga returned to a massive audience for the first time in eight years to headline the #Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, dancing with model skeletons, fighting a dancer dressed as a monster and serving up a surprise encore reut.rs/4j3PeoB

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From toy-store managers to concert-venue owners, tariff price hikes are hitting hard. A lip-balm maker forecasts a $5 million jump in costs and a performance hall faces a $140,000 surprise for new seats reut.rs/4jxlaBL

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The Trump administration is aiming high with a goal of 90 trade deals in 90 days. But ending the trade war won’t be easy. Early signs of trouble are already surfacing as global partners brace for impact reut.rs/42tSOS3

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JUST IN: Mangione lawyers ask judge to prevent US prosecutors from seeking death penalty reut.rs/44pNMIP

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WATCH LIVE: White House briefing as China heats up US trade war reut.rs/3RcMA3K

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David Die Dejean is passionate about studying tuna. He landed a dream job at NOAA to pursue his research. By January, he had received a good review and loved working with his colleagues, he said. In mid-February he received an email to vacate the premises within 90 minutes reut.rs/3XTs8Zv

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Five senior members of Hong Kong's Democratic Party, the city's biggest and last remaining major opposition party, say that Chinese officials or middlemen have warned the party to disband or face serious consequences, including possible arrests reut.rs/426y6Zw

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Exclusive: HSBC is preparing a foray into the white-hot market for private credit, five sources with knowledge of the plans said, the latest move by a global bank to get in on the booming sector reut.rs/3Eeruzc

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Morgan Stanley beat first-quarter profit estimates, helped by record equity trading and strong wealth management results reut.rs/3RdWnGQ

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Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu survived being shot 16 times in 2017 and has been arrested on multiple occasions, but now faces an even more grave challenge after being charged with treason, a capital offense, following his calls for electoral reform reut.rs/43Ji4Gd

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Exclusive: Online fast-fashion retailer Shein secured approval from Britain's Financial Conduct Authority for its planned initial public offering in London, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter reut.rs/3E2AO9m

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A seismic swarm that caused 160 quakes in two hours at the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in central Chile earlier this week has put authorities and citizens on alert reut.rs/3FZqy2e

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When Lebanon's civil war erupted 50 years ago this month, its national museum became a flashpoint of its capital's deadly frontline, with militants barricaded among ancient sarcophagi and sniping through historic mosaics. Now, students and tourists roam through its artefacts reut.rs/4j2fT5f

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Italy made its first direct reference to prostitution in the business classification it uses for data collection and tax purposes, the national statistics institute said, including escort services, events and the management of premises reut.rs/4iZIMz7

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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol returned to his private home from the official residence after his removal from office, with crowds of supporters turning out to greet his motorcade reut.rs/4j6onIR

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Trump Tariffs Live: China hits back at US by increasing tariffs to 125%. Follow our live coverage here reut.rs/3G33Ea6

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Hong Kong's main opposition Democratic Party is considering disbanding amid a years-long national security crackdown by China after mass pro-democracy protests in 2019. Here is a timeline of key events in the democratic development of Hong Kong reut.rs/42viGgl

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🔊 Today on the Reuters World News daily podcast: - Markets whipsaw over trade war - China hikes US tariffs to 125% - Beijing targets Hollywood films Listen now reut.rs/4291sGJ

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Global stocks fell and the dollar slid after a brutal week marked by the eruption of an all-out trade war and a bond market selloff that has ignited fears of recession and shaken confidence in US assets reut.rs/42Fxg67

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In just a week, the dollar has gone from a safe haven to investors' whipping boy as US President Donald Trump's chaotic tariffs on friend and foe alike undermine decades of trust in the world's reserve currency reut.rs/4cqlsIe

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