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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space firm Blue Origin is scheduled on Sunday to launch its first crew of humans to the edge of space since the company's suborbital New Shepard rocket was grounded in 2022, resuming its space tourism business.

Six people seated in a capsule atop Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket were expected to liftoff sometime from 9:30 a.m. ET from the company's Van Horn, Texas launch facilities.

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By Trevor Hunnicutt

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Joe Biden on Sunday delivers a commencement address at Morehouse College, a venue offering the U.S. president an election-year opportunity to address anger over his support for Israel and to repair bonds with young Black men.

Israel's invasion of Gaza in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, youth discontent with the Democratic incumbent and a close 2024 race have contributed to an unusually high... (continue reading...)

By Stephanie Kelly

(Reuters) - Republicans paint independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr as a radical liberal, and Democrats say he is being financed and manipulated by right-wing donors to hurt U.S. President Joe Biden's reelection bid. But interviews with Kennedy supporters show they are not interested in labels, especially those prescribed by the major political parties they have left behind.

Kennedy is drawing... (continue reading...)

KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russian air strikes killed at least four and injured eight others in Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv on Sunday, local officials said.

Reuters correspondents at the scene of the strike saw a recreation area destroyed after what rescuers at the scene said was a powerful blast, followed by a second, "double tap" strike about fifteen minutes later.

A man's corpse lay under the rubble of what just over an... (continue reading...)

KABUL (Reuters) - At least 47 people have died after continued heavy rain and flooding in northern Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday, a day after a similar number were killed in a central province.

Shamsudden Mohammedi, head of the information department for Faryab province in the north, told Reuters at least 300 hundred houses were destroyed, based on initial reports.

On Saturday, at least 50 died in the central province... (continue reading...)