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Smucker swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $388.1 million, or $3.64 a share, from a loss a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

A Somali embassy official in Nairobi told the BBC that Artan's diplomatic passport had been issued specifically to ease his travel after earlier visa difficulties.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Brussels said the fee offered earlier this year "at first sight" was "in practice equivalent to the previous access ban".

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance trust fund is now expected to be depleted in 2032, earlier than last year’s forecast of 2033.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

It was one of the rooms he’d accidentally stumbled into earlier.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova