
May 29 - Every week, Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from around the world.
Below are some stories from this week selected by our editors, as well as explanatory context and background to help you understand world headlines. For a full schedule of news and events, please go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect.
Tools made of whale bones reveal inventiveness of prehistoric people
Artifacts found at archeological sites in France and Spain along the Bay of Biscay shoreline show that humans have been crafting tools from whale bones for over 20,000 years ago, illustrating anew the resourcefulness of prehistoric people. (SCIENCE-TOOLS/ (PIX), 766 words) nL1N3RU1AQ
Trump's trade war imperils Spanish hatmaker's business with US Orthodox Jews
SEVILLE, Spain - A Spanish hatmaker warned that a 40-year tradition of supplying felt hats to Orthodox Jews in the United States risked becoming a casualty in President Donald Trump's trade war. (USA-TRUMP/TARIFFS-SPAIN (TV, PIX), 315 words) nL2N3RY065
Garage meets and sleepless flights: How Nippon Steel's negotiator stuck at US merger
TOKYO - Snow lay thick in the Pittsburgh suburbs as Takahiro Mori, a bespectacled, 67-year-old executive from Japan's Nippon Steel, huddled in a cluttered garage with community leaders to reassure them he was not giving up on a bid to buy the town's steel mill. (U.S. STEEL-M&A/NIPPON STEEL-NEGOTIATOR (PIX), 827 words) nL3N3RY0EM
Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio join martial arts forces in 'Karate Kid: Legends'
LONDON - Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio blend fighting techniques to train a new karate kid in the latest installment of the martial arts movie franchise. (FILM-KARATE KID LEGENDS/INTERVIEWS (TV, PIX), 409 words) nL8N3RV166
Motor racing's Albon buys Russell dinner after Monaco strategy block
MONACO - Williams driver Alex Albon paid a price for keeping George Russell out of the points in Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix - the bill for dinner with his Mercedes friend and rival. (MOTOR-F1-MONACO/ (PIX), 298 words) nL3N3RY0JC
Tennis' Griekspoor finds friendship during awkward waits in anti-doping process
PARIS - Dutch tennis player Tallon Griekspoor said he had formed an unexpected bond in the awkward moments of the sport's anti-doping process after striking a friendship with an official while waiting for the urge to pee into sample containers. (TENNIS-FRENCHOPEN/ (PIX, TV), 471 words) nL3N3RZ0H9
Old Friends, New Goals: Messi joins Suarez in Uruguayan soccer club venture
From their glory days at Barcelona to reuniting at Inter Miami, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez have now brought their enduring partnership into a new chapter, co-founding Deportivo LSM, a club set to compete in professional Uruguayan football. (SOCCER-URUGUAY/SUAREZ (PIX), 385 words) nL2N3RZ0VL
French Open's 'Merci Rafa' T-shirts resurface online at sky-high prices
PARIS - French Open organisers handed out 10,000 brick-red T-shirts for Sunday's tribute to 14-times Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal on Monday and while most people took the souvenir home, several have tried to sell them online for up to 500 euros. (TENNIS-FRENCHOPEN/ (PIX), 165 words) nL2N3RY08T
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