Hungary’s prime minister sought to bring down the temperature on spiraling tensions between his government and the United States, declaring Friday that the U.S. is Hungary’s “friend”, despite sanctions Washington imposed on a Budapest-based Russian bank.

In an interview on state radio, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the International Investment Bank, a Russian-controlled financial institution which the U.S. officials have argued could serve as a conduit for Russian espionage, “could have played a serious role in developing central European economies.”

One of Florida’s busiest airports announced plans to reopen Friday morning, two days after an unprecedented deluge left planes and travelers stranded and turned Fort Lauderdale’s streets into rivers.

Officials at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport completed final inspections after sunrise Friday and said in a tweet that operations would resume at 9 a.m.

Unitedhealth beat first-quarter forecasts and hiked its 2023 guidance for the first time, pushed in part by more growth from its optum care segment.

The health care giant said Friday that revenue jumped 25% from its optum segment, which provides care and manages prescription drug benefits. Operating earnings from that part of the business also grew 19% to $3.7 billion.

Emma Franceschi can be reached at fran3636@stthomas.edu