Battle of billionaires: Musk’s Starlink eyes India, Ambani resists

By Aditya Kalra, Munsif Vengattil and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Elon Musk is eager to bring his Starlink satellite broadband to India, but the world’s richest man faces strong resistance from Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s wealthiest, who runs Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio. Following a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the…

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Ukraine military reports ‘partial success’ in southeast, east fighting

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military on Thursday reported “partial success” in fighting in the southeast and east, where it said its troops were continuing to conduct offensive operations. Kyiv’s forces, which began a military push against Russian forces this month, were reinforcing the positions they reached after attacking towards the southeastern villages of Rivnopil and…

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Explainer-What is the ‘Bridgetown Initiative’ asking for at Paris summit?

PARIS (Reuters) – President Macron hosts a summit in Paris starting Thursday to discuss reform of the world’s multilateral finance institutions in the face of climate change and other development challenges. A key topic of discussion will be suggestions from a groupof developing countries, led by Barbados, dubbed the ‘BridgetownInitiative’. The key demands of the…

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Deadly China blast sparks fears about safety at BBQ restaurants

By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -A gas explosion at a barbecue eatery on Wednesday night in China’s northwestern Ningxia region killed 31, according to state-run Xinhua news agency, in one of the country’s deadliest restaurant blasts in recent years. The explosion at the two-storey establishment sparked discussion on Chinese social media about the safety of…

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Brazil’s Lula says EU should ‘give up’ protectionism to reach Mercosur deal

By Catarina Demony (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday the European Union should stop adopting a protectionist stance if it wants to reach a long-delayed trade deal with the Mercosur bloc. The EU and the Mercosur bloc of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay completed negotiations in 2019 but the…

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