Airbus trials new wing designs in technology race with Boeing

By Joanna Plucinska and Tim Hepher FILTON, England (Reuters) – Airbus is stepping up testing of radical new wing technology as the planemaker lays the foundation for a future successor to its best-selling A320 series, but faces a battle to bring down costs. British Industry Minister Nusrat Ghani inaugurated a wing technology plant in southwest…

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Stocks drift as investors balance peak rate hopes with oil price rise

By Naomi Rovnick and Xie Yu LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global stocks held steady on Tuesday, as investors balanced the inflationary force of rising oil prices with hopes that central banks would not over-tighten monetary policy into a potential recession. MSCI’s broadest index of world stocks, which rose almost 6% last month as the U.S….

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Exclusive-Syrian regime organised feared ghost militias, war crimes researchers say

By Stephanie van den Berg and Maya Gebeily THE HAGUE/BEIRUT (Reuters) – In the early years of Syria’s brutal conflict, top government officials established and directed paramilitary groups known as shabbiha to help the state crack down on opponents, war crimes investigators have documented. In a report shared with Reuters, the Commission for International Justice…

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Hungary foreign minister says he was in touch with Turkey on Sweden’s NATO bid

By Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that he had been in touch with his Turkish counterpart about a ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership and if there is a shift in Turkey’s stance Hungary will not delay the process. Sweden, dropping a longtime policy of military non-alignment following Russia’s invasion…

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Ukrainians bid farewell to writer killed in Russian air strike

By Anna Voitenko and Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey KYIV (Reuters) – Tearful mourners filled one of central Kyiv’s main cathedrals on Tuesday to honour a prominent Ukrainian writer and war-crimes researcher killed in a Russian missile strike on a cafe in eastern Ukraine. Victoria Amelina, 37, died on July 1 from injuries sustained during the June 27…

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