Security worries overshadow Russia’s Victory Day preparations
By Gareth Jones (Reuters) – Russia stages its annual Victory Day parade on Red Square on Tuesday amid particularly tight…
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Japan’s PM tells South Koreans his ‘heart hurts’ over pain caused by occupation
By Choonsik Yoo, Hyonhee Shin and Sakura Murakami SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told South Koreans on Sunday…
Former FCC Chair Newton Minow, who called 1960s TV ‘vast wasteland’, dies at 97
By Bill Trott (Reuters) – Former U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chair Newton Minow, who lambasted television as a “vast wasteland”…
IAEA warns of dangers around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as evacuations under way
(Reuters) -The head of the U.N.’s nuclear power watchdog warned on Saturday that the situation around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear…
Iraqi court sentences police officer to death for murder of government adviser
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced to death a police officer blamed for leading a group that…
Russia’s Wagner group signals it will stay in Bakhmut after threat to quit
(Reuters) – The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group appeared on Sunday to ditch plans to withdraw his forces from…
Bank Buyers Expect Sweeteners As US Government Sets New Bar
By Saeed Azhar, David French and Tatiana Bautzer NEW YORK (Reuters) -The government-brokered purchases of First Republic, Signature and Silicon…
Bank buyers expect sweeteners as US government sets new bar
By Saeed Azhar, David French and Tatiana Bautzer NEW YORK (Reuters) -The government-brokered purchases of First Republic, Signature and Silicon…
King Charles’ coronation blends splendour and intimacy inside Westminster Abbey
(Corrects spelling of Westminster Abbey in dateline) By Rachel Armstrong WESTMINSTER ABBEY, London (Reuters) – The explosive crescendo of “Zadok…
Saudi Arabia economy grew 3.9% in Q1 boosted by non-oil activities
DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia’s economy grew by 3.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023, according to initial government estimates…