In Kremlin stunt, Putin and girl, 8, lobby minister for budget funds
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted an eight-year-old girl in the Kremlin on Tuesday and got her to join…
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Explainer-Israel’s attack on Jenin: Why now and what for?
(Reuters) -Israel unleashed a major raid on July 3 on Jenin refugee camp, a Palestinian militant stronghold in the Israeli-occupied…
Oil prices rise 2% as market weighs supply cuts against economic outlook
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices climbed 2% on Tuesday as markets weighed August supply cuts by top exporters…
Ireland to hike core government spending by 6.1% in 2024
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland intends to increase core public expenditure by 6.1% next year in an overall budget package of…
UK banks should not close accounts over customers’ politics, minister says
By Huw Jones and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British banks should have to serve a customer even if they…
Explainer-How Japan plans to release Fukushima water into the ocean
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is set to begin pumping out more than a million tonnes of treated water from the destroyed…
Twelve children, 26 others hurt in Russian missile strike in Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian officials said at least 38 people, including 12 children, were wounded in a Russian missile strike…
Pope envoy working on ‘mechanism’ to return children to Ukraine
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis’ peace envoy for Ukraine, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, said on Tuesday he is working on a…
Fundraiser for policeman who shot French teenager reflects polarisation
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -A campaign to raise money for the family of the policeman who shot dead French…
SCO says not against any country as it expands reach, welcomes Iran
By Krishn Kaushik and YP Rajesh NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Tuesday sought to…