MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Thursday rejected U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich’s appeal against his pre-trial detention on charges of espionage that he denies, a Reuters reporter at the court said. Gershkovich, 31, was arrested in March and accused by the FSB security service of collecting military secrets in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg….
By Asif Shahzad (Reuters) -Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday briefed International Monetary Fund’s managing director Kristalina Georgieva on the economic outlook of the cash-strapped South Asian nation, hoping for the release of critical stalled funds. The meeting on the sidelines of the Global Financing Summit in Paris came with about a week left…
SEOUL (Reuters) – Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos pledged on Thursday that its bumper investment in South Korean content would not bypass young local talent, after calls by some lawmakers for the streaming giant to share more profits with creators. South Korea has created some of the Californian company’s biggest shows, which have become synonymous with…
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…
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…
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Fitch Ratings raised its growth forecast for the Indian economy to 6.3% for the current fiscal year, from 6% earlier, on the back of robust growth in the first quarter and strong near-term momentum, it said on Thursday. “The economy also continues to benefit from high bank credit growth and infrastructure spending…
SEOUL (Reuters) – Renault Korea Motors plans to build infrastructure at its plant in the southeastern city of Busan to manufacture electric vehicles (EVs), the Busan city government said. The automaker aims to produce 200,000 EVs a year at its Busan facilities, a statement issued by the city cited Renault Group Executive Vice President Guido…
TAIPEI (Reuters) -A U.S. Coast Guard ship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday in a transit that China described as “public hype”, after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken having wrapped up a high-profile, widely watched visit to Beijing a day earlier. The national security cutter Stratton made a “routine” Taiwan Strait transit on…
By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s employment trends showed “improvement recently”, the government said in its latest monthly assessment of the economy, noting a decline in the jobless rate and the positive impact of bigger wage rises awarded by major firms. It was the first time that the government had upgraded its assessment of…
By Nandita Bose, Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to deepen defense and technology cooperation between their countries during Modi’s official visit to the White House, despite lingering concerns about human rights in India. Two days of carefully orchestrated official events had…
