China’s security drive hits embassy activities, LGBT events, some diplomats say
By Laurie Chen, Yew Lun Tian and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Some diplomats in China say they are facing…
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Syrians still endure poverty despite relative calm and renewed Arab ties
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Nesma Daher survived years of war in a Damascus suburb that was on the frontlines of Syria’s…
Friction and confusion among Russian leadership since mutiny -U.S. general
By Idrees Ali ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) – Russia’s leadership is suffering a significant amount of “friction and…
Analysis-Italy’s Meloni faces reality check as migrant flows rise relentlessly
By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Just as King Canute failed to hold back the seas, so…
Russia is rotting in absurdity and repression, veteran rights campaigner says
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Marketmind: Markets bet July 2023 is ‘peak Fed’
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Surprise news of a 2%-plus print…
Analysis-Vintage Zelenskiy gets less than he wanted from NATO but takes home real gains
By Tom Balmforth (Reuters) – The Ukrainian president’s performance at a NATO summit this week was vintage Volodymyr Zelenskiy: go…
Russian general says top military brass betrayed soldiers fighting in Ukraine
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian general said he had been dismissed as a commander after telling the…
Russia’s Lavrov: I have not heard new proposals on Black Sea grain deal
By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that he had…
G20 to discuss international debt architecture, more loans to developing nations
By Shivangi Acharya and Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Global finance chiefs will meet in India next week…