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Hong Kong March retail sales jump 40.9% in fourth month of growth
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s March retail sales rose 40.9% from a year earlier, the second biggest percentage rise on…
Sudan conflict deals new blow to stagnant economy
By Khalid Abdelaziz, Sarah El Safty and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM/CAIRO (Reuters) – The conflict shaking Sudan has dealt a crippling…
Russia to launch Friendship Games after 40-year gap – sports minister
(Reuters) – Russia plans to relaunch the multi-sport Friendship Games next year, 40 years after its first edition, Sports Minister…
IMF to discuss Pakistan’s budget plans in fresh hurdle to funding
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is preparing to discuss Pakistan’s budget plans for the coming…
Inside a Kenyan starvation cult and its tragic end in a forest of death
By Duncan Miriri MALINDI, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie lived with hundreds of followers in makeshift homes…
Ukraine says Russian drones downed over Kyiv, Odesa university campus hit
(Reuters) -Russia fired two dozen combat drones at Ukraine early on Thursday, striking a university campus in the Black Sea…
Residents flee Ukraine’s Kherson after Russian strikes and warnings
By Elizabeth Piper and Viktoriia Lakezina KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – It was a warning by her daughter that persuaded Alina…
China urges ‘high vigilance’ over NATO expansion in Asia
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Thursday “high vigilance” was needed in the face of NATO’s “eastward expansion” following a…
WFP suspends food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray over reported thefts
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -The U.N. World Food Programme has paused food distribution in Ethiopia’s war-ravaged Tigray region…