By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – In a basement in downtown Kyiv late last month, away from prying eyes, hundreds of engineers and innovators met senior military officials to brainstorm ways to better neutralise the cheap Russian suicide drones that still devastate Ukrainian cities. It was a rare, close-up glimpse into Ukraine’s technology arms race…
PARIS (Reuters) – French police arrested 16 people overnight in connection with urban violence, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, indicating a further decrease in the scale of unrest that swept through poor French suburbs after a fatal police shooting last week. The death on June 27 of Nahel M., a teenager of North African…
By Ali Sawafta JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) -Militants from the Gaza Strip fired rockets on Wednesday after Israeli forces withdrew from the Palestinian city of Jenin on Tuesday, following one of their biggest military operations in the occupied West Bank for years. Israeli jets hit an underground weapons manufacturing facility in response, the military said,…
GENEVA (Reuters) – A fact-finding mission mandated by the U.N. urged Iranian authorities on Wednesday to stop executing people who were sentenced to death for taking part in anti-government protests that rocked the country last year. The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September 2022 while in the custody of the country’s morality police unleashed…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan As U.S. markets return from Independence Day, the Federal Reserve’s slightly awkward deliberations are laid bare again just as China’s markets shrink from more unnerving economic signs. Minutes from the Fed’s last policy making meeting – where it paused its brutal…
By Andy Bruce MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Sick of customs delays and extra bureaucracy since Britain left the European Union, Farrat, a small manufacturer on the edge of Manchester, is ramping up investment to compensate – in Germany. The maker of anti-vibration parts for buildings and machinery is growing fast, almost doubling its headcount in…
By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s election race is narrowing into a two-horse race, polling ahead of the Aug. 13 primary vote shows, with the ruling Peronist coalition’s choice of a centrist candidate defusing some of the threat from far-right libertarian Javier Milei. Pollsters have the main conservative opposition bloc’s top two candidates,…
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that he hoped the $3 billion short-term bailout for Pakistan would be given final approval by the International Monetary Fund board when it meets on July 12. After eight months of negotiations, both sides signed a staff-level agreement on Friday, to avert…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will not testify in his upcoming impeachment trial in the state Senate, his lawyer said late on Monday, indicating Paxton would fight efforts that may aim to compel a testimony from him. State legislators impeached Paxton on May 27 on charges including bribery…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Janet Yellen’s first trip to China as U.S. Treasury Secretary will focus on recalibrating ties between the world’s two largest economies as military communications remain frozen and Beijing’s new restrictions on exports of some metals spark fresh tensions. U.S. officials say they expect “candid” discussions during Yellen’s July 6-9 trip,…
