MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian warship and cargo ship rescued 68 people overnight from a boat in the Mediterranean Sea, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Monday. It said in a statement that the Admiral Gorshkov warship had been the first to receive a distress call from the Avalon, which it described as a “yacht-type vessel”…
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – At least 54 people died in a district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh over the last few days, the Times of India newspaper reported on Monday, as authorities probed if the loss of lives was due to the heat wave in the region. Another 45…
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Even when he was president, Donald Trump lacked the legal authority to declassify a U.S. nuclear weapons-related document that he is charged with illegally possessing, security experts said, contrary to the former U.S. president’s claim. The secret document, listed as No. 19 in the indictment charging Trump with endangering…
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday in Beijing, a State Department official said. Blinken, who is in China for his second day of meetings, met with China’s top diplomat earlier on Monday and with Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Sunday. This is the…
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China is widely expected to cut key lending benchmarks on Tuesday in the first such easing in 10 months, a Reuters survey showed, as authorities seek to shore up a slowing recovery in the world’s second-largest economy. Recent economic data showed the retail and factory sectors struggling to sustain the momentum seen…
By Ruma Paul and Tim Hepher DHAKA/PARIS (Reuters) – State-owned carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to purchase 10 planes from Airbus, in a shift from its Boeing-dominated fleet, the South Asian country’s junior minister for civil aviation told Reuters on Monday. “As per our requirement, the decision has been taken to purchase 10 aircraft…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank said on Monday that upward risks to core inflation were “a little high” amid strong consumption and employment trends, raising the prospect of higher inflation lasting longer than expected. “While there is high uncertainty regarding global energy prices, domestic and global economic growth and public price hikes over…
By Timour Azhari, Amina Ismail and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Helped by buoyant oil prices and a period of political calm at home and in the region, Iraq appears more stable than any time since the U.S.-led invasion, although the government’s bid to cement gains with a budget splurge may prove a shaky foundation. In…
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -American Wyndham Clark announced himself as golf’s newest star with a gutsy U.S. Open triumph at the Los Angeles Country Club on Sunday to claim his first major title. Facing off against some of the game’s biggest names in the shadow of Hollywood, Clark tuned out some late drama…
By Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s Senate passed legislation on Monday that paves the way for the country to hold a landmark referendum later this year on whether to recognise its Indigenous people in the constitution. In a final vote in the upper house of parliament, 52 voted in favour of the bill while 19…
