Israel set to approve thousands of building permits in West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s nationalist-religious government on Sunday tabled plans to approve thousands of building permits in the occupied West Bank,…
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Chile’s Codelco must kick-start lithium industry while reviving copper output
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean President Gabriel Boric, seeking to expand the country’s long-stalled lithium industry, has tasked…
Thai parliament to convene soon as poll body endorses election result
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s poll body certified the results of last month’s election on…
North Korea says botched satellite launch was ‘gravest failure’
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -An unusually candid North Korea has said the botched launch of a military satellite last…
New Zealand PM Hipkins to visit China, meet President Xi Jinping
SYDNEY/BEIJING (Reuters) -New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Monday he would visit China from June 25 to 30,…
Russia says one of its warships rescued 68 passengers from boat in Mediterranean
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian warship and cargo ship rescued 68 people overnight from a boat in the Mediterranean Sea,…
Scores die in northern India as heat wave scorches region
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – At least 54 people died in a district in the northern Indian state…
Trump lacked power to declassify secret nuclear arms document, experts say
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Even when he was president, Donald Trump lacked the legal authority to declassify a…
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday in Beijing,…
China seen cutting key lending benchmarks as economy slows
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China is widely expected to cut key lending benchmarks on Tuesday in the first such easing in…