By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece heads for what is likely to be an inconclusive parliamentary election on Sunday, paving the way for wrangling between parties to forge a ruling coalition in a deeply divided political landscape. Opinion polls show Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ conservative New Democracy ahead of Alexis Tsipras’ left-wing Syriza party,…
By Jayshree P Upadhyay and Arpan Chaturvedi MUMBAI (Reuters) -India’s markets watchdog has “drawn a blank” in investigations into suspected violations in overseas investments in the Adani group and its ongoing pursuit of the case could be a “journey without a destination”, a court-appointed panel said. Shares of companies of the coal-to-airports conglomerate, controlled by…
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Leaders of the world richest democracies agreed on Friday to stiffen sanctions against Russia and pledged financial support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion. Below are key extracts from the Group of Seven leaders’ statement. NEW SANCTIONS “we will broaden our actions to ensure that exports of all items…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Group of Seven leaders meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, on Friday acknowledged the need for governance of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and immersive technologies. The leaders agreed to have ministers discuss the technology as the “Hiroshima AI process” and report results by the end of the year, according to a summary of a…
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is likely to get another update from his team on budget negotiations with Republicans on Friday night in Japan, where he is traveling for the Group of Seven (G7) meetings, a spokesperson said. Biden was also planning to leave the G7 leaders’ dinner early, according to spokesperson…
By Khalid Abdelaziz DUBAI (Reuters) – Mass looting by armed men and civilians is making life an even greater misery for Khartoum residents trapped by fierce fighting between Sudan’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), witnesses said. While the RSF dominates the capital on the ground and the army conducts frequent airstrikes, the witnesses…
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than a million people have been displaced by fighting in Sudan so far, including a quarter of a million refugees, a U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) spokesperson said on Friday. The army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been locked in weeks of conflict that has killed hundreds of people and turned…
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Group of Seven (G7) leaders on Friday said they had ensured that Ukraine had the budget support it needs for this year and early 2024 as they renewed their commitment to provide financial and military support in its fight against Russia. “Today we are taking new steps to ensure that Russia’s…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, broadcaster CNN-News 18 reported on Friday, their first meeting since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. News of the meeting came hours after Modi left New Delhi for Hiroshima, where he will…
By Andrew Hay TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) -The gunman who shot dead three elderly women as he prowled a New Mexico neighborhood firing at cars this week had legally purchased an assault-style rifle, one of three weapons he used in the rampage, a month after he turned 18, police said on Tuesday. The suspect, whose…
