China says its ‘priority’ is to stop Taiwan VP visiting US next month
BEIJING (Reuters) – It is China’s “priority” to stop Taiwan’s vice president and presidential frontrunner William Lai from visiting the…
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Chinese professor says youth jobless rate might have hit 46.5%
By Ryan Woo and Ellen Zhang BEIJING (Reuters) -An unusually public claim by a Chinese professor the country’s youth jobless…
Microsoft to offer some free security products after criticism
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is expanding its suite of free security tools for customers, the software…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak braced for defeats in key elections
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces voters in very different parliamentary seats on Thursday and…
USDA, states eye cheaper food by targeting anticompetitive acts
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking to lower food prices and boost competition by…
Hong Kong court sentences man to 3 months jail for insulting national anthem
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court sentenced a man to three months imprisonment on Thursday for allegedly insulting…
Analysis-Suspicion deepens as absence of China’s foreign minister persists
By Laurie Chen, Martin Quin Pollard and Kate Lamb BEIJING/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Days before a conference of foreign ministers this…
Factbox-Who is the Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr?
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on Thursday and set it on fire in protest against…
Tesla may keep cutting prices in ‘turbulent times’, Musk says
By Akash Sriram and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk signalled on Wednesday that he would cut prices again…
Nokia profit falls as North American slowdown dents margins
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Finnish telecom gear group Nokia on Thursday reported a drop in second-quarter profit due to…