Analysis-Mali faces spectre of anarchy after demanding UN’s departure
By Edward McAllister and David Lewis DAKAR/NAIROBI (Reuters) – Mali’s unexpected demand for the departure of U.N. peacekeepers may herald…
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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,…
JD.com sales during China shopping festival beat expectations -analysts
By Casey Hall and Sophie Yu SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Sales on JD.com’s e-commerce site during China’s mid-year shopping festival – the…
Saudi SCOPA and Airbus agree to produce helicopters in the kingdom -SCOPA CEO
DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi defence company SCOPA Industries and Airbus have signed an agreement to jointly produce civil and military helicopters…
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…
France targets budget savings of 10 billion euros – finance minister
PARIS (Reuters) -A French government spending review has identified 10 billion euros ($11 billion) in budget savings that will be…
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…
Buffett adds to his holdings of Japanese trading houses
(Reuters) -Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway said on Monday it added to holdings in Japan’s five biggest trading houses,…