US, Ukraine ink 10-year defense agreement billed as NATO precursor
BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement…
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China says it has right to file WTO suit over EU electric car tariffs
BEIJING: China said on Thursday (June 13) it "reserves the right" to file a suit with the World Trade Organization…
US Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by anti-abortion groups and doctors to restrict access to the abortion pill,…
Sugar glider on Shanghai flight causes delay; woman detained
SHANGHAI: A flight from Shanghai to Jinan was delayed on June 10 after a passenger’s pet sugar glider escaped in…
South African parties hold crunch talks to decide who will govern
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Reuters) - The African National Congress (ANC) was holding last-minute talks with other parties on Thursday…
Water, water everywhere in megacity Mumbai but not a drop for rural Indian villages
NAVINWADI, (India): Far from the gleaming high-rises of India’s financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity’s water…
Greece closes more ancient tourist sites as heatwave persists
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece shut more ancient tourist sites in Athens on Thursday and elderly people took refuge at designated…
From northwest to east China, parched and baking regions face drought
BEIJING: Weeks of scarce rainfall in parts of China, coupled with sweltering heat, has brought drought to several provinces, prompting…
Pro-Trump influencers fire up fears of migrant ‘invasion’ ahead of U.S. election
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - One late afternoon in mid-May, a half dozen Hispanic day laborers were paid $20 each to…