China rejects US envoy’s comment that it hinders people-to-people exchanges
BEIJING: China's foreign ministry described as "far-fetched" on Wednesday (June 26) remarks by US Ambassador Nicholas Burns, saying they deviated…
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Explainer-Milei’s Argentina reform bill ready to clear final Congress hurdle
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Javier Milei's twin reform bills will head to Congress one last time this week…
Russia’s Dagestan temporarily on high alert after reports of armed man in Makhachkala
(Reuters) - Russia's Dagestan region was put temporarily on a high alert late on Tuesday after reports of an armed…
Italy’s Meloni says EU top jobs deal ignores voters’ wishes
ROME (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticised on Wednesday plans to share out the top jobs in EU institutions,…
French PM refuses to ‘promise the moon’, clashes with far-right in debate
PARIS (Reuters) - French prime minister Gabriel Attal accused his far-right and leftwing political opponents of "promising the moon" in…
Protecting 1.2% of Earth would prevent most extinctions, study says
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Setting aside an additional 1.2% of the world's land as nature preserves would prevent the majority…
Kenya’s president says tax protests ‘hijacked’ after they turn violent
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan President William Ruto said on Tuesday security was his "utmost priority" after protests against a bill to…
Julian Assange’s wife Stella ‘elated’ he is set to be freed
LONDON (Reuters) - Julian Assange's wife Stella said on Tuesday she was "elated" and it was "incredible" her husband was…
Dagestan political elite to be vetted for links to radical Islam after shootings
(Reuters) - The Kremlin-backed head of Dagestan on Tuesday ordered background checks to be carried out on the Russian republic's…