UN warns of overdose deaths after Afghan opium production plummets
VIENNA (Reuters) - The Taliban-ordered crash in opium production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier, could drive up overdose…
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Knife attack on Japanese mother and child in China triggers anti-foreigner feelings
BEIJING: A knife attack on a Japanese woman and her child in China on Monday (June 24) has triggered yet…
ICC convicts Mali Islamist for Timbuktu atrocities
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted a Malian Islamist on Wednesday of war crimes…
Russia starts secret trial for U.S. reporter Gershkovich on spy charges
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) -U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors on Wednesday in the Russian city of…
Economists raise China growth forecasts as exports improve
BEIJING: The outlook for China’s exports is set to improve, buttressing growth in the world’s second-biggest economy even as consumer…
S.Africa says cases against EU citrus measures progressing at WTO
(Reuters) - South Africa expects the World Trade Organisation to set up adjudication panels in July to examine its two…
Russia says Ukrainian shelling destroys radiation control post in Zaporizhzhia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukrainian shelling destroyed a radiation control post in Velyka Znamyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russia's management of…
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…
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…