India tech hub state Karnataka approves bill to reserve jobs for locals
BENGALURU (Reuters) -The state government of Karnataka, home to India's tech hub Bengaluru, has approved a bill mandating companies give…
Germany to halve military aid for Ukraine despite possible Trump White House
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany plans to halve its military aid to Ukraine next year, despite concerns that U.S. support for Kyiv…
Switzerland opens dozens of Russian sanctions cases
GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland has opened investigations into more than 50 cases of possible sanctions violations and has found breaches…
Machado’s security chief arrested days before Venezuela election
CARACAS (Reuters) - The security chief of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested early on Wednesday, her Vente…
Russia, Ukraine exchange 190 prisoners in third swap in weeks
MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine conducted a major exchange of prisoners on Wednesday, 190 in all, in their third such…
Greece shuts Acropolis for part of day as heatwave continues
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece shut the Acropolis, its most visited ancient site, for several hours in the afternoon on Wednesday…
Netherlands commemorates 10th anniversary of downing of MH17 airline
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Netherlands commemorated on Wednesday the 298 victims of flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine 10…
Tunisia urges Europe to increase assistance to tackle migration crisis
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Tunisia's prime minister urged European countries on Wednesday to increase financial assistance to his country and others…
Nacsa investigates alleged data breach of four million U Mobile users (Updated with U Mobile’s statement)
The National Cyber Security Agency (Nacsa) is investigating an alleged data breach exposing the information of four million U Mobile…