(Reuters) – The U.N. aviation council on Monday ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine that killed all 298 passengers and crew, including 196 Dutch citizens and 38 Australian citizens or residents, the Dutch and Australian governments said in separate statements. Both governments said the Council of the …
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By Amanda Cooper, Samuel Shen and Lewis Krauskopf LONDON/SHANGHAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) -A truce in the U.S.-China trade war set off a relief rally in stocks on Monday and propelled the dollar higher, but investors fear further negotiations could prove a long slog, as risks of a global economic slowdown persist. After two days of talks …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States is ready to help India and Pakistan in the wake of a ceasefire agreement that he says his administration helped broker. Trade is a big reason why they stopped fighting, Trump said at an event at the White House. (Reporting by Steve Holland; …
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By Karen Lema and Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) – Allies of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr looked set to win at least half of the available Senate seats in a midterm election on Monday, an unofficial tally showed, in a contest seen as a referendum on his leadership and a fierce proxy battle with his …
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By Krishna N. Das and Charlotte Greenfield NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -India and Pakistan have stepped back from the brink of all-out war, with a nudge from the U.S., but New Delhi’s aspirations as a global diplomatic power now face a key test after President Donald Trump offered to mediate on the dispute over Kashmir, analysts …
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By Aftab Ahmed, Shivam Patel and YP Rajesh NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan on Monday that New Delhi would target “terrorist hideouts” across the border again if there were new attacks on India and would not be deterred by what he called Islamabad’s “nuclear blackmail”. Modi’s first public comments since …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates signed 22 agreements worth more than $5 billion with Kazakhstan, UAE’s Minister of Foreign Trade Thani Al Zeyoudi said on X. He did not provide details on the agreements. (Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Toby Chopra)
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Eduardo Baptista BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian officials on Monday touted President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing as a chance to lure investment and boost Brazilian exports to a country frustrated with U.S. President Donald Trump’s volatile tariff policies. At a business forum, Lula cheered …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Pakistan will have to get rid of its “terrorist infrastructure” if it wants to be “saved”, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, his first comments on the military clashes with Pakistan since last week’s deadly fighting between the two countries. “I will tell the global community also, if we …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will visit Britain this week at the invitation of British lawmakers, a trip that comes as London is trying to improve ties with Beijing and China ramps up efforts to diplomatically isolate the island. Britain, like most countries, has no official diplomatic ties with Taiwan, but the …
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