ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s consumer price index (CPI) in May rose 11.8% from a year earlier, data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday, the lowest reading in 30 months and below the finance ministry’s projections. The lowest reading comes a week before the central bank meets to review the key rate which …
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By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe looks set to begin its historic journey back to Earth from the moon’s far side after collecting samples that scientists expect will help answer key questions about the early evolution of the solar system. Chang’e-6, named after the mythical Chinese moon goddess, was launched on …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea plans to suspend a military agreement signed with North Korea in 2018 aimed at easing tensions, the presidential office said on Monday, after Seoul warned of a strong response to balloons launched by Pyongyang carrying trash to the South. North Korea has launched hundreds balloons carried by wind across the border …
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(This June 2 story has been refiled to restore a dropped letter in paragraph 1) By Gerry Doyle SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Ukraine’s allies will step up to provide military assistance as the country weathers attacks by Russia, officials said at the Shangri-La Dialogue global defence forum in Singapore, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was a …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said it was regrettable that the history of the conglomerate’s phenomenal growth was distorted in the judgement by a court which ruled he must pay 1.38 trillion won ($1 billion) to his estranged wife. The Seoul High Court ruled Chey’s estranged wife, Roh Soh-yeong, was entitled to …
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By Helen Reid and Corina Pons LONDON (Reuters) – Zara will expand its live shopping broadcasts to the UK, Europe and the United States this year, testing a format that is already wildly popular in China but one with which Western shoppers are less familiar. The fast-fashion brand, whose parent Inditex reports quarterly results on …
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(This June 1 story has been corrected to say 295 seats, not 259, in paragraph 13) By YP Rajesh, Sakshi Dayal and Tanvi Mehta NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance is projected to win a big majority in the general election that concluded on Saturday, TV exit …
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By Gerry Doyle SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday that diplomacy – in the form of a peace summit later this month – was the best way to end a “cruel war” that has killed thousands in his country since 2022. In an address at the security conference …
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By Xinghui Kok and Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s unscheduled appearance at Asia’s biggest security conference dominated proceedings on Sunday after China’s defence chief slammed “separatists” in Taiwan, drawing a sharp response from the government in Taipei. Dressed in his trademark olive green T-shirt, Zelenskiy addressed the last day of the …
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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Sunday it would stop sending balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea but vowed to resume the practice if anti-North Korean leaflets are flown over again from the South. South Korea has had enough experience of how unpleasant it is and how much …
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