Overnight Russian attacks kill nine in Kyiv, injure 63, emergency services say

(Reuters) – Combined overnight missile and drone attacks killed nine people in Ukrainian capital Kyiv and injured 63, local emergency services said. “There has been destruction. The search is continuing for people under rubble,” the emergency services wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Rescue operations were continuing in five districts of the city. (Reporting by …

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Japan urges G20 to stabilise markets, warns of US tariff damage

By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato on Wednesday urged G20 counterparts to cooperate in stabilising markets, warning that U.S. tariffs and countermeasures taken by some countries were hurting global growth and destabilising financial markets. Kato also said he would hold bilateral talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday, though …

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China to allow overseas investors access to more sectors

HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s state regulator and planning council published a new version of its “negative list” that relaxes barriers to entering the world’s second-largest economy, reducing the number of restricted industries to 106 from 117. The so-called negative list specifies industries where activities by foreign investors are either restricted or prohibited. It was first …

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What is Kashmir Resistance, the group claiming the attack on tourists in Kashmir?

(Reuters) – Kashmir Resistance, also known as The Resistance Front, has claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, the deadliest incident of its kind in India since the 2008 shootings in Mumbai. Here are some facts about the group. WHAT IS TRF? TRF emerged in 2019 and is considered an offshoot of …

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Thai firms halt output as China’s ban on sugar syrup drags on

By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Dozens of Thai firms grappling with $60 million losses from China’s ban on sugar syrup have stopped production, an industry body said, following unsuccessful negotiation attempts by the Southeast Asian nation to lift the restrictions. China suspended imports of syrup and premixed powder from Thailand, the world’s second-largest sugar …

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Japan LNG buyers on edge over Australia policy shifts as election looms

By Katya Golubkova, Yuka Obayashi and Emily Chow TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Gas importers in Japan are watching nervously as Australia heads to the polls on May 3 in a closely contested election, worried that whatever the outcome, their long-time supplier of liquefied natural gas could become less reliable and more costly. Energy has emerged as …

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Factbox-What’s on the table for US-South Korea trade talks?

SEOUL (Reuters) – When a South Korean delegation meets U.S. counterparts in Washington on Thursday for trade talks, they face a wide range of potential agenda items. U.S. President Donald Trump has said he wants to hold “one-stop shopping” negotiations and has mentioned the trade balance, tariffs, shipbuilding, energy cooperation, and military cost sharing as …

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