Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping. October 18, 2023. Sputnik/Sergei Guneev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo |
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- Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China in May for talks with Xi Jinping, in what could be the Kremlin chief's first overseas trip of his new presidential term, according to five sources familiar with the matter.
- The development of drones is key to give Kyiv an advantage over "a numerically superior" Russian forces, Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit the Middle East this week, aiming to reach a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, and secure the release of hostages held by the Palestinian militant group.
- Donald Trump's sway over Ohio Republicans will be tested in the state's US Senate primary, when they decide whether to nominate a political newcomer backed by the former president to challenge Democratic US Senator Sherrod Brown in November.
- The US Supreme Court is set to consider a California woman's bid to overturn her conviction for smuggling drugs across the US-Mexican border in a legal dispute over her defense that she acted unwittingly as a "blind" drug mule.
- Pakistan remained one of the world's three smoggiest countries in 2023, as Bangladesh and India replaced Chad and Iran, with particulate matter about 15 times the level recommended by the World Health Organization, data showed.
- Many hospitals in China have stopped offering newborn delivery services this year, state-backed news outlet Daily Economic News reported, with industry experts warning of an "obstetric winter" due to declining demand amid a record drop in new births.
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- The Bank of Japan ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its unorthodox policy, making a historic shift away from trying to reflate growth with decades of massive monetary stimulus.
- Central bankers said they have broken new ground by using artificial intelligence to collect data for assessing climate-related financial risks, just as the volume of disclosures from banks and other companies is set to rise.
- Unilever plans to spin off its ice cream unit, home to popular brands such as Magnum and Ben & Jerry's, into a standalone business, as the consumer goods group announced a new cost-savings program that would cut 7,500 jobs.
- CEO Elon Musk said his ketamine prescription was beneficial for Tesla's investors in a video interview with former CNN anchor Don Lemon posted online.
- A researcher from TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance was wrongly added to a groupchat for American artificial intelligence safety experts last week, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology said.
- Wall Street's cash bonuses fell 2% to an average $176,500 last year as financial firms took a more cautious approach to compensation, according to an estimate by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
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Scenes from the desperate scramble to avert famine in Gaza |
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Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 5. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem |
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Food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already far exceeded famine levels, and mass death is now imminent without an immediate ceasefire and surge of food into areas cut off by fighting, says the UN-backed IPC, the global hunger monitor that formally declares famines. Listen to the latest developments on the Reuters World News podcast. |
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A new mural attributed to Banksy in north London. March 18, 2024. REUTERS/Toby Melville |
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A new artwork by British street artist Banksy has appeared in London, using green paint sprayed across the side of a building to mimic the foliage of a real, heavily pruned tree that stands a few meters in front of it. |
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