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By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian defenders battled on Saturday to contain Russian forces along several fronts, officials said, as the United States urged China to align itself with the West in opposing the invasion following an ill-tempered…

LONDON (Reuters) -British transport minister Grant Shapps will run in the contest to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson, he told the Sunday Times newspaper, joining what is expected to be an increasingly crowded field. Shapps has ruled out holding a …

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Four people at a renowned Shanghai hospital were wounded by a knife-wielding assailant on Saturday, in the second reported stabbing incident after a COVID-19 lockdown of the financial hub was lifted early in June. Off…

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to step down, the country’s parliamentary speaker said on Saturday, bowing to intense pressure after a violent day of protests in which demonstrators stormed the pre…

LONDON (Reuters) -The Conservative Party will look to whittle down the number of candidates in the contest to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to two by July 20, a member of the committee overseeing the race said, as a fifth candidate joine…

(Reuters) – British Conservative MP Kemi Badenoch said on Saturday she is launching a bid to serve as UK’s next prime minister to replace Boris Johnson. “I’m putting myself forward in this leadership election because I want to tell the truth,” she wrot…

SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves said on Friday he has ordered his ministers to launch talks to join the Pacific Alliance, a multinational pact focused on boosting trade, part of the new pro-business leader’s push for faster ec…

(Reuters) – Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal for Twitter Inc, citing material breach of multiple provisions of the agreement. Shares of Twitter fell 6% in extended trading. The announcement …

(Reuters) – Global companies that make baby formula are bringing products into the United States after the country’s health regulator relaxed its import policy to address a nationwide shortage partly triggered by Abbott Laboratories’ manufacturing plan…

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – A better-than-expected U.S. jobs report eased some worries about an imminent recession but also bolstered the case for the Federal Reserve to continue aggressively hiking rates, threatening more turbulence for as…