Why pick on us? Cyprus perplexed by Hezbollah threats (www.reuters.com)
Beluga whale pair move from Ukraine's war-torn Kharkiv to Spain's Valencia (www.reuters.com)
MADRID, June 20 (Reuters) - Marine biologists have moved a pair of beluga whales from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv - the target of daily shelling by Russian forces - to the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, in what they described as a long and risky international rescue operation....
Biden allies raising $10 million to challenge Trump social media machine (www.reuters.com)
Paywall removed: archive.is/4g1Ss
Sudan's cemeteries swell with fresh graves as hunger and disease spread (www.reuters.com)
Russia, China find payments workaround as US sanctions net widens, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Italy divided by plan to grant more powers to its regions (www.reuters.com)
China coast guard personnel a "band of barbarians", says Philippine navy official (www.reuters.com)
Russian President Putin arrives in Vietnam for state visit (www.reuters.com)
Russia turns to blackmail and 'financial incentives' to hire Germans to spy to make up for expelled diplomats, German agency says (www.reuters.com)
Russia has turned increasingly to blackmail and financial incentives to hire Germans to spy for it after the blow dealt to its intelligence services by Europe’s expulsion of some 600 Russian diplomats, Germany’s domestic security service said....
Beijing urges Britain to stop sanctioning Chinese firms over Russian links (www.reuters.com)
China’s commerce ministry said on Wednesday that it had urged Britain to stop sanctioning Chinese firms after the country sanctioned five Chinese companies over their links to Russia....
I was 'political football' says UK woman branded a Chinese spy (www.reuters.com)
Beijing urges Britain to stop sanctioning Chinese firms over Russian links (www.reuters.com)
China’s commerce ministry said on Wednesday that it had urged Britain to stop sanctioning Chinese firms after the country sanctioned five Chinese companies over their links to Russia....
Russia, hit by new US sanctions, halts dollar and euro trade on main bourse (www.reuters.com)
Russia turns to blackmail and 'financial incentives' to hire Germans to spy to make up for expelled diplomats, German agency says (www.reuters.com)
Russia has turned increasingly to blackmail and financial incentives to hire Germans to spy for it after the blow dealt to its intelligence services by Europe’s expulsion of some 600 Russian diplomats, Germany’s domestic security service said....
Thailand to be first Southeast Asian country to recognise same-sex marriage (www.reuters.com)
Spain seeks to avert trade war after China announces pork anti-dumping probe (www.reuters.com)
Kremlin calls NATO chief's nuclear weapons remark an 'escalation of tension' (www.reuters.com)
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
US suspends avocado, mango inspections in Mexican state on security concerns (www.reuters.com)
The United States paused safety inspections for avocados and mangos from a top-producing Mexican state due to a security incident involving U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) staff, a spokesperson for the agency said on Monday....
Russia's Putin to visit Vietnam, sparking US rebuke of Hanoi (www.reuters.com)
The Dutchman who gets Nike and Lego into wartime Russia’s stores (www.reuters.com)
US, Canada, Japan and Philippines conduct exercises in South China Sea (www.reuters.com)
China and Philippines quarrel over South China Sea collision (www.reuters.com)
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus....
Philippines files UN claim to extended continental shelf in South China Sea (www.reuters.com)
