US lawmakers grill Microsoft president over China ties, hacks (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft President Brad Smith fielded questions about the tech giant’s security practices and ties to China at a House homeland security panel on Thursday, a year after alleged China-linked hackers spied on federal emails by hacking the firm....
Kremlin's top security officials call on Russians to mobilise to inflict 'maximum harm' on West in response to sanctions (www.reuters.com)
- Kremlin hawk talks of need for harsh campaign against West***- Ex-president Medvedev: Response needed against sanctions******- Calls for Western society, infrastructure to be targeted******- Western officials have accused Russia of sabotage******- Moscow has publicly rejected those allegations***...
How the far-right gained traction with Europe's youth (www.reuters.com)
From Germany and France to Poland and Spain, the far-right made inroads into the youth vote in key states in this EU election - as a generation that has grown up amid constant crises seeks new answers and follows politicians fluent in TikTok and YouTube....
Pro-Trump influencers fire up fears of migrant 'invasion' ahead of U.S. election (www.reuters.com)
One late afternoon in mid-May, a half dozen Hispanic day laborers were paid $20 each to parade in front of the White House on camera, holding signs with slogans like “I Love Biden” and “I Need Work Permit for My Family.”...
EU hits Chinese EVs with tariffs, drawing rebuke from Beijing (www.reuters.com)
Argentina inflation slows to 4.2% m/m in May (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft president to testify before House panel over security lapses (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft President Brad Smith will testify before a House of Representatives panel on homeland security on Thursday, fielding questions about the company’s security practices after Russian and Chinese hackers breached its systems over the past year....
Israel says Hamas rejects key elements of US ceasefire plan for Gaza (www.reuters.com)
India's Rajasthan finds some MDH and Everest spices unsafe for consumption (www.reuters.com)
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Britain's Sunak cites growing up without Sky TV as example of hardship (www.reuters.com)
Exclusive: US House panel finds Wall St 'colluded' to curb emissions (www.reuters.com)
German court dismisses request to block arms exports to Israel (www.reuters.com)
China solar panel manufacturers seek government action to halt freefall in prices as overcapacity takes hit (www.reuters.com)
Chinese solar panel manufacturers said they are seeking immediate government intervention to curb investment and industry collaboration to arrest a plunge in prices of solar cells and modules, as the industry faces overcapacity....
Hezbollah vows to escalate attacks after Israel kills a top commander (www.reuters.com)
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, June 12 (Reuters) - Hezbollah fired big barrages of rockets at Israel on Wednesday and vowed to ramp up its attacks in retaliation for an Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah field commander, as the conflict across the Lebanese-Israeli border escalated sharply....
Pope repeats gay slur in closed-door meeting, ANSA reports (www.reuters.com)
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Hamas says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan, US cites 'hopeful sign' (www.reuters.com)
TEL AVIV/CAIRO, June 11 (Reuters) - Hamas accepts a U.N. resolution backing a plan to end the war with Israel in Gaza and is ready to negotiate details, a senior official of the Palestinian militant group said on Tuesday in what the U.S. Secretary of State called “a hopeful sign”....
Hamas accepts UN ceasefire resolution, ready to negotiate over details, official says (www.reuters.com)
CAIRO, June 11 (Reuters) - Hamas accepts a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution and is ready to negotiate over the details, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters on Tuesday, adding that it was up to Washington to ensure that Israel abides by it....
European Parliament set for shift to the right as final votes cast (www.reuters.com)
Voters in 21 EU countries including France and Germany were casting their ballots on Sunday in an election for the European Parliament that is expected to shift the assembly to the right and boost the numbers of eurosceptic nationalists....
Chipmaker Intel to halt $25-billion Israel plant, news website says (www.reuters.com)
Israeli forces rescue four live hostages from Gaza, military says (www.reuters.com)
Israeli forces rescued four hostages alive from two locations in the central Gaza area of al-Nuseirat on Saturday, the military said, eight months after they were kidnapped by Hamas-led militants in a deadly incursion into Israel....
Israeli hostage Noa Argamani freed in time to see her terminally ill mother (www.reuters.com)
Hours after being rescued from eight months captivity in Gaza, freed hostage Noa Argamani arrived at a hospital in Tel Aviv to see her terminally ill mother....
Italian subsidiary of French luxury giant LVMH that makes 'Dior' handbags under court administration after report alleged it sub-contracted work to Chinese-owned firms that mistreated workers (www.reuters.com)
An Italian subsidiary of French luxury giant LVMH that makes Dior-branded handbags was placed under court administration on Monday, after a probe alleged it had sub-contracted work to Chinese-owned firms that mistreated workers....
Four American educators stabbed in park in northeast China, says US media and officials (www.reuters.com)
Four American educators from a small Iowa university were injured in a stabbing attack in a public park in northeast China’s Jilin province on Monday, according to U.S. media and U.S. government officials....
UN Security Council backs plan for Israel-Hamas ceasefire (www.reuters.com)
UNITED NATIONS, June 10 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday backed a proposal outlined by President Joe Biden for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and urged the Palestinian militants to accept the deal aimed at ending the eight-month-long war....