Putin to push growing Moscow-Beijing trade in China's northeast (www.reuters.com)
Tunisia denies torturing detained lawyer who collapsed in court (www.reuters.com)
Tunisia’s interior ministry on Thursday dismissed accusations by lawyers and a rights group that police officers had tortured a detained attorney who collapsed in court....
'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger,' China trolls new US tariffs | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
U.S. warned Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) access to dollar system could be curbed over Russia (www.reuters.com)
TLDR: RBI, the largest Western bank in Russia, has been warned by the U.S. Treasury about financial system access in a letter voicing concerns over its Russian business. Concerns remain even though RBI dropped plans to sell its Russia-business to sanctioned billionaire Deripaska. Austrian finance ministry says it assumes RBI...
Jordan foils arms plot as kingdom caught in Iran-Israel shadow war (www.reuters.com)
Battles rage across Gaza, Israel releases images of armed men at UN site (www.reuters.com)
Israeli troops fought militants across Gaza on Wednesday, including in the southern city of Rafah that had been a refuge for civilians, in an upsurge of the more than seven-month war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians....
Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah, battles rage in northern Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Peru authorities investigate president as brother arrested (www.reuters.com)
India poll watchdog's inaction lets PM Modi commit 'brazen' violations, opposition says (www.reuters.com)
India’s opposition said the nation’s election commission was allowing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to continue “unchecked and brazen” violations by not taking action on opposition complaints of religious hate speech and misrepresentation....
Russian forces attack Ukraine's Kharkiv region, striking on new front (www.reuters.com)
US overtakes China as Germany's top trading partner (www.reuters.com)
The United States overtook China as Germany’s most important trading partner in the first quarter of this year, according to Reuters’ calculations based on official data from the German statistics office....
Suffering worst drought in decades, Costa Rica orders electricity rationing (www.reuters.com)
US revokes Intel, Qualcomm's export licenses to sell to China's Huawei, sources say | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Philippine military chief accuses China of 'malign influence effort' to distract from 'the China coast guard's ongoing aggressive behaviour' (www.reuters.com)
The Philippines’ military chief accused China of a “malign influence effort” on Wednesday, after a local newspaper reported a Filipino vice admiral had made a deal with Beijing to de-escalate tensions in the South China Sea....
Gaza is 'choked off' from aid since crossings shut, UN agencies say (www.reuters.com)
U.N. agencies said on Tuesday the two main crossings into the southern Gaza Strip remained shut, virtually cutting off the Palestinian enclave from outside aid with few stocks positioned inside....
Israeli military takes control of vital Rafah crossing from Gaza into Egypt (www.reuters.com)
German chancellor backs EU plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine arms (www.reuters.com)
Around 90% of the revenues generated from Russian frozen assets should be spent on arms purchases for Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday, supporting an earlier EU proposal to use Russian assets’ interest payments to boost Ukraine defence....
Australia denounces China over 'unsafe' aerial confrontation (www.reuters.com)
Israel begins evacuating part of Rafah ahead of threatened assault (www.reuters.com)
RAFAH, Gaza Strip, May 6 (Reuters) - Israel called on civilians to evacuate parts of Rafah on Monday in what appeared to be preparation for a long-threatened assault on Hamas holdouts in the southern Gaza Strip city where more than a million war-displaced Palestinians have been sheltering....
Canada police charge three with murder of Sikh leader Nijjar, probe India link (www.reuters.com)
Colombia to break diplomatic relations with Israel, President Petro says (www.reuters.com)
Turkey to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at World Court, minister says (www.reuters.com)
Western insurers say Russian oil price cap doesn't work (www.reuters.com)
Philippines accuses China of damaging its vessel at hotly contested shoal in South China Sea (www.reuters.com)
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