US food regulator gathering information on Indian spices after alleged contamination (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is gathering information on products of Indian spice makers MDH and Everest after Hong Kong halted sales of some of their products for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer-causing pesticide....
Russia, US clash at UN over nuclear weapons in space (www.reuters.com)
Staffer of Germany's right-wing AfD arrested over China espionage suspicions (www.reuters.com)
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Taiwan says new Chinese air routes threaten Taiwanese islands' flight safety (www.reuters.com)
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Lawyers aim to wrap up jury selection in Trump criminal trial (www.reuters.com)
Lawyers in Donald Trump’s criminal trial are expected on Friday to wrap up the painstaking process of selecting a jury that will for the first time in U.S. history determine whether a former president is guilty of breaking the law....
Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem wins 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award (www.reuters.com)
Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem won the prestigious 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award on Thursday for his image of a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in the Gaza Strip....
Germany arrests two for alleged military sabotage plot on behalf of Russia (www.reuters.com)
US lawmakers angry after Huawei unveils laptop with new Intel AI chip (www.reuters.com)
Republican U.S. lawmakers on Friday criticized the Biden administration after sanctioned Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei unveiled a laptop this week powered by an Intel AI chip....
China trying to gain space through force, US admiral says (www.reuters.com)
Admiral John Aquilino, Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said in an address to the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney that China’s actions against the Philippines, particularly in Second Thomas Shoal, were “dangerous, illegal and they are destabilising the region”.
Swiss women win landmark climate victory at human rights court (www.reuters.com)
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their government’s inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heatwaves....
Mayor of Russia's Orenburg orders evacuations amid 'critical' flooding (www.reuters.com)
UN Security Council fails to condemn strike on Iran in Syria (www.reuters.com)
The United States, Britain and France on Wednesday opposed a Russian-drafted U.N. Security Council statement that would have condemned an attack on Iran’s embassy compound in Syria, which Tehran has blamed on Washington’s ally Israel....
South Korea's Hyundai Motor ends Indonesia aluminium deal after calls by a climate campaigner backed by K-pop fans not to procure supplies of the metal produced using coal power (www.reuters.com)
Hyundai Motor said in a statement on Tuesday that it had ended its non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Adaro, a unit of Indonesia’s second-largest coal miner Adaro Energy Indonesia, at the end of 2023, adding that the companies had decided to explore other opportunities independently.
Israeli strikes on Syria kill dozens, security sources say (www.reuters.com)
Israeli strikes on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early on Friday killed 38 people, including five members of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, two security sources said. The Syrian defence ministry said earlier on Friday that a number of civilians and military personnel were killed after Israel and militant groups launched...
Exclusive: Taiwan's navy chief to visit U.S. next week, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Taiwan’s navy chief, Tang Hua, will visit the United States from next week to attend a military ceremony and discuss how to boost bilateral naval cooperation as China raises threats toward the island, six people briefed on the trip said....
Israeli minister quits Netanyahu's unity government, saying he was sidelined (www.reuters.com)
Texas border enforcement law again blocked in legal whiplash (www.reuters.com)
A Republican-backed Texas law that would allow state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border was blocked again by an appeals court on Wednesday, just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court had cleared the way for it to go into effect....
Germany arrests two over suspected Islamist plot on Swedish parliament (www.reuters.com)
Cuba summons top US diplomat, accuses US of stoking protests (www.reuters.com)
Europe to use frozen Russian profits to arm Ukraine, Scholz says (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine’s backers will use windfall profits on frozen Russian assets to finance arms purchases for Kyiv, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said following a meeting with his French and Polish counterparts aimed at showing unity after weeks of friction....
India to begin voting on April 19 in world's largest election (www.reuters.com)
Behind the OnlyFans porn boom: allegations of rape, abuse and betrayal (www.reuters.com)
Sammy remembers nearly every detail of the night in April 2022 when she says two men raped her....
French lawmakers vote on Ukraine support in 'risky' Macron bet (www.reuters.com)
The far-right National Rally (RN) have said they would abstain in Tuesday’s vote and the hard left France Unbowed (LFI) is also opposed to the security pact....
Safety at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant worsening, Ukraine says (www.reuters.com)
Safety at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine is worsening daily, Ukraine’s energy minister said on Friday, pledging to keep pressuring Russia at the U.N. nuclear watchdog to withdraw from the site....