Sweden joins NATO as war in Ukraine prompts security rethink (www.reuters.com)
China steps up grey-zone warfare to exhaust Taiwan, defence report says (www.reuters.com)
Turkey's Feb exports to Russia down 34% from year earlier (www.reuters.com)
ANKARA, March 2 (Reuters) - Turkey’s exports to Russia in February fell 33% year on year to $670 million, trade ministry data showed on Saturday.
Ecuador asks to enter Mexico embassy, arrest former Ecuador VP (www.reuters.com)
QUITO/MEXICO CITY, March 1 (Reuters) - Ecuador has requested Mexico’s permission to enter that country’s embassy in Quito and arrest former Ecuadorean Vice-President Jorge Glas, the Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry said on Friday....
Iran's Pars 1 satellite enters space after Russian launch (www.reuters.com)
Hungarian parliament elects top court chief as new president (www.reuters.com)
BUDAPEST, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Hungary’s parliament elected Constitutional Court chief Tamas Sulyok as the country’s next president on Monday, two weeks after the unexpected resignation of Katalin Novak....
Israel strikes deeper into Lebanon after Hezbollah downs drone (www.reuters.com)
Germany joins legal cannabis club (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine outnumbered, outgunned, ground down by relentless Russia (www.reuters.com)
Tennessee company accused of using child labor to clean slaughterhouses (www.reuters.com)
Sweden donates another $680 mln in military aid to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
STOCKHOLM, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Sweden’s defence ministry said on Tuesday the Nordic country will donate military aid to Ukraine worth some 7.1 billion Swedish crowns ($682 million), including the transfer of equipment and fresh cash for arms procurement....
Taiwan drives away Chinese coast guard boat as frontline island tensions rise (www.reuters.com)
Gaza war hits Israeli economy with 19.4% Q4 drop (www.reuters.com)
Tobago's tourism, fishing hit as oil slick spreads across Caribbean (www.reuters.com)
Israel says it approves Starlink services in Gaza field hospital (www.reuters.com)
Cholera vaccine stocks 'empty' as cases surge (www.reuters.com)
The emergency global stockpile of cholera vaccines is empty with all available doses for this month already allocated to countries battling major outbreaks, two United Nations agencies told Reuters....
Surf City USA now on the frontlines of Trump-era politics (www.reuters.com)
Since a conservative majority took over the Huntington Beach City Council a little more than a year ago, it has vigorously pursued an agenda aligned with the Republican Party politics of former President Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement....
US set to overtake China as Germany's top trade partner -DIHK (www.reuters.com)
The United States is set to overtake China as Germany’s most important trade partner by 2025 at the latest if current trends continue, according to the head of foreign trade at the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK)....
Indian state's polygamy ban divides some Muslim women (www.reuters.com)
NEW DELHI, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Shayara Bano heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday at the enactment of a law banning polygamy in her small Indian state, the culmination of a years-long effort including her own case before the nation’s Supreme Court....
Pakistan: How Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif can both declare victory (www.reuters.com)
"Former Pakistani prime ministers and bitter rivals Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan both declared victory in elections marred by delayed results and militant attacks, throwing the country into further political turmoil,”...
Russian drones kill 7 people, including 3 children, in Ukraine's Kharkiv (www.reuters.com)
Iraq says US strikes pushing government to end U.S.-led coalition's mission (www.reuters.com)
Kenyan doomsday cult leader charged with murder of 191 children (www.reuters.com)
NAIROBI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 29 associates were charged on Tuesday with the murder of 191 children whose bodies were found among more than double that number buried in a forest....
Blasts near Pakistan candidates' offices kill 26 on election eve (www.reuters.com)
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Two explosions near electoral candidates’ offices in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan killed 26 people and wounded dozens on Wednesday, officials said, raising concerns over security on the eve of a general election....
Russia's GDP boost from military spending belies wider economic woes (www.reuters.com)
Feb 7 (Reuters) - Russia’s economy rebounded sharply from a slump in 2022, annual data showed on Wednesday, but the growth relies heavily on state-funded arms and ammunition production and masks problems that are hampering an improvement in Russians’ living standards.
