Power outage hits Balkan states as heat overloads system, minister says (www.reuters.com)
PODGORICA, June 21 (Reuters) - A major power outage hit Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania and most of Croatia’s coast on Friday, disrupting businesses, shutting down traffic lights and leaving people sweltering without air conditioning in the middle of a heatwave....
Gabon detects first case of bird flu since 2022 at poultry market (www.reuters.com)
Lawmakers in Philippines push for probe into Pentagon's anti-vax propaganda operation (www.reuters.com)
Lawmakers in Philippines push for probe into Pentagon's anti-vax propaganda operation (www.reuters.com)
Why pick on us? Cyprus perplexed by Hezbollah threats (www.reuters.com)
China says Dalai Lama must 'thoroughly correct' his political views (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....
Weary Lebanese brace for war after new Hezbollah threats (www.reuters.com)
BEIRUT/SIDON, June 20 (Reuters) - Lebanese product designer Tara Tabet does not want to see her country pulled into a full-scale war with Israel, but like many of her compatriots is bracing for possible conflict after new threats by armed group Hezbollah against both Israel and Cyprus....
Biden allies raising $10 million to challenge Trump social media machine (www.reuters.com)
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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)
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)
Argentina posts largest monthly primary surplus yet under Milei (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....
Russian President Putin arrives in Vietnam for state visit (www.reuters.com)
Thailand to be first Southeast Asian country to recognise same-sex marriage (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....
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....
I was 'political football' says UK woman branded a Chinese spy (www.reuters.com)
Kremlin calls NATO chief's nuclear weapons remark an 'escalation of tension' (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....