South Korea to provide more demining equipment to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
Credit Suisse inquiry will keep files secret for 50 years (www.reuters.com)
A parliamentary investigation into the collapse of Credit Suisse will keep its files closed for 50 years, according to a parliamentary committee document, a level of secrecy that has triggered concern among Swiss historians.
Yellen 'eager' to work with China on debt, other global challenges (www.reuters.com)
GANDHINAGAR, India, July 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday she was “eager” to work with China on areas of mutual interest, including debt restructurings for poorer countries, and that multilateral development banks needed reforms before capital increases could be considered....
Putin says Russia will use cluster bombs in Ukraine if it has to (www.reuters.com)
President Vladimir Putin said Russia had a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster bombs and reserved the right to use them if such munitions, the use of which he said he regarded as a crime, were deployed against Russian forces in Ukraine....
China's Xiaomi bets bigger on India retail stores amid Samsung rivalry (www.reuters.com)
NEW DELHI, July 16 (Reuters) - China’s Xiaomi (1810.HK) will focus on boosting its India sales from retail outlets after years of big bets on e-commerce, its India president said, as the company seeks to revive smartphone sales after falling behind South Korea’s Samsung (005930.KS)....
Last ship leaves Ukraine port ahead of Black Sea grain-deal deadline (www.reuters.com)
The last ship to travel under a U.N.-brokered deal that allows the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain left the port of Odesa early on Sunday ahead of a deadline to extend the agreement, according to a Reuters witness and MarineTraffic.com....
Iraqi PM Sudani, Syria's Assad hold talks on security, water in Damascus (www.reuters.com)
BAGHDAD, July 16 (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Sunday in the first such visit by an Iraqi premier since the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011....
China, Russia to start joint air and sea drill in Sea of Japan (www.reuters.com)
BEIJING, July 16 (Reuters) - A Chinese naval flotilla set off on Sunday to join Russian naval and air forces in the Sea of Japan in an exercise aimed at “safeguarding the security of strategic waterways”, according to China’s defence ministry....
Thousands evacuated as Spanish island wildfire out of control (www.reuters.com)
July 16 (Reuters) - At least 4,000 people have been evacuated as a forest fire burned out of control on the Spanish island of La Palma, authorities said on Sunday, as Europe struggled to cope with a heatwave....
Putin says Russia has 'sufficient stockpile' of cluster bombs and will use them if necessary (www.reuters.com)
Kyiv has said it will use the munitions, banned in more than 100 countries, to dislodge concentrations of enemy soldiers when trying to take back its own territory. Putin told state TV Moscow would respond in kind if necessary.
Elon Musk says Twitter's cash flow still negative as ad revenue drops 50% (www.reuters.com)
Elon Musk says Twitter’s cash flow still negative as ad revenue drops 50%::Twitter’s cash flow remains negative because of a nearly 50% drop in advertising revenue and a heavy debt load, Elon Musk said on Saturday, falling short of his expectation in March that Twitter could reach cash flow positive by June.