Iceland resumes fin whale hunting, but killing needs to be faster (www.reuters.com)
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Ukraine tells critics of slow counteroffensive to 'shut up' (www.reuters.com)
Workers stage Japan's first strike in decades over department store sale (www.reuters.com)
Workers stage Japan's first strike in decades over department store sale (www.reuters.com)
General Dynamics revenue rises on strong demand for weapons (www.reuters.com)
U.S. defense contractors have benefited as the war in Ukraine and tense U.S.-China relations have fueled demand for weapons such as tanks, submarines and munitions....
China issues highest typhoon warning as Saola moves towards Hong Kong (www.reuters.com)
China issued the highest typhoon warning on Thursday as Typhoon Saola, packing winds of more than 200 kph (125 mph), headed towards the southeastern coastline, threatening Hong Kong and other major manufacturing hubs in nearby Guangdong province....
China issues highest typhoon warning as Saola moves towards Hong Kong (www.reuters.com)
China issued the highest typhoon warning on Thursday as Typhoon Saola, packing winds of more than 200 kph (125 mph), headed towards the southeastern coastline, threatening Hong Kong and other major manufacturing hubs in nearby Guangdong province....
Greece to launch drones, temperature sensors to better fight wildfires (www.reuters.com)
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Microsoft to unbundle Teams from Office, seeks to avert EU antitrust fine (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft (MSFT.O) said on Thursday it would unbundle its chat and video app Teams from its Office product and make it easier for competing products to work with its software, but rivals said it may need to do more to stave off a possible EU antitrust fine....
China's Xi likely to skip G20 summit in India (www.reuters.com)
Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to skip a summit of G20 leaders in India next week, sources familiar with the matter in India and China told Reuters....
As the Olympics loom, Paris's transport grid worries wheelchair users (www.reuters.com)
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Workers stage Japan's first strike in decades over department store sale (www.reuters.com)
Workers at a major Tokyo department store went on strike on Thursday after talks with management over the planned sale of their company broke down, marking the first major walk-out the country has seen in decades....
Wallace confirms resignation as UK defence minister in letter to PM Sunak (www.reuters.com)
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Norway oil and gas exploration round attracts bids from 25 companies (www.reuters.com)
The latest offer added 78 new blocks in the western part of the Barents Sea and 14 blocks in northwestern part of the Norwegian Sea to the already existing APA area....
Top shareholder of China's troubled Zhongrong Trust plans to delist; stock surges (www.reuters.com)
Gabon officers declare military coup, President Ali Bongo detained (www.reuters.com)
Military officers in oil-producing Gabon said they had seized power on Wednesday, placing President Ali Bongo under house arrest and naming a new leader after the Central African state’s election body announced Bongo had won a third term....
Exclusive: Russia will not probe Prigozhin plane crash under international rules (www.reuters.com)
Russia has informed Brazil's aircraft investigation authority that it will not probe the crash of the Brazilian-made Embraer jet that killed mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin under international rules "at the moment."
US embassy in Haiti urges citizens to leave country 'as soon as possible' (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Embassy in Haiti on Wednesday urged citizens in the Caribbean country to leave “as soon as possible” citing security and infrastructure challenges, as escalating violence has left thousands displaced and sent homicides soaring....
Former US Cardinal McCarrick not competent to face sex abuse trial, judge says (www.reuters.com)
A Massachusetts judge on Wednesday dismissed a criminal case charging former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick with molesting a 16-year-old boy in 1974, saying the 93-year-old was not competent to stand trial after psychological experts found he had dementia....
French govt seeking to double list of groceries subject to price cuts-source (www.reuters.com)
Kremlin says Prigozhin plane may have been downed on purpose (www.reuters.com)
Giuliani liable for defaming Georgia election workers, judge rules (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani is liable for defaming two election workers in Georgia, a U.S. judge in Washington said on Wednesday....
Kremlin says Prigozhin plane may have been downed on purpose (www.reuters.com)
The statement was the Kremlin's first explicit acknowledgement that he may have been assassinated....
Russia will not probe Prigozhin plane crash under international rules (www.reuters.com)
Gabon army officers say they have seized power after election in oil-rich country (www.reuters.com)