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ST PETERSBURG,  (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said today Russia needed to cut imports, significantly boost the use of non-Western currencies in trade settlement and called for a major expansion of the country’s domestic financial markets.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) –  Israel hit a Gaza school yesterday with what it described as a targeted airstrike on up to 30 Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters inside, and a Hamas official said 40 people were killed including women and children sheltering at the U.N.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – The Philippine coast guard yesterday accused its Chinese counterpart of blocking efforts to evacuate a sick member of its armed forces in the South China Sea, calling its actions “barbaric and inhumane”.

(Reuters) – SpaceX’s Starship rocket survived a fiery, hypersonic return from space and achieved a breakthrough landing demonstration in the Indian Ocean yesterday, completing a full test mission around the globe on the rocket’s fourth try.

(Reuters) – Boeing’s BA.N new Starliner capsule and an inaugural two-member NASA crew safely docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, meeting a key test in proving the vessel’s flight-worthiness and sharpening Boeing’s competition with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France plans to provide Mirage 2000 warplanes to Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron told French TV stations yesterday.

 (Reuters) – Boeing’s BA.N new Starliner capsule and its inaugural two-member NASA crew were set to approach the International Space Station for docking today after helium leaks detected on the spacecraft showed fresh problems in the crucial test mission.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia has approved a project to build the first high-speed passenger railway between its two biggest cities, Moscow and St.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) –  Israel targeted a Gaza school last night that it said contained an Hamas compound, killing fighters involved in the Oct.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia,  (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday he could deploy conventional missiles within striking distance of the United States and its European allies if they allowed Ukraine to strike deeper into Russia with long-range Western weapons.

HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA) formally named him yesterday to lead a new coalition government for a third straight term, a day after it regained power with a surprisingly slim majority.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – The African National Congress is leaning towards trying to form a South African government of national unity with a wide range of parties, it said yesterday, citing the results of last week’s election in which it lost its governing majority.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – The African National Congress is leaning towards trying to form a South African government of national unity with a wide range of parties, it said today, citing the results of last week’s election in which it lost its governing majority.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) –  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to win a rare third term in office, but a smaller-than-expected mandate means he will have to lean more on his allies for support, and that means urgently addressing issues like unemployment, inflation and economic disparities in the world’s most populous nation.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A response from Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Israel’s ceasefire proposal that U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) –  The United States and its G7 partners are making progress on finding ways to provide more urgently needed funds to Ukraine by tapping the value of profits earned on frozen Russian assets, a senior U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour challenger Keir Starmer went head-to-head yesterday over how to boost Britain’s economy, with the PM accusing the opposition party of wanting to increase taxes if it wins power at a July 4 election.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters)  – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set today to retain power at the head of a ruling coalition but his Hindu nationalist party lost its outright majority for the first time in a decade as voters defied predictions of another landslide.The

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s biggest coalition partner said on Tuesday it would support a prospective deal to free hostages from Hamas captivity even if it entails an overhaul of Israel’s Gaza war strategy.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies “fully endorse and will stand behind the comprehensive” ceasefire and hostage release deal for the Gaza war outlined by U.S.