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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Shijin Jiang pulled the precision binocular headband magnifier over her eyes and hunched down within a few inches of the ancient text resting on a light board. Using a pair of hand tools, Shijin carefully inspected the sheet made from the papyrus plant, proceeding with the utmost care. After all, it most likely hadn’t been handled in a century — nor read for thousands of […]

By Clare Jim HONG KONG, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Mingling with power brokers at the Chinese Communist Party’s centenary celebrations in 2021, a beaming Hui Ka Yan betrayed no sign of the pressure mounting on his property company, China Evergrande Group, the world’s most-indebted developer. Hui, with a full head of black hair, looked relaxed in a navy-blue suit and open-necked shirt as he stood on a podium overlooking the […]

HELSINKI, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Swedish builder Skanska said on Thursday it had signed a contract worth about 11.2 billion Swedish crowns ($1.19 billion) with an existing client to build four new data centres in the southeastern United States. • The project involves constructing four data centres, totalling about 75,000 square meters (808,000 square feet), Skanska said in a statement. • The work includes constructing the shell and interior fit-out […]

(Corrects day to Thursday) DUBAI, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Iran executed a man on Thursday over charges related to January’s nationwide protests, state media reported.  State media identified the person as Qaem Hosseini, a foreign national, who, it said, took part in events that led to the killing of security force members during the protests.  (Reporting by Elwely Elwelly) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

Freddie Freeman hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, Mookie Betts added an RBI single and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 6-4 in Denver on Wednesday. Betts finished with three hits, including a home run. Enrique Hernandez also went deep and singled, and Kyle Tucker finished with two hits for Los Angeles, which completed a three-game series sweep. Teoscar Hernandez singled off Jimmy Herget (0-5) […]

By Sarah El Safty and Naveen Thukral DUBAI/SINGAPORE, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Global wheat importers are bracing for tighter supplies as attacks on Black Sea grain infrastructure disrupt shipments, heightening food security risks for top buyers such as Egypt and Indonesia, while driving up prices. Benchmark Chicago futures have climbed more than 17% since the start of July, fuelled largely by a shortfall in Black Sea supplies, with physical prices […]

CAIRO (AP) — Palestinians face inflated prices for groceries and batteries, hospitals have turned to smugglers for medicine and equipment, and Israeli soldiers and other middlemen are accused of pocketing millions of dollars as the smuggling of goods restricted by Israel into the Gaza Strip has boomed, according to an Associated Press investigation based on court documents and interviews with traders, truckers and officials. Cigarettes and tobacco — banned from […]

SREMSKA MITROVICA, Serbia (AP) — The wreck of a steam tugboat dating from the early 1900s is the latest relic to emerge from shrinking waters in Serbia as Europe’s rivers run dry, with the continent engulfed in prolonged, extreme heat and drought. The rusting hull — once a famed vessel known as the Slovenian — surfaced earlier this month from the Sava River near the Serbian town of Sremska Mitrovica, […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile barrage overnight Thursday killed at least six people in Kyiv as explosions echoed across the capital throughout the night, local authorities said. At least 33 people were wounded in the attack, according to Ukraine’s Emergency Service. The air raid alert remained active into the early morning hours Thursday. The strikes hit 12 locations across Kyiv’s Darnytskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Solomianskyi districts, damaging residential buildings, […]