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By Fatos Bytyci ZVECAN, Kosovo (Reuters) – Dozens of NATO troops secured a municipal building in the Kosovo town of Zvecan on Tuesday, a day after 30 NATO soldiers and 52 Serb protesters were injured in clashes that EU and NATO officials said were unacceptable as they urged calm. Kosovo police said in a statement that the situation is “fragile, but calm.” Russia said on Tuesday “decisive steps” were needed […]

By Ira Dugal MUMBAI (Reuters) – On a hot summer afternoon, 23-year old Nizamudin Abdul Rahim Khan is playing cricket on a muddy, unpaved road in the Rafiq Nagar slum in India’s financial capital, Mumbai. Here, there is scant evidence of India’s fast-growing economy. Bordering what was once Asia largest garbage dumping ground, Rafiq Nagar and surrounding areas are home to an estimated 800,000 people, most living in tiny rooms […]

By Guy Faulconbridge and Pavel Polityuk MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian drones struck Moscow on Tuesday, Russia said in what one politician called the worst such attack since World War Two, while Kyiv was also hit by air for the third time in 24 hours. Since Russia sent troops into its neighbour in February last year, the war has largely been fought inside Ukraine, though Moscow has reported some attacks on its […]

By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani former prime minister Imran Khan was on Tuesday granted bail on a new charge of abetting violence against the military by his protesting supporters after he was arrested and detained on May 9 in a corruption case, his lawyer said. The embattled Khan, who says the corruption charges have been concocted, is embroiled in a confrontation with the powerful military, which has […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission and the U.S. State Department expressed concern about a new Polish law which could effectively ban individuals from public office with no possibility of appeal to an independent court. The law pushed through by Poland’s ruling eurosceptic and nationalist PiS party comes ahead of parliamentary elections in October or November. The new commission will investigate the 2007-2022 period and have the power to ban […]

By Moira Warburton and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan deal to raise the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling faces its first test in Congress on Tuesday, setting up what could be a nail-biting week of voting before the United States runs out of money to pay its bills. The House of Representatives Rules Committee is due to consider the 99-page bill at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Tuesday, […]

(Reuters) – Russia may ban doctors from performing surgery to change people’s gender under a proposed new bill, the TASS news agency said on Tuesday, citing a copy of the legislation. The bill would prohibit medical workers from “performing medical interventions designed to change the sex of a person”, TASS said, but exempts surgery to treat congenital anomalies in children. Surgery to treat congenital anomalies would only be permitted if […]

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukraine launched its biggest ever drone attack on Moscow on Tuesday but air defences destroyed all eight of the drones, Russia said, bringing the 15-month war in Ukraine to the heart of the capital. Drone attacks deep inside Russia have intensified in recent weeks ahead of an expected Ukrainian counter-offensive, with strikes on oil pipelines and even the Kremlin earlier this month that Moscow has […]

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Out of the frying pan, and into the fire? Relief over the likely lifting of the U.S. debt ceiling this week is being reined in by the uncomfortable prospect of even higher Federal Reserve interest rates – and the further evaporation of any 2023 easing hopes. As U.S. markets reopen after Monday’s holiday, investors now have […]