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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Daniel Cameron won the Republican primary for Kentucky governor on Tuesday, becoming the first major-party Black nominee for governor in the state’s history and setting up a November showdown with Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear. Cameron, the state’s attorney general who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, claimed a convincing victory over a 12-candidate field that included Kelly Craft, who served as United Nations ambassador in […]

By Andrew Hayley XIAN, China (Reuters) – China wants to further deepen relations with Kazakhstan based on mutual trust in times of both “prosperity and adversity”, President Xi Jinping told his visiting Kazakh counterpart on Wednesday. This week, China will for the first time host an in-person summit of Central Asian leaders, building ties in Russia’s backyard as Beijing’s relations with the West sour. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan […]

By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Tesla Inc has proposed setting up a factory in India to build electric cars for domestic sale and export, the carmaker told government officials on Wednesday, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The company did not discuss lowering import tax on electric cars, the person told Reuters. Senior Tesla executives are in India this week to meet the government to […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama is set to follow in the footsteps of David Robinson and Tim Duncan, and the San Antonio Spurs are ready to welcome the French phenom. It sure seems like an ideal pairing. The Spurs hit the lottery jackpot on Tuesday, landing the No. 1 pick and the right to draft one of the most highly touted prospects in NBA history. Not since LeBron James made […]

By Tatiana Gomozova and Lucy Papachristou MOSCOW (Reuters) – Three Russian academics who have worked on hypersonic missile technology face “very serious accusations”, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, in a treason investigation that has spread alarm through Russia’s scientific community. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he was aware of an open letter from Siberian scientists in defence of the men, but that the case was a matter for the security […]

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -A Pakistani official accused former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday of sheltering aides and supporters wanted over attacks on the army following his arrest last week, and warned he had 24-hours to hand them over. Khan and his representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment. “We have intelligence that some 30 to 40 terrorists who were involved in attacking our army’s buildings […]

By Horacio Soria BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – In Juan Capano’s shoemakers’ workshop on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, 109% inflation makes a painful daily impact: constantly changing input costs for the leather, laces and rubber that workers assemble into boots at whirring machines. Argentina is battling one of the highest inflation rates in the world, with prices growing faster at any time since 1991, raising the specter of hyperinflation and […]

By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s focus on foreign policy and a relentless schedule of trips abroad risks distracting him from tackling thorny domestic issues, two senior allies of the leftist president told Reuters. Their frank comments, expressed on condition of anonymity, hint at growing discomfort within Lula’s camp at his pace of travel and his commitment to brokering peace between Russia and […]

HELSINKI (Reuters) -The bank accounts of Finland’s embassy and consulate in Russia are frozen and the Nordic country has not had an explanation from its neighbour, the Finnish foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Finland, which has a long border with Russia, formally joined NATO on April 4 in a historic policy shift brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that drew a threat from Moscow of counter-measures. Finnish Foreign Minister […]