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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has put together a new package of military equipment for Ukraine worth 2.7 billion euros ($3.0 billion), the biggest Berlin has provided since Russia’s invasion, Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. The package will include 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, 30 Leopard 1 tanks, 15 Gepard anti-aircraft tanks, 200 reconnaissance drones, four additional Iris-T anti-aircraft systems including ammunition, additional artillery ammunition and more than 200 armoured combat […]

RIYADH (Reuters) -Sudan’s warring army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary will resume talks on Sunday, a senior Saudi diplomat said, as air strikes and heavy fighting raged overnight around Khartoum despite an agreement to protect civilians. Saudi Arabia, which has been hosting the talks aimed at securing a ceasefire deal, has also invited army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to Friday’s Arab League summit in Jeddah, the diplomat said. The conflict […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s streaming platform JioCinema announced premium pricing of $12.22 a year, as it moves away from a free content model to fight Netflix and Disney. The step comes weeks after a content deal with Warner Bros, that will make available popular HBO and Warner titles, such as “Succession”, and those featuring the character Harry Potter, on the JioCinema platform. On Saturday the JioCinema […]

(Reuters) – Manchester United can attract more “quality players” after finding it tough to convince some transfer targets last season, manager Erik ten Hag said as he bids to restore the Premier League side to their former glory. Former Ajax Amsterdam manager Ten Hag took charge at Old Trafford last year and overcame a wobbly start to guide the fallen giants of English soccer to the League Cup title in […]

RIYADH (Reuters) – Representatives of Sudan’s warring parties will resume talks on Sunday on how to implement plans to deliver humanitarian aid and remove troops from civilian areas, a senior Saudi diplomat said. The parties will remain in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah to start the next phase of the negotiations after agreeing on Thursday to the plan to protect civilians, the diplomat said on Saturday. The kingdom […]

By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – A powerful storm packing winds of up to 175 kph (109 miles) barrelled towards the coasts of eastern Bangladesh and Myanmar on Saturday, threatening around a million Rohingya refugees and others living in low-lying areas. After brewing in the Bay of Bengal for days, Cyclone Mocha is likely to intensify further and make landfall between Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday, Bangladesh […]

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian militants in Gaza resumed rocket fire on Israel early on Saturday after Israeli aircraft bombed Islamic Jihad targets in the enclave overnight, as fighting entered a fifth day. Egypt has been trying to mediate a truce to the flare-up, which has so far left at least 33 Palestinians and one Israeli dead. The violence extends more than a year of resurgent Israeli-Palestinian violence that has killed […]

(Reuters) – A former head of engineering at Bytedance in the United States has said the company discharged him after he voiced concern to management that it was taking user content from other platforms, mainly Instagram and Snapchat. The dispute comes at a time when ByteDance-owned app TikTok faces growing calls for a nationwide ban from some U.S. lawmakers regarding concerns about potential Chinese government influence over it. Yintao “Roger” […]

By Christian Kraemer and Leika Kihara NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) -Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations warned of heightening global economic uncertainty on Saturday as they wrapped up a three-day meeting overshadowed by a U.S. debt ceiling stalemate and fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. G7 central bank chiefs also vowed to combat “elevated” inflation and ensure expectations on future price moves remained well-anchored, a sign many […]