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(This April 25 story has been corrected to change Mohamed Suleiman’s job description in paragraph 21) By Nafisa Eltahir CAIRO (Reuters) – Darfur inhabitants fear battles between Sudan’s rival military leaders could reawaken war in the vast and largely desert region already scarred by a two-decade-old conflict. The Darfur conflict originated around 2003-2004, pitting rebels against government forces backed by horse-riding militia known as “Janjaweed” in violence that killed some […]

KYIV (Reuters) – Rainy and cool weather has slowed sowing of spring crops in Ukraine but was favourable for the development of key winter cereals, most of which are in good or perfect conditions, Ukrainian state weather forecasters said on Wednesday. Most of Ukraine is subject to extremely variable weather that can have a big impact on planting and harvests. Ukrainian farmers started spring sowing in late February, but only […]

(Corrects Mohamed Suleiman’s job description in paragraph 21) By Nafisa Eltahir CAIRO (Reuters) -Darfur inhabitants fear battles between Sudan’s rival military leaders could reawaken war in the vast and largely desert region already scarred by a two-decade-old conflict. The Darfur conflict originated around 2003-2004, pitting rebels against government forces backed by horse-riding militia known as “Janjaweed” in violence that killed some 300,000 people and uprooted millions from their homes. Despite […]

By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -Airbus has changed the leadership of its A320-family jetliner programme, the profit backbone of the world’s largest planemaker, as it faces a steep production ramp-up in the face of industrial pressures, industry sources said on Wednesday. Current programme leader Michael Menking has been appointed head of special projects for the planemaker’s core commercial business. He will be replaced by Christoph Zammert, who heads support and […]

DUBAI (Reuters) – A former representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the northern city of Babolsar, semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. Abbasali Soleimani’s killer has been detained, Fars said. Khamenei’s representatives are clerics who officiate on behalf of the supreme leader at a provincial level.  (Reporting by Elwely Elwelly; editing by John Stonestreet) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -French aero engine maker Safran unveiled stronger than expected quarterly revenues on Wednesday, buoyed by a swift recovery in air travel, but predicted problems with aviation’s supply chain could drag into next year. “The (pandemic) demand crisis is well and truly behind us,” Chief Executive Olivier Andries said after reporting a 25%underlying rise in first-quarter revenues to 5.266 billion euros ($5.78 billion. Safran provides engines […]

(Reuters) -Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that he is being investigated on terrorism charges that could see him sentenced to 30 years in prison. In comments published on Twitter by Navalny aides, the Kremlin critic, who is already serving sentences totalling eleven and a half years on charges including fraud, said: “They have presented absurd allegations that threaten me with 30 years in prison … that […]

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British foreign minister James Cleverly urged China to be more open about what he called the biggest military build-up in peacetime history and said secrecy around its plans could lead to a “tragic miscalculation”. Relations between Britain and China are the worst in decades after London restricted Chinese investment over national security concerns and expressed concern at Beijing’s increasing military and economic assertiveness. In a […]

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British foreign minister James Cleverly urged China to be more open about what he called the biggest military build-up in peacetime history and said secrecy around its plans could lead to a “tragic miscalculation”. Relations between Britain and China are the worst in decades after London restricted Chinese investment over national security concerns and expressed concern at Beijing’s increasing military and economic assertiveness. In a […]