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(Reuters) -National Public Radio (NPR) will no longer post content to its 52 official Twitter feeds in protest against a label by the social media platform that implies government involvement in the U.S. organization’s editorial content. NPR said on Wednesday Twitter refused its repeated requests to remove the inaccurate label of “state-affiliated media”, now changed to “government-funded media,” which did not accurately capture its public media governance structure. British broadcaster […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, is grappling with a mystery ailment in jail that could be some sort of slow acting poison, as he has lost 8 kg in weight in just over two weeks, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said. “We do not exclude that at this very time Alexei Navalny is being slowly poisoned, being killed slowly so that it attracts less attention,” Yarmysh […]

By Joe Cash and Ellen Zhang BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s exports unexpectedly surged in March, with officials flagging rising demand for electric vehicles, but analysts cautioned the improvement partly reflects suppliers catching up with unfulfilled orders after last year’s COVID-19 disruptions. Exports in March shot up 14.8% from a year ago, snapping five straight months of declines and stunning economists who predicted a 7.0% fall in a Reuters poll. But […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China said it would ban vessels from an area north of Taiwan on Sunday due to the possibility of falling rocket debris, China’s maritime safety administration said on Thursday, without providing details. The news comes after Taiwan said China would impose a no-fly zone briefly on Sunday morning in a similar area that would affect around 33 flights. China has not commented on the no-fly zone but […]

DUBLIN (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden, a proud Irish-American, took his three-day tour of Ireland to Dublin on Thursday for an address to parliament and a banquet at Dublin Castle as his focus shifted from Northern Irish peace to celebrating his heritage. “It feels wonderful. It feels like I’m coming home,” Biden told journalists on Wednesday afternoon as he toured Carlingford Castle, near the home of one of the […]

BEIJING (Reuters) -China said it will ban vessels from an area north of Taiwan on Sunday due to the possibility of falling rocket debris, China’s maritime safety administration said on Thursday, without providing more detail. The news comes after Taiwan and other neighbouring countries said China would impose a no-fly zone on Sunday morning in a similar area that would affect around 33 flights. China has not commented on the […]

BEIJING (Reuters) -China said it will ban vessels from an area north of Taiwan on Sunday due to the possibility of falling rocket debris, China’s maritime safety administration said on Thursday, without providing more detail. The news comes after Taiwan and other neighbouring countries said China would impose a no-fly zone on Sunday morning in a similar area that would affect around 33 flights. China has not commented on the […]

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – KPMG has been fined 875,000 pounds ($1.09 million) for its audit of lighting manufacturer Luceco for its financial year to Dec. 31, 2016, Britain’s accounting watchdog said on Thursday. During 2016 Luceco was the parent of companies that produced and distributed lighting products and wiring accessories, with subsidiaries in China and other countries. “The breaches included failures in the design and performance of audit […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will ban vessels from an area north of Taiwan on Sunday due to the possibility of falling rocket debris, China’s maritime safety administration said on Thursday. The restrictions will affect an area in the East China Sea on Sunday between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (0100 GMT to 0700 GMT), the administration said. (Reporting by John Geddie; Editing by Bernadette Baum) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com