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(Corrects 14th paragraph to show figures refer to imports, not duties) By Alasdair Pal and Dominique Patton SYDNEY/BEIJING (Reuters) -Australia has reached an agreement with China to resolve their dispute over barley imports, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of improving ties between the trade partners. Relations between the two had been strained for years, and worsened after Australia called for an inquiry into the […]

By Milana Vinn NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, the tech-focused investment arm of Bain Capital, has agreed to buy a stake in iManage, the enterprise software firm said on Tuesday. The terms of the deal, including the purchase price and size of the stake, were not disclosed. Founded in 1995, Chicago, Illinois-based iManage provides document management software and tools primarily to law firms, accounting firms, and companies […]

By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A group of Indian startups has asked a court to suspend Alphabet Inc Google’s new in-app billing fee system until the country’s antitrust body investigates the U.S. firm for alleged non-compliance with its directives, a legal filing showed. The Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) last month asked India’s antitrust regulator to investigate Google for devising a new system startups say still charges […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister on Monday said Kyiv wanted New Delhi to be more involved in helping resolve its conflict with Russia and has sought a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top officials. Emine Dzhaparova told broadcaster CNBC TV18 in an interview that Kyiv also expected India to invite Ukrainian officials to participate in G20 events and intensify political dialogue with Kyiv. India […]

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – An Oklahoma school board is set to vote on Tuesday on whether the state will allow the first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in the U.S. – a decision that promises to ignite a legal battle testing the concept of separation of church and state. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board will vote on an application backed by the Catholic church for the creation of St. […]

By Sandra Stojanovic and Omar Younis NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Tennessee Democrats on Tuesday will press for the reinstatement of the second of two state representatives who were expelled for leading a rule-breaking gun policy protest on the floor of the statehouse, after the first was reinstated on Monday. Justin Jones pumped his fist and declared “power to the people” as he returned to the state House of Representatives after […]

By Charlotte Greenfield (Reuters) – The United Nations’ mission to Afghanistan has launched a review of its operations and asked all Afghan staff not to come to work at least until May after the Taliban administration barred its women staff from working, it said in a statement on Tuesday. The United Nations said last week that the Taliban, who swept to power in 2021, had communicated that Afghan women would […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus confirmed a drop of as much as 11% in first-quarter deliveries and announced the sale of four A350 freighters to an undisclosed customer on Tuesday. The world’s largest planemaker said it had delivered 127 airplanes in the quarter, down 11% on an industrial basis from 142 in the same period last year, or down 9% after accounting for Russia sanctions-related adjustments in early 2022. The deliveries, […]

By Abu Arqam Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan administered Kashmir’s Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas was sacked from his office by a court on Tuesday in a contempt case, the court order said. Ilyas comes from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been locked in a political wrangling with the government that succeeded him in Islamabad. The Kashmir leader was tried over a […]