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By Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) – Estimates that about a million people might flee Sudan by October may be conservative and conflict there risks increasing people trafficking and spreading weapons across a fragile region, the head of the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday. More than 350,000 people have already fled across Sudan’s borders since war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted on April 15, […]

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Global trading volumes return to more normal levels on Tuesday as U.S. and UK markets re-open after their one-day holidays, with optimism over a U.S. debt ceiling agreement set to support risk assets and lift bond yields and the dollar. The dollar on Monday held firm around its strongest level in over two […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea will launch its first military reconnaissance satellite in June for live monitoring of U.S. military activities, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday. In a statement carried by the KCNA news agency, Ri Pyong Chol, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers’ Party, denounced joint military exercises by the United States and South Korea as openly showing their “reckless ambition for aggression.” South […]

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Global trading volumes return to more normal levels on Tuesday as U.S. and UK markets re-open after their one-day holidays, with optimism over a U.S. debt ceiling agreement set to support risk assets and lift bond yields and the dollar. The dollar on Monday held firm around its strongest level in over two […]

By Steve Holland and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said that in a call on Monday Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan repeated Ankara’s desire to buy F-16 fighter jets from the United States, while Biden responded that Washington was keen to see Ankara drop its objection to Sweden’s joining NATO. The exchange took place when Biden called Erdogan to congratulate him on his victory in Turkey’s presidential election […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said it will launch its first military reconnaissance satellite in June to counter “reckless military acts” by the United States, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by Soo-hyang Choi; Editing by Leslie Adler) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said it will launch its first military reconnaissance satellite in June to counter “reckless military acts” by the United States, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by Soo-hyang Choi; Editing by Leslie Adler) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s federal government and the Quebec province will each provide about C$150 million ($112 million) for a General Motors-POSCO Chemical battery materials facility that is expected create about 200 jobs in the country, the Canadian industry ministry said on Monday. The U.S. carmaker and South Korea’s POSCO outlined their plan last year to build the facility in Becancour, Quebec, to produce cathode active material (CAM) for electric […]

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s federal government and the Quebec province will each provide about C$150 million ($112 million) for a General Motors-POSCO Chemical battery materials facility that is expected create about 200 jobs in the country, the Canadian industry ministry said on Monday. The U.S. carmaker and South Korea’s POSCO outlined their plan last year to build the facility in Becancour, Quebec, to produce cathode active material (CAM) for electric […]