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By Hyunsu Yim and Nobuhiro Kubo SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) -North Korea has notified Japan of a plan to launch a satellite between May 31 and June 11, a Japanese coast guard official said on Monday. Analysts say the military satellite is part of nuclear-armed North Korea’s efforts to advance surveillance technology, including drones, to improve its ability to strike targets in the event of a conflict. North Korea has also undertaken […]

By Laura Matthews and Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) – Global investors are gaming out how a tentative deal to raise the United States debt ceiling could ripple through markets, as lawmakers strive to pass the agreement through Congress before a June 5 deadline. A deal to lift the $31.4 trillion debt limit announced by the White House and House Republicans late Saturday would avert a catastrophic U.S. default and boost overall […]

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian army air defences on Sunday confronted an Israeli missile strike on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, and there were no casualties, state media said. Citing a Syrian military source, state media said missile strikes coming from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights had targeted several sites it did not identify. “Our air defences confronted the aggressors’ missiles and downed some of them with […]

(Reuters) – Australian fintech company Humm Group said on Monday an interim stop order issued by the country’s corporate regulator restricting it from issuing buy-now-pay-later products to new customers had been revoked. (Reporting by Himanshi Akhand in Bengaluru, editing by Deepa Babington) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has notified Japan of its plan to launch a satellite between May 31 and June 11, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported on Monday, citing a Japanese government official. “We strongly urge North Korea to refrain from launching while cooperating with relevant countries such as the U.S. and South Korea,” the Japanese prime minister’s office said in a tweet on Monday. The office said the Japanese government […]

By Belén Carreño and Jessica Jones MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s ruling Socialists may have lost power in the country’s key regions of Valencia and Aragon in Sunday’s local elections, with around 30% of the votes counted, showing electoral vulnerability ahead of an end-of-year general election. In big cities such as Valencia and Seville, where mayors were also elected, the count was almost completed and most turned to the conservative People’s […]

(Reuters) – Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday congratulated Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election in Turkey’s presidential election. Prime Minister Sunak reiterated strong relationship between United Kingdom and Turkey, as economic partners and close NATO allies, according to a Downing Street statement. (Reporting by Urvi Dugar in Bengaluru) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

(Reuters) -U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham disputed Russian criticism of his support for Ukraine on Sunday, saying he had simply praised the spirit of Ukrainians in resisting a Russian invasion with assistance provided by Washington. Graham, shown in a video clip of his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Friday, acknowledged his host’s praise for military assistance valued at $38 billion since the outset of the conflict in […]

By Can Sezer, Ali Kucukgocmen and Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan extended his two decades in power in elections on Sunday, winning a mandate to pursue increasingly authoritarian policies which have polarised Turkey and strengthened its position as a regional military power. His challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, called it “the most unfair election in years” but did not dispute the outcome. Official results showed Kilicdaroglu won 47.9% of the […]