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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will head to Papua New Guinea on May 21 to attend the United States-Pacific Summit, his office said in a statement on Thursday. U.S. President Joe Biden will attend the summit along with leaders of 17 other Pacific countries. This will be Hipkin’s first visit to the Pacific since becoming leader in January and also his first in-person meeting with Biden. […]

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities arrested a senior leader of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party on Thursday as the government deployed the army to help end deadly unrest sparked by Khan’s arrest three days ago. Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who served as foreign minister in Imran Khan’s cabinet during his four year premiership, was arrested overnight, a statement on his Twitter profile said. Two other senior leader of Khan’s Pakistan […]

By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong newspaper scrapped on Thursday a satirical cartoon after a decades-long run following a series of complaints by authorities, the cartoonist said, in what was seen as the latest blow to media freedom in the China-ruled city. The Ming Pao newspaper said in a notice it would from Sunday scrap the comic strip by Wong Kei-kwan, one of […]

By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong newspaper scrapped on Thursday a satirical cartoon after a decades-long run following a series of complaints by authorities, the cartoonist said, in what was seen as the latest blow to media freedom in the China-ruled city. The Ming Pao newspaper said in a notice it would from Sunday scrap the comic strip by Wong Kei-kwan, one of […]

Raimel Tapia’s pinch-hit double drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and Kenley Jansen pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn his 400th career save as the visiting Boston Red Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 5-2 on Wednesday to earn a split of their two-game series. Jansen pitched one inning and allowed one hit, striking out Travis d’Arnaud to end the game and earn his ninth save. Jansen, […]

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is highlighting three core priorities at the start of the G7 finance ministers’ three-day meeting in Niigata, Japan today: reining in global inflation, bolstering long-term economic resilience, and redoubling a commitment to Ukraine. But almost everyone also wants to hear from her that the United States can sort out its own […]

(Reuters) -Armenia and Azerbaijan blamed each other for exchange of fire in a border area on Thursday in which at least three soldiers were wounded, Russia’s TASS news agency reported. Armenia’s defence ministry said on Thursday that Azeri troops had shelled the positions of its troops in the Gegharkunik border region with artillery and mortars, wounding two servicemen. Azerbaijan’s defence ministry said its positions came under fire earlier, which wounded […]

(Reuters) -Proxy adviser Glass Lewis said on Wednesday Illumina Inc shareholders should vote for two of Carl Icahn’s nominees to the firm’s board, as representatives who can challenge the current board would be beneficial to the company. Glass Lewis added shareholders should vote against the re-election of the current chief Francis deSouza and chair John Thompson, saying they had enough reasons to advocate for a new chair. The recommendations come […]

By Sriparna Roy and Nandhini Srinivasan (Reuters) -A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Wednesday voted in favor of allowing sales of Perrigo Co’s contraceptive drug without a prescription, paving the way for the country’s first over-the-counter birth control pill. The panel found the drug to be an effective OTC option with some members noting that it could expand the availability of birth-control alternatives to more people. “The […]