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(Reuters) – A Russian missile strike killed at least nine people in eastern Ukraine on Friday as a British assessment said Ukrainian troops had been forced to withdraw from parts of the city of Bakhmut, the focus of Moscow’s slow advance through the region. FIGHTING * Four people were killed and 10 wounded by Ukrainian shelling of a residential area in a Russian-controlled town in eastern Ukraine, the top Russian-installed […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Thousands of Palestinian Christians and pilgrims from around the world filled Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday to celebrate the Orthodox Holy Light ceremony, under a heavy Israeli police presence that has drawn anger from churches. The millennium-old celebration, symbolising Jesus’s resurrection, usually draws thousands of worshippers to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Christians believe Jesus was buried. But Israeli police this year have significantly limited access […]

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said they had taken control of the presidential palace, the residence of the army chief and Khartoum international airport on Saturday in an apparent coup attempt as clashes erupted with the army. The RSF, which accused the army of attacking it first, also said they had seized the airports in the northern city of Merowe and […]

By Valentina Za and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) – In 1977, a Ferrari owner offloaded his 1962 250 GTO because his wife complained it was too noisy, recounts Andrea Modena, head of Ferrari’s classic car division. It was either her or the car. “Nowadays, I’m not sure the wife would have won out.” Times have indeed changed. In 2018, the same Ferrari model became the most expensive car ever sold […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Shanghai will encourage SAIC Motor and other vehicle manufacturers to actively participate in automotive chip investment, as well as support the formation of expert groups and industry alliances, government media The Paper reported on Saturday. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Writing by Liz Lee; Editing by Alex Richardson) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said they had taken control of the presidential palace, the residence of the army chief and Khartoum international airport on Saturday as clashes erupted with the army in an escalating power struggle. In a statement, the RSF also said they had taken over the airports in the northern city of Merowe and El-Obeid in the west. […]

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said they had taken control of the presidential palace, the residence of the army chief and Khartoum international airport on Saturday as clashes erupted with the army in an escalating power struggle. In a statement, the RSF also said they had taken over the airports in the northern city of Merowe and El-Obeid in the west. […]

By Valentina Za and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) – In 1977, a Ferrari owner offloaded his 1962 250 GTO because his wife complained it was too noisy, recounts Andrea Modena, head of Ferrari’s classic car division. It was either her or the car. “Nowadays, I’m not sure the wife would have won out.” Times have indeed changed. In 2018, the same Ferrari model became the most expensive car ever sold […]

(Reuters) -Gary Gensler, the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said hedge funds and other parts of the shadow banking system need to face greater scrutiny after last month’s upheaval in U.S. government bonds, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. Gensler told the newspaper that reducing the risks from speculative funds and non-banking financial institutions was “more important than ever”. “We just had Treasury yields move more […]