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SEOUL, July 27 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un paid respects at war memorials marking the 73rd anniversary of the Korean War armistice, state media KCNA reported on Monday, with his daughter joining him for the first time at the commemorations. Kim visited cemeteries, met veterans and laid flowers at the graves of first-generation guerrilla fighters, while reiterating Pyongyang’s claim of a “great victory” in the 1950-1953 war, […]

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will deliver his annual state of the nation speech Monday with a bleak backdrop of a major corruption scandal that he exposed last year but has implicated his key allies; his estranged vice president’s impeachment trial; and the global economic fallout from a resurgent war in Iran. More than 23,000 police were deployed to secure the House of Representatives in suburban […]

MOSCOW, July 27 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones killed a couple in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don in an overnight attack, regional governor Yuri Slyusar said on Monday, saying apartment blocks, warehouses and a shelter for homeless people had been damaged. Slyusar said that air defence forces had shot down around 50 Ukrainian drones over his region and that Kyiv had targeted the cities of Rostov, Taganrog and four districts […]

BERLIN, July 27 (Reuters) – A second suspect detained in connection with a deadly car-ramming attack on Berlin’s Pride celebrations over the weekend has been released, the German federal prosecutors’ office said on Monday. “We continue to investigate broadly,” the prosecutors’ office told Reuters and declined to comment further. Spiegel on Monday cited sources as saying that authorities released the person because initial suspicion that he was a passenger in […]

July 27 (Reuters) – Russian drone attacks on port infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv region early on Monday and on Sunday killed one person and damaged three civilian vessels, a local official said. Acting Regional Governor Heorhii Reshetilov said on the Telegram messaging app that a 48 year-old man had been killed during a Monday morning attack on port infrastructure. Ukraine’s seaports authority said in a later statement that the […]

July 27 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main stock index futures rose on Monday as the United States and Iran announced a pause in hostilities over the weekend, sending oil prices sharply lower. A wide swathe of stocks sensitive to energy prices rose in premarket trading. Airlines including Delta and American were among the top gainers, rising 2.6% and 3%, respectively. Cruise operators Royal Caribbean and Carnival rose 3.2% each. A […]

GDYNIA, July 27 (Reuters) – The centre of the modernist Baltic port city of Gdynia, built almost from scratch during the two decades between World War One and World War Two, was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Monday as the city celebrates its centenary year. Nestled north of the historic city of Gdansk, birthplace of Poland’s Solidarity labour union movement, and the seaside resort of Sopot, Gdynia was […]

By Jatindra Dash and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI, July 27 (Reuters) – Indian authorities have suspended a policeman for firing rounds in the air from an assault rifle to disperse student protesters in an eastern state over the weekend, the latest flashpoint in a wave of youth protests that forced the federal education minister to resign. Police have been accused of using excessive force at the protests, including beating […]

HONG KONG, July 27 (Reuters) – Online fast-fashion retailer Shein swung to a $99 million quarterly loss due to slowing sales after the U.S. removed an import duty exemption on small packages and a hefty one-time accounting charge. The loss and other financial details were revealed for the first time in its draft prospectus filed with the Hong Kong stock exchange on Sunday as part of the company’s much-awaited initial […]