India's May oil imports: Russia at record high, Saudi lowest in 10-mth (www.reuters.com)
Armenia recognises Palestinian statehood, says Armenian foreign ministry (www.reuters.com)
Alberta's left-leaning opposition picks former Calgary mayor as party leader (www.reuters.com)
Alberta’s opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) has chosen former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi as its new leader, party officials announced on Saturday....
Power outage hits Balkan states as heat overloads system, minister says (www.reuters.com)
PODGORICA, June 21 (Reuters) - A major power outage hit Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania and most of Croatia’s coast on Friday, disrupting businesses, shutting down traffic lights and leaving people sweltering without air conditioning in the middle of a heatwave....
China threatens death penalty for 'diehard' Taiwan separatists (www.reuters.com)
Lawmakers in Philippines push for probe into Pentagon's anti-vax propaganda operation (www.reuters.com)
Why pick on us? Cyprus perplexed by Hezbollah threats (www.reuters.com)
Beluga whale pair move from Ukraine's war-torn Kharkiv to Spain's Valencia (www.reuters.com)
MADRID, June 20 (Reuters) - Marine biologists have moved a pair of beluga whales from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv - the target of daily shelling by Russian forces - to the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, in what they described as a long and risky international rescue operation....
Weary Lebanese brace for war after new Hezbollah threats (www.reuters.com)
BEIRUT/SIDON, June 20 (Reuters) - Lebanese product designer Tara Tabet does not want to see her country pulled into a full-scale war with Israel, but like many of her compatriots is bracing for possible conflict after new threats by armed group Hezbollah against both Israel and Cyprus....
Sudan's cemeteries swell with fresh graves as hunger and disease spread (www.reuters.com)
China coast guard personnel a "band of barbarians", says Philippine navy official (www.reuters.com)
China says Dalai Lama must 'thoroughly correct' his political views (www.reuters.com)
Thailand to be first Southeast Asian country to recognise same-sex marriage (www.reuters.com)
US, Canada, Japan and Philippines conduct exercises in South China Sea (www.reuters.com)
China and Philippines quarrel over South China Sea collision (www.reuters.com)
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
Philippines files UN claim to extended continental shelf in South China Sea (www.reuters.com)
The Dutchman who gets Nike and Lego into wartime Russia’s stores (www.reuters.com)
Philippine military chief urges fishermen to ignore China's new coastguard rules (www.reuters.com)
More than 2000 inmates transferred to 'mega prison' in El Salvador (www.reuters.com)
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
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Free contraception helps Finland reduce teenage abortions by 66% (www.reuters.com)
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
US lawmakers grill Microsoft president over China ties, hacks (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft President Brad Smith fielded questions about the tech giant’s security practices and ties to China at a House homeland security panel on Thursday, a year after alleged China-linked hackers spied on federal emails by hacking the firm....
How the far-right gained traction with Europe's youth (www.reuters.com)
From Germany and France to Poland and Spain, the far-right made inroads into the youth vote in key states in this EU election - as a generation that has grown up amid constant crises seeks new answers and follows politicians fluent in TikTok and YouTube....
