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Foreign Secretary Truss enters race to become next British prime minister
Date: July 11, 2022
By Kate Holton, Andrew MacAskill and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -The 11 candidates seeking to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister will learn the planned timetable to select the new British leader on Monday, as the contest becomes increasingly unpredictable, bitter and divisive. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss became the latest high-profile name to put...
Mourners throng Abe’s wake as his party secures sombre Japan election win
Date: July 11, 2022
By Satoshi Sugiyama and Andrea Shalal TOKYO/NARA (Reuters) – Mourners streamed into a temple in Tokyo to pay their respects to Japan’s slain former premier Shinzo Abe on Monday, as his assassination overshadowed an election win for the ruling party he had dominated. Current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who has the chance to cement his...
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Date: July 11, 2022
(Reuters) – Rescue workers pulled more bodies and some survivors from an apartment building destroyed by a missile strike that killed 24 people in eastern Ukraine, while a Russian bombardment killed at least three in the second largest city Kharkiv. nL4N2YS0DR] FIGHTING * Russia’s defence ministry said on Monday its missiles had struck ammunition depots...
Market value alone is selling nature short, governments told
Date: July 11, 2022
By Mark John (Reuters) – What is the value of a river? Is it for the nutritional content of the fish it sustains? The economic benefit of the local livelihoods it supports? Or does the river have its own value which humans cannot measure? Such questions may seem removed from the issues the world faces,...
Lithuania widens curbs on Kaliningrad trade despite Russian warning
Date: July 11, 2022
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania on Monday expanded restrictions on trade through its territory to Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, as phase-ins on European Union sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine took effect. Additional goods barred from Monday morning include concrete, wood, alcohol and alcohol-based industrial chemicals, a spokesperson for Lithuanian customs...
Tests in Space: Ericsson, Qualcomm, Thales expand 5G horizon
Date: July 11, 2022
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson, French aerospace group Thales and U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm plan to work jointly to develop a satellite-driven 5G network to improve terrestrial connectivity. A 5G mobile device that can connect with satellites would make communication possible from remote corners of the planet and provide a challenge to expensive...