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Exclusive-Pakistan point-of-sale payments slump nearly 50% after protest violence
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Point-of-sale transactions routed through Pakistan's main digital payments system fell by nearly 50% the day after former Prime Minister Imran Khan's arre...
May 11, 2023
Factbox-Parties contesting Thailand’s election
By Chayut Setboonsarng (Reuters) - Thailand goes to the polls on Sunday to elect 500 members for its House of Representatives. Below are the major parties vying for seats and the chance to form a gove...
May 11, 2023
Russia’s Wagner boss Prigozhin: Ukrainian offensive has started around Bakhmut flanks
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The founder of Russia's Wagner Group mercenary force Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Thursday that Ukrainian units had begun their counterattack, and were approaching Bakhmut from the fla...
May 11, 2023
Several vehicles in flames after explosion in centre of Milan – Sky TG24
MILAN (Reuters) -Several vehicles are in flames in the centre of Milan in northern Italy after an explosion, the SkyTG24 news channel reported on Thursday. Local police said a van had caught fire. No ...
May 11, 2023
In Houston, homelessness volunteers are in a stand-off with city authorities
By Evan Garcia HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) - In Houston, Texas, a nonprofit group has been in a stand-off with local authorities over their feeding of homeless people in front of the city's library. The ...
May 11, 2023
Swiss prepare to evacuate village threatened by vast landslide
BRIENZ, Switzerland (Reuters) - Swiss authorities have ordered residents to abandon a tiny mountain village in the eastern canton of Graubunden because of fears it will soon be buried beneath a collap...
May 11, 2023
Republicans ready tough border control bill for U.S. House passage
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to pass on Thursday Republican legislation intended to stop immigrants and illegal drugs crossing the nation's south...
May 11, 2023
Marketmind: Disinflation cheer, debt cap fear
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Investor relief that ongoing U.S. disinflation takes pressure off the Federal Reserve to resume its 14-month interest rate rise campa...
May 11, 2023
Spike in U.S.-Mexico border crossings fuels political tensions as Title 42 ends
By Mike Blake and Ted Hesson SAN DIEGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. will lift COVID-19 border restrictions known as Title 42 on Thursday night, a major shift that has drawn tens of thousands of mig...
May 11, 2023
China completes warship deliveries to Pakistan as military alliance grows
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has delivered two frigates to Pakistan's navy, completing a four-warship deal inked in 2018, Chinese media reported, amid deepening military cooperation between the two natio...
May 11, 2023
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