HANOI (Reuters) - Police in Vietnam have arrested a senior official involved in talks with international organisations on labour reforms, state media said on Thursday, adding that the action was linked to disclosure of classified information.
The detention of Nguyen Van Binh follows months of arrests of prominent experts and activists, in what some diplomats see as a further crackdown on civil society amid a major reshuffle of top political leaders in... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) - A Ukrainian air attack on Russia's Belgorod region injured eight people and damaged scores of residential buildings and cars, the governor of the region bordering with Ukraine said on Thursday.
Among the wounded is an 11-year-old girl who was taken to a hospital, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor said on the Telegram messaging app.
About 34 flats in 19 apartment buildings were damaged, as well as three dozen cars in the city... (continue reading...)
By Liangping Gao and Ryan Woo
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's eastern metropolis of Hangzhou, among the country's most thriving cities, on Thursday said it will lift all home purchase restrictions to shore up its real estate market, raising the prospect of other cities following suit.
As of May 9, Hangzhou's government will no longer vet the eligibility of potential buyers, the city housing authority said in a notice.
Hangzhou... (continue reading...)
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook
The Bank of England is not expected to move interest rates today. But markets price an almost 50-50 chance of a cut in June, so the focus is on whether policymakers deliver any groundwork for loosening policy in six weeks' time.
Academic Swati Dhingra already voted for a cut in March and some figure on Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden joining her this month. Governor Andrew... (continue reading...)
By Nathan Layne
(Reuters) - A Michigan township clerk was charged with multiple felonies on Wednesday, the latest turn in a state inquiry into efforts by Donald Trump supporters to tamper with voting machines to prove his false claim that he lost the 2020 election due to fraud.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a statement that former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott, 52, has been charged with five felonies related to... (continue reading...)
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