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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has started developing a nuclear power plant for its planned joint lunar station with China, the RIA news agency cited Yuri Borisov, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, as saying on Wednesday.

In March, Borisov said Moscow was considering the idea of powering the station using nuclear energy.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel was reopening Kerem Shalom crossing on its border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a statement from the Israeli agency in charge of it said, adding that aid trucks routed through from Egypt were already undergoing security inspections there.

Israel had closed Kerem Shalom crossing on Sunday after a Palestinian shelling attack nearby killed four soldiers.

(Writing by Dan Williams)

(Reuters) - German industrial production declined in March, although less than expected, data from the federal statistics office showed on Wednesday.

Industrial production fell in March by 0.4% compared to the previous month. Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted a 0.6% fall.

The less volatile three-month on three-month comparison showed that production was 1.0% higher from January to March than in the previous three months, the... (continue reading...)

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MATHURA, India (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has drawn up new targets to boost farmer incomes as he seeks to secure his legacy of reforming the world's largest democracy and tries to assuage a key voting bloc disillusioned by his government's past failures.

Modi, who is eyeing a rare third term in ongoing elections, wants to lift rural per-capita income by 50% by 2030,... (continue reading...)

BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin senator and former city mayor Franziska Giffey became the latest victim in a string of attacks on German politicians when a man struck her from behind with a heavy object in a local library, according to a police statement on Wednesday.

Giffey, local minister for the economy and a member of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), was slightly injured in the attack, police and the local prosecutor's office said.