BANGKOK (Reuters) - Rainbow flags filled the streets of Bangkok on Saturday at the start of Pride Month as Thailand inches closer to recognising same-sex marriages.
Thousands of LGBTQ+ revellers and activists gathered for a parade through the capital's street as signs and placards with "Love wins" slogans were displayed across the city.
"This year's pride parade can be considered one of the biggest because it coincides with the passing of... (continue reading...)
By Lisa Barrington
DUBAI (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines is still committed to the Boeing 737 MAX 10 model that it has on order for deliveries beginning next year, even though it does not anticipate receiving the aircraft for some time, CEO Ed Bastian said on Saturday.
Delta, one of the largest U.S. airlines, operates a large mixed fleet including planes from Airbus and Boeing, which is engulfed in a quality and corporate crisis.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday there could be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas was destroyed, casting doubt on a key part of a truce proposal that U.S. President Joe Biden said Israel itself had made.
Biden said on Friday that Israel had proposed a deal involving an initial six-week truce with a partial Israeli military withdrawal and the release of some hostages... (continue reading...)
By Leigh Thomas
PARIS (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's (S&P) decision to downgrade its rating on France's sovereign debt should in the short term deliver more political sting than pain in financial markets.
Days ahead of a June 9 EU parliamentary election, S&P cut France's long-term sovereign debt rating on Friday to "AA-" from "AA", citing expectations that higher than expected deficits would push up debt in the euro zone's second-biggest... (continue reading...)
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) had 40.27% of the vote after the election commission released results from over 99% of polling stations on Saturday.
(Reporting by Tannur Anders; Editing by Alexander Winning)
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