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(Reuters) - Microsoft and AI firm G42 said on Wednesday they will invest $1 billion in Kenya, which will include building a green data center.

(Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee)

LONDON (Reuters) - British defence minister Grant Shapps accused China on Wednesday of providing or preparing to provide Russia with lethal aid for use by Moscow in its war against Ukraine.

Shapps told a conference in London that U.S. and British defence intelligence had evidence that "lethal aid is now, or will be, flowing from China to Russia and into Ukraine, I think it is a significant development".

Shapps did not provide evidence to... (continue reading...)

By Anton Bridge

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a public push to woo foreign investment on Wednesday, pledging further capital markets reform and promoting asset management in a speech to hundreds of global investors in Tokyo.

His appearance at a conference held by Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley was another example of Japan's effort to shed a long-held image of being unwelcoming to foreign investors.

By Guy Faulconbridge

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's top arms control diplomat on Wednesday dismissed as fake news an assertion by the United States that Russia had launched a weapon into low-Earth orbit that was capable of inspecting and attacking other satellites.

The Kremlin has flatly denied assertions by U.S. officials that Moscow is developing a space-based anti-satellite nuclear weapon. But on Tuesday, U.S. Space Command said Russia... (continue reading...)

MONS, Belgium (Reuters) - The pageant that crowned Belgium's Top Woman focused on the inner beauty and body positivity of the contestants.

The 60 contenders for the title, aged from 23 to 64, were among the latest group of more than 5,000 women who have now taken a nine-month programme on discovering and accepting themselves, as well as some styling and pampering.

"True beauty does not come from a perfect body that corresponds with what... (continue reading...)