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PARIS (Reuters) -Political upheaval in France won't affect preparations for the Olympic Summer Games, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Monday after President Emmanuel Macron shocked France with his call for new parliamentary elections.

Macron called the snap election after the far-right National trounced his own party in Sunday's European Parliament vote. Two voting rounds will be held on June 30th and July 7th, the latter coming less than three weeks... (continue reading...)

By Ted Hesson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border dropped on Friday, a senior U.S. border official told Reuters, saying it signaled a restrictive new Biden administration policy was deterring some illegal immigration.

U.S. Border Patrol arrested around 3,100 people crossing illegally, down roughly 20% from the days before, the official said, requesting anonymity to discuss... (continue reading...)

By Supantha Mukherjee

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark made a phone call using a new technology called "immersive audio and video" that improves the quality of a call with three-dimensional sound, making interactions more lifelike, the company said on Monday.

"We have demonstrated the future of voice calls," said Lundmark, who was also present in the room when the first 2G call was made in 1991.

Current... (continue reading...)

By Milounee Purohit and Vivek Mishra

BENGALURU - India consumer inflation likely snapped a four-month downward trend in May due to rapidly rising food costs, according to economists polled by Reuters, suggesting the Reserve Bank of India is still several months away from cutting interest rates.

The Reuters poll of 50 economists conducted June 5-10 predicted consumer price inflation (CPI) is expected to have picked up to 4.89% last month... (continue reading...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has arrested a Chinese man who sailed a speedboat into a harbour at the mouth of a river leading into Taipei for illegal entry, the Taiwanese coast guard said on Monday.

Taiwan keeps a close watch on its waters and air space, given tensions with China, which views the democratically governed island as its own territory, a claim Taipei rejects.

Taiwan's coast guard said a suspicious vessel was spotted on Sunday... (continue reading...)