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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's foreign ministry said on Thursday it was recommending its citizens to temporarily avoid travelling to Russia, becoming the second Central Asian nation to do so after Tajikistan issued similar advice last weekend.

Russia has placed about a dozen people - including Tajiks and a Kyrgyz-born man - in pre-trial detention in connection with a deadly attack on a concert hall outside Moscow on March 22 that was claimed by... (continue reading...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods increased solidly in March, boosted by demand for commercial aircraft and motor vehicles, but gains elsewhere were moderate.

Factory orders rose 1.6% after gaining 1.2% in February, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Thursday. The increase in orders was in line with economists' expectations. Orders gained 0.3% year-on-year in March. Excluding transportation, orders increased... (continue reading...)

By Anne Kauranen

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's new armed forces chief said Russia was unlikely to test NATO's mutual defence clause by attacking a NATO member state in the coming years, but may well continue what he said were hybrid attacks such as jamming and election interference.

Some Western leaders, such as U.S. President Joe Biden, Germany's top military official and Denmark's defence minister, have expressed concern that Russia's... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - U.S. truck engine maker Cummins Inc missed Wall Street estimates for first-quarter sales on Thursday, dragged down by waning demand in China and weak freight activity.

The company has struggled with a slow recovery in freight activity from a post-pandemic slump and sluggish demand in key regions such as China and Europe.

"We do still expect slowing demand in some of our key markets in the second half of the year" CEO Jennifer... (continue reading...)

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government is working with the European Union to ensure that the bloc's firms hit by Russian sanctions are compensated for the damage they have suffered, it said on Thursday.

Russia has placed the assets of a handful of Western companies under "temporary management" since the start of the war in Ukraine, justifying such moves as retaliation for actions by other countries against Russian businesses.

Last week,... (continue reading...)