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Pakistan PM Sharif to visit China June 4-8, foreign ministry says May 31, 2024 02:58AM

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit China from June 4 to 8 on the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Pakistan's foreign ministry said on Friday.

The trip will seek to upgrade cooperation under the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which is a key part of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, the foreign office spokesman Mumtaz Baloch said in a press briefing.

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International reaction to Donald Trump's criminal conviction May 31, 2024 02:53AM

(Reuters) - A New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records to cover up a hush-money payment to a porn star, making him the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a crime.

Here are some international reactions to the verdict:

MATTEO SALVINI, ITALY'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND HEAD OF THE LEAGUE PARTY:

“Solidarity and full support for @realDonaldTrump, victim of judicial harassment and a... (continue reading...)


US defence secretary raises concerns about China's military activity, Pentagon says May 31, 2024 02:34AM

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin raised concerns about China's military activity during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart on Friday in Singapore, the Pentagon said, the first such face-to-face contact since 2022.

"The secretary expressed concern about recent provocative PLA activity around the Taiwan Strait, and he reiterated that the PRC should not use Taiwan's political transition - part of a normal, routine democratic... (continue reading...)


Czech Republic to seek more Ukraine ammunition contributions, minister says May 31, 2024 02:30AM

PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech Republic will at some point seek more contributions to its initiative to source ammunition supplies for Ukraine from around the world, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on Friday, adding that NATO needed to send Russia a strong message.

Prague said this week that it had contributions of more than 1.6 billion euros and that could cover half a million shells this year for Ukraine as it fights Russia's invasion.

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Column-Pound nears 2016 levels as election nods to new Brexit tack: Mike Dolan May 31, 2024 02:28AM

By Mike Dolan

LONDON (Reuters) - The optics of sterling hitting its highest since 2016's Brexit referendum after a surprise UK election announcement is hard to ignore - and may suggest hope at margin for a healing of Brexit-related economic damage.

What Washington's Peterson Institute for International Economics described this week as a "self-inflicted wound", Britain's messy exit from the European Union has dogged inward investment, the... (continue reading...)


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