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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Thursday it had launched rockets and weaponised drones at nine Israeli military sites in a coordinated attack, ramping up hostilities on Lebanon's southern border for the second consecutive day.

The attacks were made in retaliation for an Israeli strike on Tuesday that killed a senior Hezbollah field commander.

The group said in a statement it had fired volleys of Katyusha and Falaq rockets... (continue reading...)

LONDON (Reuters) - Chery Auto, China's largest automaker by export volume, expects its planned production in Europe to help offset the impact of European Union tariffs on imports of China-made electric vehicles, a senior executive said on Thursday.

Having local production "should help us mitigate some of the impact" of duties, Charlie Zhang, vice president of Chery Auto and president of its European business, told media a day after the EU said it... (continue reading...)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian prosecutors have sent the case of detained U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich to court after concluding that he collected information for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency about a Russian tank factory, they said in a statement on Thursday.

The office of Russia's General Prosecutor said it had approved the indictment and that Gershkovich's criminal case would be heard by a court in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, where the... (continue reading...)

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany welcomed police officers from across Europe on Thursday to bolster its defences against potential threats at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament, with Interior Minister Nancy Faeser promising vigilance on the eve of the opening match.

"Our focus of course is above all on the threat of Islamist terrorism, hooligans and their offences, everyday crime, violent criminals, but this time also on cyber attacks," Faeser said at a... (continue reading...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased to a 10-month high last week, pointing to easing labor market conditions.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits jumped 13,000 to a seasonally adjusted 242,000 for the week ended June 8, the highest level since last August, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 225,000 claims in the latest week.