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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United Nations has launched an investigation into an unidentified strike on a U.N. car in Rafah on Monday that killed its first international staff in Gaza since Oct. 7, a spokesperson for the U.N. Secretary General said.

The staff member, a retired Indian Army officer named Waibhav Anil Kale, was working with the U.N. Department of Safety and Security and was on route to the European Hospital in Rafah along with a colleague,... (continue reading...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) posted a narrower-than-expected decline in fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday, and forecast slight profit growth in the current financial year.

For the January-March fourth quarter, MUFG reported a group net profit of 192.87 billion yen ($1.24 billion), compared with 773.3 billion yen in the same period a year earlier. The results also compared the 147 billion yen quarterly profit implied by the... (continue reading...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan welcomed more than 3 million visitors for a second straight month in April, official data showed on Wednesday, setting the stage for a potential record year for tourism.

The number of foreign visitors for business and leisure was 3.04 million last month, edging down from the monthly record of 3.08 million achieved in March, data from the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) showed.

Arrivals in April were up... (continue reading...)

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has sent three coast guard vessels to ensure the safety of a civilian flotilla sailing to a shoal in the South China Sea, where Manila and Beijing have been embroiled in heated stand-offs over competing claims.

The three-day mission to hand out provisions for fishermen anchored at the contested Scarborough Shoal is being led by a group called Atin Ito (This is Ours), along with five commercial fishing vessels,... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Europe's benchmark index climbed to a record high on Wednesday, as upbeat earnings boosted industrials and healthcare stocks, while investors buckled up for a highly anticipated U.S. inflation print.

The pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.4%, as of 0715 GMT, after closing at a record high on Tuesday.

Shares of credit data firm Experian jumped 7.8% after an upbeat annual organic revenue growth forecast and Poland's InPost... (continue reading...)