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By Mei Mei Chu

SHANDONG, China (Reuters) - U.S farmers have asked policymakers not to involve food in a trade war with China, the American Soybean Association told Reuters on Friday, amid growing concerns that tensions between the two nations will dent already faltering agriculture trade.

"I have gone to Washington DC, Capitol Hill and I talk to our legislators, our senators and representatives, I always emphasise with them that this is... (continue reading...)

By Friederike Heine and Balazs Koranyi

FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - Upward pressure from wages means inflation is proving stubborn, Germany's central bank said on Friday, a day after the European Central Bank delivered its first interest rate cut since 2019.

The warning from Europe's biggest economy is likely to reinforce expectations that interest rates can only come down slowly. Inflation has fallen from double-digit territory in late... (continue reading...)

By William James and Andrew MacAskill

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a fresh setback in his struggling election campaign on Friday when he apologised for leaving D-Day commemorations early in order to give an interview attacking the main opposition party.

Sunak's decision not to stay at the event in northern France alongside other world leaders on Thursday was met with dismay within his Conservative Party which... (continue reading...)

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will need at least 75,000 additional troops to fulfil its NATO commitments as the alliance adapts its defence planning to face what it sees as an increasingly hostile Russia, Spiegel magazine reported on Friday.

At their Vilnius summit last year, NATO leaders signed off on the first major defence plans since the end of the Cold War, detailing how the alliance would respond to a Russian attack.

The move signified... (continue reading...)

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is strongly opposed to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and urges Washington to withdraw them immediately, the defence ministry said on Friday.

The ministry said it had lodged a complaint to the United States over the matter.

"(China's military) will continue to strengthen its military training and exercises, and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity," it added in a statement.