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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's former Prime Minister Hun Sen asked Myanmar's ruling general on Tuesday to allow him to speak to detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on a video call, a request he said the junta chief would consider.

Suu Kyi, the figurehead of Myanmar's struggle against military rule, was arrested during a 2021 coup and has since been sentenced to 27 years in prison for a multitude of offences her allies say she did not commit.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian planemaker Embraer reported on Tuesday an adjusted net loss of 63.5 million reais ($12.51 million) for the first quarter, less than the 460.5 million-real loss it posted a year earlier, according to a securities filing.

The improved results came in as the world's third-largest planemaker delivered a total 25 jets in the period, 67% more than a year ago, leading its net revenues to jump 19% to 4.5 billion reais.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney's streaming entertainment unit posted its first profit on Tuesday, two quarters ahead of schedule, and the media company raised its annual earnings per share outlook as it said turnaround efforts were yielding results.

Shares of the company were down 1.4% in premarket trading.

Disney now expects adjusted earnings per share to rise by 25% this fiscal year, the company... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 and Dow edged higher on Tuesday, ahead of quarterly results from Walt Disney, while expectations of the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts this year helped support market sentiments.

The three main U.S. stock indexes closed at their strongest level in more than three weeks on Monday, after a weaker-than-expected labor market report last week fueled bets that the U.S. central bank will ease monetary policy... (continue reading...)

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine have accused each other at the global chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague of using banned toxins on the battlefield, the organisation said on Tuesday.

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said that the accusations were "insufficiently substantiated" but added that "the situation remains volatile and extremely concerning regarding the possible re-emergence of use of toxic chemicals... (continue reading...)