JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's armed forces have begun evacuating Palestinian civilians from Rafah ahead of a threatened assault on the southern Gazan city, an Israeli broadcaster said on Monday.
There was no immediate confirmation from the military of the report on Army Radio.
(Reporting by Dan Williams; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee
European markets will be waking up to a fairly quiet session with London closed for a holiday and little on the economic calendar to stand in the way of the latest rate-cut rally.
Investors will be hoping the rise in risk appetite following Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's relatively dovish steer on the U.S. interest rate outlook continues this week, after Wall Street... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) - Ukraine's air force said on Monday that its air defence systems destroyed 12 out of 13 attack drones launched by Russia.
The drones were destroyed over the Sumy region in Ukraine's northeast, the air force said on the Telegram messaging app. It was not immediately clear what happened to the drone that was not downed.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's economy grew by 5.11% in the first quarter from a year earlier, the highest in three quarters and slightly faster than expected, bolstered by spending for the country's general election, data from the statistics bureau showed on Monday.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected Indonesia to post annual growth of 5% in the January-March period. Annual growth in the fourth quarter was 5.04%.
Southeast Asia's... (continue reading...)
By Jennifer Rigby
LONDON (Reuters) - Three of the biggest global health funders have joined forces for the first time in a $300 million partnership aimed at tackling the linked impacts of climate change, malnutrition, and infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation, Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced the research partnership, focused particularly on finding affordable solutions for... (continue reading...)
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