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By Ian Ransom HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) says it is happy for the North Korea flag to keep flying at the Hangzhou Asian Games despite it being banned over the country’s non-compliance with global anti-doping rules. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned the flag at all major sporting events, outside the Olympic and Paralympic Games, in 2021 after deeming North Korea had failed to […]

(Reuters) – The Russian-installed head of the Russian-annexed Ukrainian region of Donetsk has imposed a curfew, according to a decree published on Sunday. Denis Pushilin banned the presence of civilians on streets and public places from 11 p.m. until 4 a.m. on Mondays-Fridays, according to the decree. The decree forbade assemblies, rallies and demonstrations as well as other mass events in Russia-controlled parts of Donetsk region unless they were permitted […]

By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd has entered a partnership with China’s Huayou Group’s subsidiary Youshan, it said on Sunday, to build a joint electric vehicle (EV) battery material plant in Morocco to diversify its portfolio. Huayou has joined the growing number of Chinese electric vehicle and battery companies seeking to expand overseas to get closer to their foreign clients and benefit from local incentives. In […]

By Felix Light and Guy Faulconbridge NEAR KORNIDZOR, Armenia (Reuters) – The 120,000 ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh will leave for Armenia as they do not want to live as part of Azerbaijan and fear ethnic cleansing, the leadership of the breakaway region told Reuters on Sunday. Armenia’s Prime Minister also said the Karabakh Armenians were likely to leave the region, and that Armenia was ready to take them in, following […]

SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) – McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was happy to be a new addition to what has jokingly been dubbed the Max Verstappen podcast after taking his first Formula One podium in Japan on Sunday. Red Bull’s championship leader Verstappen has appeared in the cool-down room — where cameras and microphones catch the gestures and comments of the top three drivers — after all but one of 16 races this […]

By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) – The Formula One constructors’ world championship is by definition a team effort but rarely has one driver played such a dominant role in securing it as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in 2023. The Dutch driver’s comfortable victory from pole position in Japan on Sunday made sure of the team title with six races to spare. Suzuka, the home track of engine partners Honda in their […]

DUBAI (Reuters) -Authorities in Iran have neutralised 30 bombs meant to go off simultaneously in Tehran and detained 28 terrorists linked to Islamic State, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday, citing the intelligence ministry. “Some of the members are of Islamic State (IS) and the perpetrators have a history of being affiliated with Takfiri groups in Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Kurdistan region of Iraq,” Iran’s intelligence ministry added […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Sunday the likelihood was rising that ethnic Armenians would flee the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh and blamed Russia for failing to ensure Armenian security. If 120,000 people go down the Lachin corridor to Armenia, the small South Caucasian country could face both a humanitarian and political crisis. “If proper conditions are not created for the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh to live in […]

By Hadeel Al Sayegh (Reuters) – Spinneys Dubai LLC, the franchisee of the supermarket chain in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, is planning an initial public offering of the business in the second quarter of 2024, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Albwardy Investment, the franchise’s 100% owner, hired Rothschild & Co to advise on the planned IPO, the sources said, requesting anonymity as the plans […]