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By Anna Voitenko NEAR BAKHMUT (Reuters) – The use of heavy weapons supplied by the West in the fierce battle raging on the outskirts of Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia in May, is inflicting a significant toll on enemy lines, Ukrainian commanders have told Reuters. Buoyed after the capture last week of the key village of Klishchiivka, Ukrainian troops have lauded the 155 millimetre howitzers as key equipment being […]

By Martin Quin Pollard and Ian Ransom HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the COVID-19 delayed 19th Asian Games on Saturday in the Eastern city of Hangzhou during a shiny and at times raucous opening ceremony on Saturday. Spectators in the city’s 80,000 capacity stadium let out a huge roar as Xi was introduced and walked in to sit with visiting dignitaries including International Olympic Committee President Thomas […]

(Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Cohen confirmed that “shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners” had informed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of the possible involvement of Indian agents in the murder of a Canadian citizen in June, CTV News reported. Intelligence-sharing network Five Eyes includes the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Trudeau said on Monday that Ottawa had credible intelligence linking Indian agents to the murder […]

(Reuters) – Ford Motor offered a 10% wage increase for the first year followed by increases of 2% and 3% through the second and third year in their tentative agreement with Unifor, the Canadian Union said on Saturday. The agreement also includes a $10,000 productivity and quality bonus to all employees on the active roll of the company and an increase in the monthly basic benefit and special allowance in […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s federal anti-terror agency on Saturday said it confiscated the properties of an alleged Khalistani militant whom it accuses of terror activities in India, as tensions with Canada grow over Sikh separatists. The seizure of a house and land owned by Gurpatwant Singh Pannu in India’s northern state of Punjab “comes as a big boost to the country’s crackdown on the terror and secessionist network being […]

By Philip Pullella MARSEILLES, France (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Saturday condemned “belligerent nationalisms” and called for a pan-European response to migration to stop the Mediterranean, where thousands have drowned, from becoming “the graveyard of dignity”. Francis spoke out in favour of welcoming migrants, in a long speech that concluded a Church conference on Mediterranean issues in Marseille, a French port that for centuries has been a crossroads of cultures […]

By Anna Voitenko NEAR BAKHMUT (Reuters) – The use of heavy weapons supplied by the West in the fierce battle raging on the outskirts of Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia in May, is inflicting a significant toll on enemy lines, Ukrainian commanders have told Reuters. Buoyed after the capture last week of the key village of Klishchiivka, Ukrainian troops have lauded the 155 millimetre howitzers as key equipment being […]

MOGADISHU (Reuters) -A truck bomb exploded at a checkpoint in the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and obliterating nearby buildings, a police officer said. It was not immediately clear who was responsible but the Islamist group al Shabaab frequently carries out bombings in the Horn of Africa country. “So far I have seen 10 dead people including soldiers and civilians and over a […]

(Reuters) – Ford Motor offered a 10% wage increase for the first year followed by increases of 2% and 3% through the second and third year in their tentative agreement with Unifor, the Canadian Union said on Saturday. The agreement also includes a $10,000 productivity and quality bonus to all employees on the active roll of the company and an increase in the monthly basic benefit and special allowance in […]