TOKYO (AP) — Japanese went to the polls Sunday in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was gunned down while making a campaign speech. Abe’s governing party appeared to be cruising to a major victory. As people voted, police in western Japan sent the alleged assassin to a local prosecutors’...
WILMINGTON, Del, July 8 (Reuters) – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) has a strong legal case against Elon Musk walking away from his $44 billion deal to acquire the U.S. social media company but could opt for a renegotiation or settlement instead of a long court fight, according to legal experts. Delaware courts, where the dispute between the two...
LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) – When French President Emmanuel Macron whispered in Joe Biden’s ear last month that top global oil exporter Saudi Arabia has very little additional capacity to increase output, the U.S. President looked surprised. Biden is due to land in Riyadh later this month, and he will likely hear the same sobering...
TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) – Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday while campaigning for a national election the government said, with public broadcaster NHK saying he appeared to have been shot from behind by a man with a shotgun. Police said a 41-year-old man suspected of carrying out the shooting in...
NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters) – Growing worries about a potential recession in the United States are tempting some investors back into the Treasury market, despite bruising declines in U.S. government bonds throughout the first half of 2022. Surging U.S. inflation and rising interest rates have dulled the allure of Treasuries this year, dealing bond...
By Muhammad Azhar Kaleem During the early colonial era, Europeans founded their first colonies in Africa. In the 16th century, the Portuguese settled in Angola and Mozambique while in 1652 the Dutch founded a colony in South Africa. In the late 19th century Europeans colonized most of Africa, South Asia and some other regions, primarily...
BEIJING, July 7 (Reuters) – The trade and economic teams of China and the United States agreed to maintain close communication following virtual talks between Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday. “China always opposes the trade protectionism such as the Section 301 investigation and...
NUSA DUA, Indonesia, July 7 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was on the Indonesian island of Bali on Thursday preparing for a G20 gathering that will be his first face-to-face meeting with the fiercest critics of his country’s invasion of Ukraine. The G20 foreign ministers’ meeting runs until Friday in host country Indonesia,...
KYIV/KRAMATORSK, July 7 (Reuters) – Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said attempts by the West to punish a nuclear power such as Russia for the war in Ukraine risked endangering humanity, as the near five-month conflict leaves cities in ruins and thousands homeless. Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has triggered the most serious crisis...
Cairo (By Special correspondent): In a webinar organised by Islamic Research Complex, Cairo (Egypt) different scholars from the Muslim world expressed grave concern about converting poor African Muslims to Christianity. Scholars argued that its alarming for the whole Muslim nation that such practice is being done. Leading scholars of the Muslim world including, Dr Yasser...