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LONDON (Reuters) – Betting odds indicate a 25% implied probability of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior adviser Dominic Cummings leaving Downing Street by the end of March. Cummings, the … Read More

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Electric vehicles have charged up investments around the world, but Australia is reveling in a slew of deals involving old-school petrol stations, with a … Read More

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH (Reuters) – Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have reached an agreement to end a five-month long trade dispute, officials said on Thursday. The dispute, which opened a new … Read More

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Hubei province on Thursday asked firms not to resume work before March 11 due to the coronavirus outbreak, saying only businesses involved in epidemic prevention and … Read More

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Thursday measures would be taken to hold to account all those who contributed to Lebanon’s financial crisis through illegal actions be … Read More

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday there was some rapprochement with Russia in talks about Syria’s Idlib region, where Ankara has threatened to mount an … Read More

By Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s guarantees in Libya are dependent on a truce between warring sides being upheld, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday, adding that … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – Algeria is ready to act as a mediator in any Libya ceasefire talks, its president Abdelmadjid Tebboune told French newspaper Le Figaro in an interview published on … Read More

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A week shy of his 18th birthday, climate activist Luke Wijohn is planning to take down New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a … Read More

By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported a dramatic drop in new coronavirus infections on Thursday although scientists warned the flu-like pathogen may spread even more easily than previously … Read More