China hits back as U.S. looks into lab leak theory
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, Aug 23 (Reuters) – India is expected to ban mills from exporting sugar in the next season beginning October, halting shipments for the first time in seven years, as a lack of rain has cut cane yields, three government sources said. India’s absence from the world market would be likely to increase benchmark…
Three buses in Israel detonated Thursday in what police are investigating as a suspected terror attack, according to multiple reports. Two empty buses exploded simultaneously in different parking lots in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, before a third one went up in flames, according to Israeli media reports. Additional bombs were also planted on two…
July 8 (Reuters) – The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the Chinese-backed military junta in the hills of northern Myanmar. The Kachin Independence Army since December has been battling the junta over the town of Bhamo, less than 100…
WARSAW, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Poland said on Tuesday it was rushing troops to its eastern border after accusing Belarus, Russia’s closest ally, of violating its airspace with military helicopters. The Belarusian military denied any such violation and accused NATO member Poland, one of Ukraine’s most fervent backers in its conflict with Russia, of making…
Lithuania has begun constructing a military campus that will house up to 4,000 German troops in Rūdninkai, a southeastern region of the Baltic country near the border with Belarus, which shares close ties with Russia. The cost of project is estimated to be upwards of $1 billion, according to Reuters, and it’s one of the…
Jan. 7 (UPI) — At least 126 people are dead and 188 injured after a strong earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet in China on Tuesday morning. A 7.1-magnitude temblor struck at a depth of about 6 miles just after 9 a.m. local time in Tibet’s Dingri County, a mountainous region located near the…