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China’s Chang’e-6 moon probe lands back on Earth

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe landed on Tuesday in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, making the country the first to bring back samples from the moon's far side. The

Factbox-Why is Julian Assange flying to the remote Pacific island of Saipan?

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Julian Assange is en route to a courtroom on the Pacific island of Saipan where he is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to a single criminal charge in a plea

S.Korea battery maker apologises for deadly fire but says it complied with safety rules

By Hyunsu Yim, Dogyun Kim and Daewoung Kim HWASEONG, South Korea (Reuters) -The CEO of a South Korean lithium battery manufacturer apologised on Tuesday following a massive factory fire that killed 23

French snap elections spark investor worries, Paris stock market head says

PARIS (Reuters) - The prospect of a politically extreme party with little or no government experience reaching power after France's parliamentary elections is leading to investor worries, the chief

Chief of Air Staff urges prioritisation of modernisation for India’s armed forces

New Delhi , June 25 (ANI): Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Tuesday emphasised the critical need for India to...

Rights advocates welcome Assange release but say US case sets worrying precedent

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Free speech organizations welcomed Monday's news of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's release from jail in Britain but said the U.S. case had still set a bad

Decades after war, North Korea still builds borders, draws warning shots

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Seventy four years after the Korean War began, North Korean troops are building new fortifications, occasionally inviting warning shots from South Korean counterparts

Landmark trial for 47 Hong Kong democrats enters final stretch before sentencing

By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Mitigation pleas for Hong Kong's biggest ever national security trial against the city's democratic opposition kicked off on Monday, in what is

Exclusive-Trump reviews plan to halt US military aid to Ukraine unless it negotiates peace with Moscow

By Gram Slattery and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two key advisers to Donald Trump have presented him with a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine -- if he wins the presidential election -- that

Australia wants Assange brought home, PM says

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia Prime Minster Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday he wanted Julian Assange brought back home to Australia as soon as possible, after the WikiLeaks founder left Britain before

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Water stress inevitable, what steel & coal sectors can do to avoid looming crisis

11 of 15 major river basins in India to experience water stress by 2025. India’s major power grids depend on 14 major river basins, all of which are under ‘high water stress’.

What fallen Agniveer Ajay Kumar’s kin got & didn’t get — Army counters Rahul Gandhi’s claim

Kumar’s family will get a total compensation of around Rs 1.65 crore, the Army has said. But amount given to a fallen Agniveer's next of kin differs from case to case.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.