Armenia recognises Palestinian statehood, says Armenian foreign ministry ( www.reuters.com )
Power outage hits Balkan states as heat overloads system, minister says ( www.reuters.com )
PODGORICA, June 21 (Reuters) - A major power outage hit Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania and most of Croatia's coast on Friday, disrupting businesses, shutting down traffic lights and leaving people sweltering without air conditioning in the middle of a heatwave....
China threatens death penalty for 'diehard' Taiwan separatists ( www.reuters.com )
Lawmakers in Philippines push for probe into Pentagon's anti-vax propaganda operation ( www.reuters.com )
Amazon Mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp ( www.reuters.com )
Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company's plans.
Why pick on us? Cyprus perplexed by Hezbollah threats ( www.reuters.com )
Weary Lebanese brace for war after new Hezbollah threats ( www.reuters.com )
BEIRUT/SIDON, June 20 (Reuters) - Lebanese product designer Tara Tabet does not want to see her country pulled into a full-scale war with Israel, but like many of her compatriots is bracing for possible conflict after new threats by armed group Hezbollah against both Israel and Cyprus....
Beluga whale pair move from Ukraine's war-torn Kharkiv to Spain's Valencia ( www.reuters.com )
MADRID, June 20 (Reuters) - Marine biologists have moved a pair of beluga whales from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv - the target of daily shelling by Russian forces - to the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, in what they described as a long and risky international rescue operation....
Sudan's cemeteries swell with fresh graves as hunger and disease spread ( www.reuters.com )
China coast guard personnel a "band of barbarians", says Philippine navy official ( www.reuters.com )
China says Dalai Lama must 'thoroughly correct' his political views ( www.reuters.com )
Thailand to be first Southeast Asian country to recognise same-sex marriage ( www.reuters.com )
Ukraine's international bond rework derailed as deadline nears ( www.reuters.com )
Ukraine has not been able to reach an agreement with a group of bondholders over restructuring some $20 billion of international debt during formal talks, it said on Monday, raising the spectre that the war-torn country might slip into default...
China’s risky answer to wall of debt is more debt ( www.reuters.com )
China’s economy is buried under a great wall of debt and Xi Jinping’s answer is to add more bricks. The president has sanctioned an extraordinary programme of borrowing by the central government to steer the $18 trillion behemoth to “high quality development”. In doing so, he is piling risk onto the country’s last...
US sues Photoshop maker Adobe for hiding fees, making it difficult to cancel ( www.reuters.com )
Jeg er godt klar over det er i USA det her foregår, og jeg ville rigtig gerne se EU undersøge abonnementsordninger og vilkår for forskellige selskaber. Og her mener jeg ikke kun tech-selskaber, men i det hele taget selskaber der tilbyder abonnementsordninger for et produkt....
US, Canada, Japan and Philippines conduct exercises in South China Sea ( www.reuters.com )
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic ( www.reuters.com )
International Criminal Court (ICC) investigating alleged Russian cyberattacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure as possible war crimes, sources say ( www.reuters.com )
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are investigating alleged Russian cyberattacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure as possible war crimes, four sources familiar with the case said....
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic ( www.reuters.com )
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US lawmakers grill Microsoft president over China ties, hacks ( www.reuters.com )
Microsoft President Brad Smith fielded questions about the tech giant's security practices and ties to China at a House homeland security panel on Thursday, a year after alleged China-linked hackers spied on federal emails by hacking the firm....
Kremlin's top security officials call on Russians to mobilise to inflict 'maximum harm' on West in response to sanctions ( www.reuters.com )
- Kremlin hawk talks of need for harsh campaign against West...
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic ( www.reuters.com )
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Russians told to mobilize to inflict 'maximum harm' on West in response to sanctions ( www.reuters.com )
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