By Ahmed Tolba, Nafisa Eltahir and Yasmine Ghania CAIRO/DUBAI, July 31 (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Friday after Iran said it had stopped two vessels seeking to exit the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring concerns over global energy supplies following a drone attack on ships in a Mediterranean Egyptian port this week. Iran said four…
LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – Britain’s approval for China to build a vast embassy in London was lawful, the High Court ruled on Friday, rejecting a legal challenge brought by a group of local residents. China’s plans to build an embassy on the site of the two-century-old Royal Mint Court near the Tower of London…
By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila DAKAR, July 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. is backing the Ampasindava rare earths project in Madagascar as part of its strategy to loosen the dominance of rivals in critical minerals supply chains, the State Department has said, underscoring Washington’s push to develop alternative sources of minerals now largely controlled by China….
BYD Japan president Liu Xueliang (left) poses with actress Alice Hirose (centre) during the launch of BYD’s ‘kei’ electric vehicle Racco in Tokyo. (AFP pic) TOKYO: Chinese giant BYD launched an electric “kei” car in Japan today with an ad campaign featuring a top actor, taking on local rivals whose own pint-sized vehicles rule the…
BEIJING, July 28 (Reuters) – China’s No.2 leader, Premier Li Qiang, visited the city of Tangshan on Tuesday for the 50th anniversary of a 1976 earthquake that killed a quarter of a million people – a trip usually made by Chinese presidents. Li paid his respects on President Xi Jinping’s behalf, state media said, while…
BEIJING, July 28 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping hopes Slovakia will play a constructive role in the development of European Union’s relations with China, focusing on properly handling conflicts and differences, according to a report on Tuesday from state news agency Xinhua. The key is to engage in equal consultation and seek common ground…
By Nayera Abdallah and Elwely Elwelly DUBAI, July 27 (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday it was still in control of the Strait of Hormuz and not seeking to resume peace talks with the United States, after President Donald Trump halted a two-week bombing campaign that his top brass told him had run its course. …
MOSCOW, July 27 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that it had not seen any specific information regarding new proposals for a peace settlement in Ukraine ahead of a meeting in Washington between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Trump and Zelenskiy are due to hold talks in Washington on Tuesday….
The University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) president and vice-chancellor Xiang Zhang has announced that he will be stepping down in 2028 after completing a second five-year term, according to an email seen by the South China Morning Post. In the email, sent to the university community in the early hours of Monday, Zhang described the…
By Parisa Hafezi and Raphael Satter DUBAI/WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) – Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States maintains its latest pause on air strikes, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday, after President Donald Trump abruptly called off his two-week-old bombing campaign. After 13 nights of intensifying U.S….