TBILISI, July 10 (Reuters) – A Georgian opposition politician was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday after being convicted on a terrorism charge for attempting to set fire to a court building in the capital last year, the Interpress news agency reported. The court said Aleko Elisashvili, a founder of the Citizens party,…
MOSCOW, July 10 (Reuters) – The International Energy Agency has downgraded its projections on Russian oil production because of Ukrainian attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure, the agency said on Friday. Ukraine has stepped up the drone strikes on energy facilities including oil refineries in recent months, seeking to stifle Moscow’s war efforts. “Continued strikes…
The Hong Kong stock exchange is drawing a growing number of foreign companies from across Asia and North America that are seeking international capital, as the bourse marks progress in its ambition to be a global magnet for fundraising. The latest firm seeking to join the cohort is Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, the Central Asian nation’s…
July 9 (Reuters) – Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab said the cell responsible for what he called “terrorist” bombings that targeted Damascus on Tuesday was now in custody, Syrian TV reported on Thursday. Khattab said authorities would reveal the identities of the cell’s members, their roles and all their links after investigations were completed, it…
WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) – Russian strikes killed at least 265 civilians in Ukraine and injured 1,816 in June, the highest combined casualty count since the first months after Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, a top U.N. official told the Security Council on Thursday. U.N. political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo said the number of…
LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) – Andy Burnham, who is expected to be named as Britain’s new prime minister later this month, wants to exert more pressure on the Israeli government over its actions in Gaza, the Guardian reported on Thursday. In an interview with the newspaper, Burnham was critical of how current Prime Minister Keir…
KYIV, July 9 (Reuters) – Authorities in Ukraine launched inquiries on Thursday into violent clashes in the western city of Lviv a day earlier over the country’s military draft, the latest sign of wartime tensions over the call-up in the fifth year of the war with Russia. Prosecutors said a group of people blocked on-duty…
MOSCOW, July 9 (Reuters) – Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who is serving a long prison sentence in Russia, has been admitted to hospital, Kommersant newspaper reported on Thursday. The business daily quoted Gilman’s lawyer as saying he was receiving treatment but that it was too early to talk about a diagnosis. Reuters requested a…
“Fermata: Hong Kong in Venice” is an exercise in collective world-building. © Hong Kong Museum of Art and Angel Hui “Fermata: Hong Kong in Venice,” one of the collateral shows of the 61st Venice Biennale, creates a bridge between two cities shaped by water and marked by strong maritime histories. Artists Kingsley Ng and Angel…
By Ben Blanchard and Yi-Chin Lee ON BOARD THE TAIWAN COAST GUARD SHIP PP-10081, Taiwan Strait, July 9 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s government took a small group of foreign lawmakers on a Coast Guard ship around sensitive Taiwan-controlled islands next to the Chinese coast on Thursday, pushing back against China’s Coast Guard whose patrols have angered…