(Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday that three astronauts left stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) by a leak on their return capsule last year would land back on Earth in a Soyuz MS-23 replacement capsule in September. Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin and U.S. astronaut Francisco Rubio, who had been due …
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By Lewis Jackson (Reuters) – Parts of cyclone-stricken New Zealand could see heavy rains from Thursday as relief and recovery efforts continue and tens of thousands remain without power after Cyclone Gabrielle tore across the country’s North Island last week. The cyclone hit the North Island’s northernmost region on Feb. 12 and tracked down the …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s capital Beijing signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Feb. 16 to import some drugs from Merck starting this year, the company said on Tuesday. Merck is also known as MSD outside the United States and Canada. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom)
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of North Koreans and people in South Korea, Japan and China could be exposed to radioactive materials spread through groundwater from an underground nuclear test site, a Seoul-based human rights group said in a report on Tuesday. North Korea secretly conducted six tests of nuclear weapons at …
By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR (Reuters) – A key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan remained closed for a third day, with thousands of goods vehicles stuck and businesses facing losses as officials from both sides try to broker a solution. Taliban authorities on Sunday closed Torkham, the main point of transit for travellers and goods …
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(Reuters) -Belarus said on Tuesday that there was a significant grouping of Ukrainian troops massed near its border and warned that this posed a threat to its security. “At present, a significant grouping of the Ukrainian army is concentrated in the immediate vicinity of the Belarusian-Ukrainian section of the state border,” the defence ministry said …
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By Enrico Sciacovelli and Johannes Toft Thyssen (Reuters) -Swiss industrial group OC Oerlikon on Tuesday forecast lower margins for 2023 as its key polymer business combats rising costs tied to inflation and a slow recovery from COVID-19 lockdowns in China, sending its shares down more than 4%. The polymer business, the group’s biggest division by …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s banking and insurance regulator said on Tuesday it has given the go-ahead for Founder Group’s finance unit to enter the bankruptcy process. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
Berlin (Reuters) – Eine Auflösung der Europäischen Union würden einer Studie zufolge enorme Wohlstandsverluste für die Mitgliedstaaten bedeuten. Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt pro Kopf würde in Deutschland um 5,7 Prozent zurückgehen, geht aus der am Dienstag veröffentlichten Untersuchung des Münchner Ifo-Instituts mit und EconPol Europe hervor. Anderswo wäre die Folgen noch drastischer: In Österreich droht demnach ein …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -An explosion tore through an Ohio metals plant on Monday, scattering molten metal and debris that rained down on neighboring buildings, killing one person and injuring at least a dozen others, officials, witnesses and a media report said. The blast sent smoke billowing into the sky that could be seen for …
