7+ hour, 26+ min ago  (717+ words) U. S. job growth likely slowed to a still-solid clip in June, with the unemployment rate expected to hold steady at 4. 3% for a fourth straight month, consistent with a stable labour market. The anticipated moderation would follow three consecutive months of strong…...

7+ hour, 12+ min ago  (477+ words) Unstaffed coffee shops, ramen eateries and flower outlets are spreading across South Korea as owners turn to robots and self-service to overcome rising labour costs in a business model that relies on the widespread honesty of users. Such stores, usually…...

4+ hour, 4+ min ago  (403+ words) NATO is expected to announce at next week's summit in Ankara that its European members have closed nearly all the capability gaps left by the United States in the alliance's defence plans, a NATO source told Reuters on Wednesday. The…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (351+ words) Lithuania's parliamentary parties have agreed on a proposal to remove constitutional bans on nuclear weapons and foreign military bases in the Baltic state, the president said, highlighting how Russia is reshaping security thinking in the region. The change, a significant…...

3+ hour, 28+ min ago  (373+ words) The European Union on Thursday voiced concern over China's new ethnic unity law, which came into effect this week and provides Beijing with a legal framework to take action against individuals beyond its borders. Passed in March, the law aims…...

3+ hour, 16+ min ago  (453+ words) German federal prosecutors have charged a former Ukrainian military officer with co-perpetrating a war crime in connection with the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions, alleging he acted on behalf of Ukrainian state entities. In a statement on Thursday, prosecutors said…...

2+ hour ago  (802+ words) By trying to buy Donald Trump's goodwill through billion-dollar crypto deals and commercial promises after Operation Sindoor, Pakistan may have secured short-term political dividends. Whether it has secured its future is another question altogether. Donald Trump has never hidden his…...

3+ hour, 43+ min ago  (375+ words) US President Donald Trump has said the United States will not allow China to take control of the Panama Canal, renewing his criticism of the decades-old decision to hand the strategic waterway over to Panama. Speaking at the opening of…...

3+ hour, 41+ min ago  (597+ words) Victor Gao, vice-president of the Beijing-based Center for China and Globalization, is an incorrigible India-baiter. Witness his latest comments targeting India at a high-profile seminar on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in Islamabad, Pakistan. "Don't do unto others what you…...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago  (451+ words) As China's new Ethnic Unity Law came into force on July 1, Beijing described it as a step towards strengthening national unity and building what President Xi Jinping has called a "shared community of the Chinese nation." But for many, the…...