Three takeaways from Tuesday’s US primary elections
By James Oliphant
WASHINGTON - The match-ups for several high-profile U.S. congressional and gubernatorial races in November's midterm elections began to take shape in Pennsylvania and North Carolina on Tuesday. Read full story
Here are three takeaways from the primary elections:
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Bhutan looks to taxis to jump-start stalled electric vehicle push
By Namkhai Norbu
THIMPHU - As night sets in, Dorji Wangchuk plugs his electric car into a charging station, then starts thumbing his rosary and mumbling prayers while he waits the...
N.Korean leader Kim slams officials’ ‘immaturity’ in response to COVID outbreak
By Soo-hyang Choi
SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slammed his country's response to its first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak as immature, accusing government officials of inadequacies and inertia as fever cases swept the country, state...
China Eastern crash probe eyes intentional action – sources
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON - Investigators looking into the crash of a China Eastern Airlines 600115.SS jet are examining whether it was due to intentional action on the flight deck, with no evidence found of a technical malfunction, two...
Fears for Mariupol defenders after surrender to Russia
By Natalia Zinets
MARIUPOL, Ukraine, May 18 (Reuters) - Concerns grew on Wednesday for the welfare of more than 250 Ukrainian fighters who surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steelworks...
Food inflation pain puts emerging markets between rock and hard place
LONDON/ISTANBUL/CAIRO — Like for millions of people in developing and emerging market countries around the world, shopping for staple foods has turned from a...
Japan announces limited ‘test tourism’ from May as step to full...
TOKYO — Japan said on Tuesday it would start conducting “test tourism” in the form of limited package tours in May as a way...
Ukrainian troops evacuate from Mariupol, ceding control to Russia
KYIV/NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine — Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday it was working to evacuate all remaining troops from their last stronghold in the besieged port...
UNICEF expects ‘catastrophic’ levels of child malnutrition
LONDON — The cost of life-saving treatment for the most severely malnourished children is set to jump by up to 16% due to Russia’s...
California church shooter upset over Taiwan-China tensions -police
By Sharon Bernstein and Andrew Hay
The man accused of killing a doctor and wounding five other people in a shooting at a Taiwanese-American church banquet in California methodically planned the attack because he was upset over Chinese-Taiwanese tensions,...
China’s COVID controls will impact foreign investment for years – US lobby
SHENZHEN, China - China's strict COVID-19 controls will hamper foreign investment into the country for years to come as limits on travel block the pipeline for projects, the President of the American Chamber of Commerce...
Musk suggests that he could seek to cut price for Twitter buy
By Katie Paul, Krystal Hu and Hyunjoo Jin
Elon Musk suggested on Monday that he could seek a lower price for Twitter Inc TWTR.N, saying that there could be at least four...