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By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) -Following the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission. The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) website showed. The broadcast was watched by nearly 500,000 viewers, while thousands gathered at a viewing gallery near […]

(Reuters) – The Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday that it had downed two Ukrainian drones over Belgorod region, a border province that comes under regular attack from Kyiv’s forces. Separately, the governor of neighbouring Kursk region said that a village on the border had come under shelling from Ukraine, with one woman injured. Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory have picked up in recent weeks, with dozens of drones […]

By Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was named finance minister on Saturday in a cabinet that was endorsed by the king, as the real estate tycoon seeks to boost Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy and implement key campaign promises. Thailand’s economy has been faltering due to weaker exports and investments, with the central bank saying last month that the full-year forecast for […]

By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) -Novak Djokovic saw his U.S. Open hopes nearly sunk by a fellow Serb while defending women’s champion Iga Swiatek sailed into the fourth round of the year’s final Grand Slam as an American wave swept across Flushing Meadows. On the ropes and reeling after dropping the opening two sets of his match to compatriot Laslo Djere, a tenacious Djokovic lifted himself up off the […]

By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired several cruise missiles towards the Yellow Sea in the early hours of Saturday, according to the South Korean military. Details of the launch were being analyzed by South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. It was the latest in a series of missile tests and military exercises conducted by the North in recent […]

(Corrects spelling of ‘pains’ in paragraph 6) By Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was named finance minister on Saturday in a cabinet that was endorsed by the king, as the real estate tycoon seeks to boost Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy and implement key campaign promises. Thailand’s economy has been faltering due to weaker exports and investments, with the central bank saying last […]

By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) -Following the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission. The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) website showed. The broadcast was watched by nearly 500,000 viewers, while thousands gathered at a viewing gallery near […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police will stay in the Solomon Islands to provide security for a regional sporting event in November and national elections in 2024, the Pacific Island nation’s government has said. The number of officers will increase before November’s Pacific Games, when 5,000 athletes from two dozen nations are expected to arrive, according to a statement on Solomon Islands Broadcasting’s Facebook page posted late on Friday. China, which […]

By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) -A tenacious Novak Djokovic survived a U.S. Open late night fright battling back from two sets down to tame fellow Serb Laslo Djere 4-6 4-6 6-1 6-1 6-3 on Friday, and move into the fourth round at Flushing Meadows. On the ropes and reeling Djokovic, as he has done many times before, he snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in front a record […]