Asian states seek concessions ahead of August deadline

Vehicle giant Japan, South Korea and other countries focus on three-week window to press for better trade terms

Marshall Islands drops fossil fuels focus and allows UN to pass climate change motion

Divisive amendment that called on states to recommit to a phase-out of fossil fuels withdrawn

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Ghana launches task force to help stem gold smuggling losses

Informants will receive 10% of the value of gold seized as a result of their tips, says president

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Angola raises diesel price again to boost public coffers

Government lifts price by a third in drive to curb fuel subsidies and shore up public finances

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Mali to sell tonne of seized Barrick gold in ‘illicit’ plan to fund operations

Company CEO says the administrator’s scheme to restart operations and sell gold on site would be illegitimate

World news briefs: Sweden signs $526m ammunition deals with Rheinmetall and Nammo

Shein has filed for an IPO in Hong Kong, former British PM Rishi Sunak returns to Goldman Sachs, two killed in another attack on shipping vessel off Yemen, and ...

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Gaza ceasefire could take more time but can be reached, Israeli officials say

Push for peace in Gaza Strip gains pace, with US envoy Steve Witkoff due to join Doha talks this week

German exports plummet 1.4% in May after race to beat tariffs slows

Given that trade is back at January levels, the April, May declines were mainly due to a reversal of front-loading

Jio BlackRock set to shake up India’s funds sector

Asset manager plans to introduce equity and debt funds that bypass distributors to reduce costs, sources say

Trump says countries aligning with ‘anti-American policies’ of Brics to face extra 10% tariffs

Brazil’s president draws parallel with Cold War’s Non-Aligned Movement in his opening remarks to the summit

Kenyan police fire on protesters in Nairobi

Security forces also use teargas and water canon as antigovernment protests spread

78 confirmed killed in freak flash floods as search teams in Texas face more rain

At least 28 children among Kerrville dead, with 10 summer campers still missing and searchers struggling

Russian transport minister found dead hours after Putin fired him

Former Kursk governor Roman Starovoit found with a gunshot wound and investigators say he may have taken his own life

Netanyahu to meet Trump as Israelis and Hamas discuss ceasefire

Pressure on Israel’s prime minister to clinch ceasefire deal for Gaza as he again visits President Trump