IBT Staff Reporter

China will seek a region-wide deal with almost a dozen Pacific island countries covering policing, security and data communication cooperation when Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosts a meeting in Fiji next week, documents seen by Reuters show.

Amazon.com Inc faces 14 investor resolutions challenging its policies at its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, a record for the retail and cloud computing giant, as socially minded investors scrutinize its treatment of workers.

Amazon.com Inc shareholders on Wednesday voted against all investor-led resolutions that challenged the company's policies - including its use of plastics and certain concealment clauses in contracts - at the company's annual meeting.

A majority of Amazon.com Inc shareholders on Wednesday voted against each of 15 investor-led resolutions that challenged the company's policies - including its treatment of workers and use of nondisclosure agreements, an executive said at its annual meeting.

Xi speaks with UN rights chief as Xinjiang row rages

Egypt will position itself as an impartial arbiter while hosting this year's COP27 U.N.

Ukraine, battered by three months of war, plans to continue to tap crypto investors to help raise funds after a plunge in prices decimated the country's fundraising efforts in May.

Natural gas buyers in Asia and Europe are seeking to lock in supplies via long-term contracts as a buffer against volatile global prices, industry executives said, in moves that will reverse the last decade's trend of increasing spot purchases.

On weekdays, South Korean tech company Naver Corp's new headquarters near Seoul resembles a scene straight out of a science-fiction movie, with some 40 robots ambling across floors and delivering parcels and Starbucks coffee to humans.

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will hold dual charge as finance minister, the president's office announced on Wednesday, and will lead talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the crisis-hit nation seeks a bailout.

Biden channels personal losses to console families after Texas gun atrocity

After making it through the spring planting season, sometimes with the help of bulletproof vests and helmets, Ukraine's farmers are facing another challenge - finding enough diesel for the harvest to come.

Russia has so far deflected much of the impact of sanctions on its oil trade but the insurance industry threatens to throw a spanner in the works unless Moscow and its customers can plug a gap left by Western underwriters.

Oil, gas firms use Ukraine war to resist climate efforts: report

Brazilian stocks will rise less than previously expected this year as fears over October's presidential vote tarnish the outlook for the second half and double-digit interest rates prompt a switch to deposit accounts, a Reuters poll showed.

Notorious Vietnamese hacker turns government cyber agent

Old friend awaits Djokovic as Nadal, Alcaraz star at French Open

Yuka Saso's golf odyssey: Philippines to Japan via US Open win

The New Zealand dollar traded an early decline for a big gain on Wednesday after a hawkish tilt from the country's central bank, while the greenback bounced off a one-month low amid a stabilisation in Treasury yields.

The U.S. dollar snapped a two-day losing streak on Wednesday as Treasury yields paused recent falls, its gain taking the edge off the euro as well as the kiwi dollar which had been lifted earlier by a hawkish central bank message.

The U.S. dollar snapped a two-day losing streak on Wednesday ahead of the release of the minutes from the U.S.

The U.S. dollar rose on Wednesday, holding most of its earlier gains after minutes from the Federal Reserve's May meeting showed that most participants believed half-percentage-point rate increases would likely be appropriate in June and July.

Eva Mireles on Tuesday went to a job she seemed to love, teaching fourth grade in the small Texas town of Uvalde, but she never came home, murdered along with 19 pupils and another teacher in the latest mass shooting to plague U.S.

New Zealand's central bank raised interest rates by 50 basis points to 2.0% on Wednesday, its fifth rate hike in a row as it seeks to get on top of inflation and signaled the cash rate would peak at a higher level than previously forecast.

New Zealand's central bank delivered its fifth straight interest rate hike on Wednesday and signalled a much more aggressive tightening path as authorities seek to reduce the second-round effects of runaway inflation.

Ukraine war pushes Brazil toward natural fertilizers

Another mass shooting, another US gun control debate

In Brazil, Lula fights to boost social media presence

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