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U.S. startup Fisker Inc will begin selling its Ocean electric sport-utility vehicle (SUV) in India next July and could begin manufacturing its cars locally within a few years, the company's chief executive officer told Reuters.

Brazil's government admitted that its estimates for coffee crops over recent years have problems and need improvements to better reflect the reality, since the numbers for production have been smaller than the sum of local consumption plus exports.

Germany's Scholz to visit Gulf states on energy hunt

If rich nations think the pandemic is over, they should help lower-income countries reach that point too, a senior World Health Organization official told Reuters.

Sri Lanka expects the International Monetary Fund board to approve a $2.9 billion loan by year-end, officials from the country's central bank told investors during a virtual presentation on Friday, sources participating in the event said.

Traffic into Finland over its border with Russia was heavy on Friday, with the number of Russians crossing rising steadily since President Vladimir Putin ordered a military mobilisation, border guards said.

Young activists rallied for climate action on Friday, staging protests from New Zealand and Japan to Germany and the Democratic Republic of Congo to demand that rich countries pay for the damage that global warming is inflicting upon the poor.

Russia proxies hold breakaway polls in Ukraine

The popular revolt in Iran triggered by the death of a woman held by police is unlikely to pose an immediate threat to clerical rulers whose elite security forces have crushed one protest after another in recent years.

War crimes including rape, torture and confinement of children have been committed in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, the head of a U.N.-mandated investigation body said on Friday.

The incident came to light after the mother brought her unresponsive baby to a hospital.

UK axes EU-inherited cap on banker bonuses

A United Nations committee found on Friday that Australia had violated the human rights of a group of islanders off its north coast by failing to adequately protect them from the impacts of climate change, such as by cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Russian men who were arrested after protesting against Putin's partial mobilization were also conscripted into the military, reports said.

The woman was reportedly shocked to see her obituary posters stuck on walls on the way leading to her house.

When the police arrived at her residence to arrest her, the woman blamed the incident on her dog.

Medical device companies and some drugmakers with manufacturing operations in Puerto Rico said they do not expect meaningful disruption from Hurricane Fiona, which knocked out power for over 3 million people and caused flooding and landslides on the island.

Villagers in Kamyanka in eastern Ukraine are digging up mines as well as potatoes as they slowly rebuild their lives after six devastating months of Russian occupation.

Cubans will cast ballots this Sunday on whether to approve a new 'family code' that would legalize gay marriage and boost women's rights, with the government urging citizens to vote "yes" despite anger over the worst economic crisis in decades.

Bisexual Visibility Day or Celebrate Bisexuality Day is marked to bring awareness about bisexuality and to dispel the myths connected to it.

Hilary Mantel: bringing ghosts to life

The boy now faces a complaint that was filed by his father, according to reports.

The actor previously pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of his mother, whom he shot in the back as she was playing the piano.

Accounts linked to the activist group have already claimed responsibility for taking down Iranian and state-affiliated websites.

Earlier this month, U.S. intelligence findings said Russia was looking to purchase shells and rockets from North Korea due to global sanctions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was "pushed" into invading Ukraine and wanted to put "decent people" in charge of Kyiv, former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has said, drawing fierce criticism just ahead of Italy's election.

The collapse of a tailings dam in South Africa earlier this month has put the spotlight on the need for binding global regulations of facilities used to store mining waste, investors and industry leaders said.

Although Beijing's agenda of recruiting Chinese talent abroad is well-known, the report provides details of scientists, known back home as the "Los Alamos Club."

A Chinese blockade of Taiwan or the seizure of an offshore island would be considered an act of war and Taiwan would not surrender, a senior Taiwanese security official told Reuters using unusually strong and direct language.