Vice-Premier He Lifeng said China's economy was 'off to a good start' this year as he prepared for a highly anticipated meeting with US officials Read full story

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Friday paraded combat drones that its forces use in the war in Ukraine on Moscow's Red Square in what state TV said was a first. Read full story

DAKAR (Reuters) - An attempt by Mali's military government to stamp out public dissent by banning all political activity will be put to the test on Friday as critics wary of security and economic woes call for protests. Read full story

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte spends his days in a small, spartan room in detention at the Hague, awaiting trial for a bloody war on drugs that killed thousands during his time in office. Read full story

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Friday announced a package of sanctions aimed at Russia, including placing asset freezes on several directors of oil trading company Coral Energy Group, which is now known as 2Rivers Group. Read full story

Doctors often start exams with the so-called "eyeball test" a snap judgment about whether the patient appears older or younger than their age, which can influence key medical decisions. That intuitive assessment may soon get an AI upgrade. Read full story

(Reuters) - Russia hit eight Ukrainian settlements near a frontline 220 times during ceasefire, governor of the Zaporizhzhia region Ivan Fedorov said on the Telegram messaging platform early on Friday. Read full story

(Reuters) -The United States is working to bring the first group of white South Africans it has classified as refugees to the country early next week, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing officials briefed on the plans and documents obtained by the newspaper. Read full story

ANKARA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani vowed here on Thursday to jointly push for the implementation of the regional transportation project Development Road. Read full story

Separately, Commerce Department says it will simplify some restrictions on the export of advanced semiconductor chips Read full story

In the dusty alleys of Nima, a shanty town in the heart of Ghana's capital, a 17-year-old called Ghost reclines on a faded plastic chair inside a dimly lit Internet cafe. Read full story

The implications for the industry could be significant, given that most other streaming services have copied Netflix's design. Read full story

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's right-wing presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo accused his party on Thursday of trying to force him out and threatened to take legal action just weeks ahead of a snap election slated for June 3. Read full story

LAHORE/AMRITSAR (Reuters) -A blast was heard in Pakistan's Lahore city on Thursday, broadcaster Geo TV and a Reuters witness said, a day after Indian strikes on multiple targets in the country and fears of a larger military conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Read full story

Experts researching threats stemming from artificial intelligence agreed on key work areas needed to contain dangers like loss of human control or easily accessible bioweapons in a report published on May 8. Read full story

TOKYO (AFP): Five staff members sustained minor injuries at a primary school in Tokyo after two men intruded onto the premises Thursday, with no immediate reports of children harmed, says Japanese media. Read full story

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Senate voted down a bill on Wednesday that would have barred individuals convicted of corruption from holding public office. Read full story

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has fired an unidentified ballistic missile off its east coast, South Korea's military said on Thursday. Read full story

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's Supreme Court on Wednesday issued arrest orders for Ivan Name, the former president of the country's Senate, and Andres Calle, the former president of the House of Representatives, over corruption allegations. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judgepressed a government lawyer on Wednesday on whether Republican President Donald Trump was telling the truth when he said he could secure the return of wrongly deported migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia with a phone call to El Salvador's president. Read full story

Dubai (Reuters) -Sudan's army said its anti-aircraft systems intercepted drones targeting the country's largest naval base in the wartime capital Port Sudan on Wednesday. Read full story

(Reuters) - Burmese academic Sophia Htwe spent hours desperately trying to call home from Australia after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck her hometown in Myanmar in late March, learning that a childhood friend had been trapped in the rubble. Read full story

KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched an intense drone and missile attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing a mother and her son in the capital, amid faltering U.S.-backed attempts to broker a pause in the fighting. Read full story

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India launched strikes on Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday, an assault its neighbour called a "blatant act of war" as tension spirals between the nuclear-armed rivals after a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir. Read full story

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday he welcomed the successful rescue of all "hostages" held by Venezuela's government at Argentina's embassy in Caracas. Read full story

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task on Wednesday of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose the man they hope can unite a diverse but divided global Church. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration may deport migrants to Libya for the first time this week, three U.S. officials said on Tuesday, as part of his immigration crackdown and despite Washington's past condemnation of Libya's harsh treatment of detainees. Read full story

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican cartel capo Ovidio Guzman is set to reach a plea deal over drug trafficking charges he faced in the Northern District of Illinois, U.S. court records showed on Tuesday. Read full story

NEW YORK, May 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed lower on Tuesday as investors sifted through a wave of corporate earnings while looking ahead to developments on trade talks and the outcome of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, which began earlier in the day. Read full story

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican Agriculture Minister Julio Berdegue said on Tuesday he met his U.S. counterpart Brooke Rollins in a "friendly" meeting in Washington during which they reached agreements he said would be beneficial to both countries. Read full story

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India said it attacked nine sites in Pakistan including in the disputed territory of Kashmir on Wednesday in response to the killing of 26 people, mostly tourists, on its part of Kashmir last month that it blamed on Pakistan. Read full story

BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge declined on Tuesday to allow an Iranian-born engineer to be released on bail while he awaits trial on charges related to a deadly drone attack on a U.S. military base in Jordan carried out by Iran- backed militants last year. Read full story

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India attacked nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday with at least three deaths reported, and Pakistan said it was mounting a response as the worst fighting in years erupted between the longstanding enemies. Read full story

(Reuters) - The Indian armed forces launched "Operation Sindoor," hitting nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the government said in a statement on Wednesday. Read full story

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union countries do not expect any major new restrictions in the next package of sanctions against Russia, which the Commission is due to share with member states on Tuesday afternoon, EU diplomats said. Read full story

(Reuters) -The Trump administration last week canceled the first bargaining session scheduled with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's largest workers union since its ability to represent government staff was temporarily restored by a federal court, according one of the union's bosses. Read full story

(Reuters) -An aide to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking more information about three vaccines recommended by a panel of outside experts last month, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and two sources familiar with the situation. Read full story

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Ugandan opposition activist, who President Yoweri Museveni's son said he had been holding captive in his basement, appears to have been tortured, the East African nation's justice minister said. Read full story

SRINAGAR (Reuters) - India has advanced the start date of four under- construction hydropower projects in the Kashmir region by months after suspending a water-sharing treaty with Pakistan that had slowed progress, according to an industry source and a government document. Read full story