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Bill to codify abortion rights fails to advance in US Senate amid protests

The Women's Health Protection Act, which had passed the House of Representatives, was voted down 49-51 in the upper chamber

NATO membership would strengthen our security, say Finland's leaders

The announcement by President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin means Finland is virtually certain to seek NATO membership

From India to France and the US, wheat harvest faces the weather test

Droughts, flooding and heatwaves threaten output from the US to France and India, compounding shrinking production in Ukraine

Biden co-hosts 2nd Covid virtual summit as world's resolve falters

Eight months after he used the first such summit to announce an ambitious pledge to donate 1.2 billion vaccine doses to the world, the urgency of the U.S. and other nations to respond has waned

Chinese govt fights economic slump, prioritises costly 'zero Covid'

China kept infection numbers low until early this year with a strategy that shut down cities, but entailed soaring costs

Gold gains as dollar, Treasury yields weaken after US inflation data

A weaker dollar makes gold attractive for overseas buyers, while lower Treasury yields reduce the opportunity cost of holding zero-yield bullion

US shares drop, dollar remains firm as inflation stokes worries on economy

Apple shares fell 5% overnight, dragging the S&P 500 down 1.65% and the Nasdaq down 3.2%

Biden calls Trump 'great MAGA king', vows to push Democrats, GOP contrasts

Biden has in recent days begun decrying "ultra-MAGA" Republicans -- a reference to Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan

Biden administration has taken Quad to leadership level, says White House

Leaders of ASEAN countries started arriving in the American capital on the eve of the historic summit that US President Joe Biden is hosting for them

Dollar hovers near two-decade high of 103.92 as US inflation moderates

The consumer price index climbed 8.3% on an annual basis in April, easing from 8.5% in March but outstripping the 8.1% estimate of economists

Indo-American Congressman calls for US providing more arms to India

"I will continue to find ways to make sure India can choose US weapons over Russian ones," he said in a statement after a meeting with community Leader Ajay Bhutoria

Novelis to invest $2.5 bn in US in Birla Group's biggest greenfield project

The plan is to build a new highly advanced low-carbon recycling and rolling plant in Bay Minette, Alabama, with initial 600 kilotonnes of finished aluminum goods capacity a year

US senator Angus King questions intel for misjudging Afghanistan, Ukraine

U.S. intelligence believed the U.S.-backed Kabul government would hold out for months against the Taliban and thought Russian forces would overrun Ukraine in a few weeks, both assessments were wrong

Italian PM Draghi meets Joe Biden; calls for ceasefire in Ukraine

Italian Premier Mario Draghi said leaders should work toward the possibility of bringing a ceasefire and starting, again, some credible negotiations

US Senator lifts hold on ambassadorial nominee confirmation to India

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley had put a hold on Garcetti's nomination, saying that his staffers are conducting an investigation into the allegations of sexual assault against one of his employees

Banning abortion would hurt US economy: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

Eliminating the right to access abortion services "would have very damaging effects on the economy and would set women back decades," Yellen told lawmakers during a Senate Banking Committee hearing

US oil dips below $100 pressured by economic worries, strong dollar

Wall Street's main indexes also turned lower in volatile trading on concerns over aggressive monetary tightening and slowing economic growth.

Under fire over inflation, Biden nods to Fed and attacks Republicans

'I want every American to know that I am taking inflation very seriously and it is my top domestic priority,' says US President

Global Covid caseload tops 517.8 million, death toll crosses 6.25 million

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 81,973,621 and 997,740, respectively, according to the CSSE

South Korea, US begin drills involving F-35A radar-evading stealth fighters

The training is a scaled-back version of the large-scale Max Thunder exercise that the two countries staged in the past with the massive mobilization of their air assets and service members