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For India's surging economy, small is beautiful | Reuters

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI For Rohan Sharma, business has never been better. Sales at his autoparts company in the western Indian state of Gujarat are booming and the order book has almost doubled in the past year. His Bhagirath Coach & Metal Fabricators has just invested nearly $120,000 in new machinery and plans to spend up to $1.2 million this year to expand capacity.

For India's surging economy, small is beautiful | Reuters

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI For Rohan Sharma, business has never been better.

Obama 'Fired up' for Clinton's campaign, urges party unity | Reuters

WASHINGTON U.S. President Barack Obama formally endorsed Hillary Clinton's White House bid on Thursday and called for the Democratic Party to unite behind her after a protracted battle with Bernie Sanders for the party nomination. Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, said it "means the world" to her that Obama has her back in a bruising campaign for the Nov

Islamic State loses ground on fronts in Syria, Iraq | Reuters

BEIRUT/BAGHDAD Islamic State's far-flung enemies in Syria and Iraq pressed ahead on Wednesday with major advances on multiple fronts that have put some of the greatest pressure on the ultra-hardline Islamists since they declared their caliphate two years ago.

Modi wants deeper U.S.-India security relationship | Reuters

WASHINGTON Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a closer security relationship between his country and the United States on Wednesday, in an address to the U.S. Congress stressing the importance of warming ties between the two countries. He dedicated much of the speech to the importance of fighting terrorism, thanking Congress for U.S.

U.N. chief faced funding cut-off, fatwa risk over Saudis - sources | Reuters

UNITED NATIONS Muslim allies of Saudi Arabia piled pressure on U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon over the blacklisting of a Saudi-led coalition for killing children in Yemen, with Riyadh threatening to cut Palestinian aid and funds to other U.N.

U.S.-backed Syria force closes in on IS-held city; slow Iraq advance causes rift | Reuters

BEIRUT/BAGHDAD U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have surrounded the Islamic State-held city of Manbij from three sides as they press a major new offensive against the jihadists near the Turkish border, a spokesman for the fighters said on Monday. But in a sign of the difficulty world powers have faced in building a coalition to take on the self-declared caliphate, the slow pace of a separate assault by the Iraqi army on a militant bastion near Baghdad caused a rift between the Shi'ite-led government and powerful Iranian-backed Shi'ite militia.

In pushback to U.S., China says 'has no fear of trouble' in South China Sea | Reuters

SINGAPORE China rebuffed U.S. pressure to curb its activity in the South China Sea on Sunday, restating its sovereignty over most of the disputed territory and saying it "has no fear of trouble".

Trump seizes on U.S. jobs report to target Democratic economic policies | Reuters

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said a U.S. jobs report on Friday that showed the weakest hiring in more than five years proved that Democratic economic policies are pushing the country in the wrong direction.

BMW revamps R&D for new era of self-driving cars | Reuters

MUNICH BMW is overhauling its research and development activities to focus on self-driving cars, board member Klaus Froehlich told Reuters, a move which includes a revamp of its "i" sub-brand of carbon-fibre based electric vehicles. The company is updating its zero-emission vehicles after a lacklustre response to its only fully battery-powered car, the i3, which recorded only 25,000 sales last year.