By Sebastian Rocandio VINHEDO, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazilian civil defense teams worked through the night removing the remains of passengers on a plane that crashed on Friday near Sao Paulo, killing all 62 people on board. At least 21 bodies had been recovered by Saturday morning, Sao Paulo state government said, with two victims identified on site. All the bodies are being moved to Sao Paulo’s police morgue. On Friday regional carrier Voepass said the … Read more…

MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippine military said on Saturday it strongly condemns “dangerous and provocative actions” by China’s air force at a contested shoal in the South China Sea. It was the first time the Philippines has complained of dangerous actions by Chinese aircraft, as opposed to navy or coast guard vessels, since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr took office in 2022. Two People’s Liberation Army Air Force aircraft executed a dangerous manoeuvre and dropped flares in … Read more…

PARIS (Reuters) – Grammy-nominated American hip hop star Travis Scott has been released from police custody in Paris and will not face any charges, said a representative for Scott on Saturday. Scott, 33, had been arrested on Friday at Paris’ luxury Georges V hotel after a scuffle with a security guard. “Travis Scott has been released with no charges,” said Scott’s representative in an email sent to Reuters. The Paris prosecutor’s office also confirmed via … Read more…

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia was fighting intense battles on Saturday against thousands of Ukrainian troops as deep as 20 km (12 miles) inside the Kursk region after Ukraine’s biggest attack on Russian sovereign territory since the start of the war in 2022. Ukrainian forces rammed through the Russian border early on Tuesday and swept across some Western parts of Russia’s Kursk region, a surprise attack that may be aimed at gaining leverage … Read more…

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank will seek to “enrich” its monetary policy toolbox and will gradually increase buying and selling of treasury bonds in its open market operations, its second-quarter monetary policy implementation report said on Friday. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) will also seek to steadily lower companies’ financing and household credit costs, the report said, adding that prudent monetary policy should be “flexible, moderate, precise and effective.” The PBOC will “guide … Read more…

By Gabriel Araujo, Andre Romani and Luana Maria Benedito SAO PAULO (Reuters) -A regional turboprop plane crashed near Sao Paulo in Brazil on Friday, killing all 61 people on board, the airline said. Regional carrier Voepass said the plane, bound for Sao Paulo’s international airport, took off from Cascavel, in the state of Parana, and crashed at around 1:30 p.m. (1630 GMT) in the town of Vinhedo, some 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Sao … Read more…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Short interest on the Nasdaq declined 2% in late July, the exchange said on Friday. As of July 31, short interest fell to about 14.068 billion shares, compared with 14.356 billion shares as of July 15. Investors who sell securities “short” borrow shares and then sell them, on bets the stock will fall so they can buy the shares back at a lower price, return them to the lender and pocket … Read more…