KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Monday it hoped a U.N.-brokered deal aimed at easing global food shortages by resuming grain exports from the Black Sea region would start being implemented this week.

South Korean contract workers at the country's No.3 shipbuilder agreed on Friday to end their strike after accepting a much smaller wage hike than demanded as well as job guarantees, union officials and subcontractors said.

The panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol plans to push its investigation further in the coming weeks, interviewing additional members of Donald Trump's cabinet and his campaign, as well as U.S. Secret Service members, the committee's vice chair said on Sunday.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean contract workers have tentatively agreed to end their strike at the country's No.3 shipbuilder in return for a much smaller wage hike than they had demanded, union officials and subcontractors said on Friday.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepal's central bank on Friday raised its benchmark policy rate at which it lends to commercial banks to 8.5% from 7%, as part of efforts to tame inflation which is running at a six-year high, and warned about pressure on declining forex reserves.

SEOUL (Reuters) -Contract workers have agreed to end a strike and occupation at the main shipyard operated by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) <042660.KS), South Korea's No.3 shipbuilder, a union official representing the strikers told Reuters.