By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -Australia’s Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell said on Friday he was “pleased” with his talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on removing trade barriers, but added that his visit was “just another step” in stabilising ties. Farrell’s visit to the Chinese capital, the first by an Australian …
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By Christian Kraemer and Leika Kihara NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) -Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations warned on Saturday of mounting economic uncertainty, in a subdued end to a three-day meeting overshadowed by concerns about the U.S. debt stalemate and fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The gathering in the Japanese city of …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries are set to discuss concern about China’s use of “economic coercion” in its dealings abroad as part of their larger joint statement next week, according to a U.S. official familiar with the discussions. The statement, a likely component of the overall communique …
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By Dawn Chmielewski and Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Elon Musk has named former NBCUniversal advertising chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter’s new CEO, as the company tries to reverse a plunge in ad revenue. Yaccarino will take over a social media platform beset with challenges and a heavy debt load, after she spent several years modernizing …
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(Corrects age of supporter to 23, not 26, in paragraph 11, changes spelling to Paetongtarn Shinawatra from Paethongtarn throughout) By Chayut Setboonsarng and Napat Wesshasartar BANGKOK (Reuters) -Surrounded by adoring crowds packed inside stadiums and halls, the main prime ministerial candidates of Thailand’s political parties made a final push to rally supporters on Friday, two …
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LAS PALMAS (Reuters) – Spanish authorities have seized a Brazilian-flagged fishing boat off the Canary Islands with 1.5 tonnes of cocaine in a hidden compartment in its machine room, police said on Friday as they brought the boat to the port of Las Palmas. Authorities shared a video of the 25-metre (82.02 ft) Efesios 5-20 …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Pro-war Russian nationalists led by Igor Girkin said on Friday that a new group they had set up was entering politics to save Russia, which they warned was in danger of turmoil or even collapse due to military failures in the Ukraine war. Nearly 15 months since President Vladimir …
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By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on Friday, led by weaker megacap shares following their recent rally, as data showed U.S. consumer sentiment dropped to a six-month low. The Dow was barely lower in its fifth straight day of declines, the blue-chip index’s longest losing streak in two months. …
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By Ann Saphir, Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Federal Reserve Governor Philip Jefferson to be the central bank’s vice chair, a key policy advisory role recently vacated when Lael Brainard took a top position in Biden’s White House economics team. Biden also nominated the World Bank’s …
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By Supantha Mukherjee and Victoria Waldersee STOCKHOLM/BERLIN (Reuters) – Two electric vehicle battery makers plan to spend around 10 billion euros ($11 billion) on factories in Europe, they said on Friday, after Europe loosened state aid rules for green industry projects in a bid to win the subsidy race with the U.S. Both plants will …
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