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U.S. adds 6 Chinese entities tied to balloon program to export blacklist

By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Friday added six Chinese entities connected to Beijing’s suspected surveillance balloon program to an export blacklist. The new restrictions come after the White House said it would consider broader efforts to “expose and address” China’s larger surveillance activities that threaten U.S. national security …

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Russia hits Ukraine power grid and gains ground in east; Biden to visit Poland

By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Russian missiles hit power facilities on Friday across Ukraine, where President Volodymyr Zelenskiy returned from a tour of Western capitals and Ukrainian officials said a long-awaited Russian offensive was underway in the east. Ukraine’s armed forces said in an evening update that Russian forces fired more than 100 missiles throughout …

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Children rescued from ruins days after earthquake, but death toll tops 23,700

By Kemal Aslan, Maya Gebeily and Khalil Ashawi ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria, (Reuters) -Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in the ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people out from other sites as President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities should have reacted faster to this week’s huge earthquake. …

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Dollar rises as investors look to next week’s inflation report; yen gains

(Recasts, adds new comment, U.S. data, updates prices) By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar gained on Friday as investors grew concerned about a U.S. inflation report next week that could show a number that is higher than markets forecast amid data showing expectations for a continued rise in prices over the next …

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Adani crisis deepens with Moody’s downgrades and index weighting cuts

By Tanvi Mehta, Scott Murdoch and Rodrigo Campos NEW DELHI/SYDNEY/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Moody’s downgraded on Friday the ratings outlook for some Adani Group companies, while MSCI said it would cut the weightings of some in its stock indexes, the latest blows for the Indian conglomerate plunged into crisis by a short-seller’s report. New York-based …

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