WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that he believed that Washington has the makings of a deal with China and that he was “optimistic” about the path forward. “This week’s negotiations in Stockholm have advanced our talks with China, and I believe that we have the makings of a deal that …
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(Corrects to remove reference to UK advising against all but essential travel to parts of Pakistan on Friday in paragraph 7 as the guidance existed previously) (Reuters) -The United States has temporarily limited visits by government personnel to high-end hotels in Karachi, Pakistan, after receiving a report of a threat, the State Department said on …
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(Reuters) -Britain’s foreign ministry on Friday has advised against all but essential travel to parts of Pakistan following reporting of a threat to high-end hotels in Karachi. (Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru)
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara Province erupted on Friday, spewing a more than 10 kilometre (6.21 miles) high ash column, the country’s volcanology agency said. The volcano had experienced a number of eruptions in recent months, including an eruption in early July where it belched an 18 kilometre volcanic ash, …
By David Kirton CHONGQING, China, August 1 (Reuters) -Temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) have broiled Chongqing, a metropolis in China’s southwest known for its fiery hotpot restaurants and cyberpunk cityscape, pushing some locals to cope with the increasingly hot weather in innovative ways. “It’s getting hotter and hotter,” said Liu Fengying, 60, a local …
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By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese producers of polysilicon, a building block for solar panels, are in talks to create a 50 billion yuan ($7 billion) fund to acquire and shut down roughly a third of production capacity and restructure part of the loss-making sector, GCL Technology Holdings said. The top polysilicon producer told Reuters …
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Cambodia will nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, its deputy prime minister said on Friday, following his direct intervention in halting the Southeast Asian country’s recent border conflict with Thailand. Asked via text message to confirm Cambodia’s plan to nominate Trump for the prize, Chanthol responded, “yes.” Speaking …
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By David Lawder, Trevor Hunnicutt and Aida Pelaez-Fernandez WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump slapped steep tariffs on exports from dozens of trading partners including Canada, Brazil, India and Taiwan, pressing ahead with his plans to reorder the global economy ahead of a Friday trade deal deadline. Trump set rates including a 35% duty on …
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By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is in detention while on trial and facing various criminal probes, lay on the floor of his cell on Friday and refused to leave it for questioning, a spokesperson for a special prosecutor said. Yoon was removed from office in April by …
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s army sent home two Cambodian soldiers from a group of 20 on Friday, ahead of a key meeting in Malaysia next week where defence ministers and military commanders will hold talks aimed at maintaining a ceasefire along their disputed border. Long-simmering tensions on the Thai-Cambodian border exploded into clashes last week, including …
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