By Hussein Waaile, Michael Martina and Ben Blanchard NEW YORK/TAIPEI (Reuters) -The U.S. and Taiwan are closer than ever, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen told supporters during a stopover in New York that so far, according to Taipei and Washington, has not triggered unusual military actions by China. Tsai arrived in New York on Wednesday on …
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By John O’Donnell, John Revill and Stefania Spezzati ZURICH (Reuters) -Straight from a class room to trading securities while just a teenager, Sergio Ermotti has had a career which tracked the Wall Street boom that started in the 1980s, and culminated with him fixing Switzerland’s biggest bank after it fell victim to the last financial …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden intends to nominate career diplomat Herro Mustafa Garg as the next U.S. ambassador to Egypt, the White House said on Wednesday. Mustafa Garg’s prior posts include ambassador to Bulgaria from 2019 to 2023 and top positions at the U.S. embassies in Lisbon and New Delhi, the White House said. …
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(Reuters) -El Salvador condemned on Tuesday the action of detention center staff in Mexico during a fire that killed at least 38 migrants, including “several” Salvadorans, and demanded a thorough investigation. Pope Francis prayed in Spanish for the migrants who died yesterday in a tragic fire in Ciudad Juarez. “The Lord will receive them into …
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By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday awarded a $5 million grant under a cooperative agreement with a U.N. agency to fund initiatives addressing abusive labor practices on Brazilian and Paraguayan cattle ranches, according to a statement. The project run by the International Labor Organization, a U.N. agency, …
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(Reuters) – White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan spoke with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Friday, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)
By David Shepardson and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday added the Nicaraguan National Police to a government export control list after the Biden administration said the police force was engaged in serious human rights abuses in Nicaragua. Last week, the State Department cited credible reports of arbitrary killings, arrests and …
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(Reuters) -At least three people died and 13 were missing after a boat traveling to the eastern Caribbean island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis from neighboring Antigua capsized early Tuesday morning, a government news outlet said. The boat, which capsized some 12 miles (19 km) south of St. Kitts’ Conaree village, left Antigua with …
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By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Alibaba Group is planning to split into six units and explore fundraisings or listings for most of them, it said on Tuesday, in a major revamp as China vows to ease a sweeping regulatory crackdown and support its private enterprises. The U.S.-listed shares of the Chinese e-commerce conglomerate, which …
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By Ezgi Erkoyun, Birsen Altayli and Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Sensing the best chance yet to end President Tayyip Erdogan’s two-decade rule in Turkey, his opponents are mobilising to make sure every ballot is counted in a May election and to guard against any tampering in what is expected to be a tight vote. …
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