By Sakura Murakami, John Geddie and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a drubbing at Sunday’s national election, raising uncertainty over the make-up of the next government and the…
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By Ben Blanchard and Ryan Woo TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Sunday that Chinese warplanes and warships had carried out another “combat patrol” near the island, after Beijing threatened to take countermeasures in…
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By David Milliken WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Bank of England is reluctantly pressing on with work to create a form of digital money accessible to the general public, as commercial banks risk failing to keep…
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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has canceled the trips to the United Nations summits COP16 in Colombia and COP29 in Azerbaijan, his office said on Friday, following medical advice after he…
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By Promit Mukherjee and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s immigration reduction targets announced this week will likely have an impact on the central bank’s growth forecast, Governor Tiff Macklem said on Friday, but cautioned the…
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By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) – NatWest reported a 26% rise in third-quarter profit and raised its income forecast for 2024, as it grew lending and deposits while sustaining margins despite an uncertain UK economic…
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By Aram Roston, Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic chair of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and a prominent Democratic congressman asked the U.S. attorney general on Thursday to appoint a special counsel to investigate…
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(Agence Ecofin) – Envisagé depuis près d’une décennie, le développement du géant de Wall Street sur plusieurs marchés du continent avait été contrarié par certains régulateurs africains et les réticences exprimées par les autorités américaines,…
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s commerce ministry on Thursday expressed opposition to the U.S. sanctions on Chinese firms involved in making and shipping attack drones for Russia. “China firmly opposes unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction without…
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By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Banks have been tweaking the terms of commercial real estate mortgages to obscure losses, and in delaying the day of reckoning, are increasing risks to the broader…
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