By Elaine Lies and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida starts a tour of key Western partners on Monday, after unveiling his country’s biggest military buildup since World War Two as Tokyo weighs steps to counter China’s growing power. Kishida, who will host a summit of the Group of Seven (G7) …
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By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Asian markets are set to open the week with a spring in their step on Monday, buoyed by Wall Street’s surge on Friday and rising hopes of a soft U.S. landing, and optimism surrounding China’s re-opening after its …
WASHINGTON, 8 ene (Reuters) – Estados Unidos condena cualquier esfuerzo por socavar la democracia en Brasil, dijo el domingo el asesor de Seguridad Nacional, Jake Sullivan, después de que partidarios del expresidente ultraderechista Jair Bolsonaro invadieron las sedes del Congreso, de la presidencia y del Tribunal Supremo del país. “El presidente Biden está siguiendo de …
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BRASILIA, 8 ene (Reuters) – El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, anunció el domingo una intervención federal en la seguridad pública de la capital hasta el 31 de enero de este año, luego de que extremistas partidarios del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro que invadieron las sedes de los tres poderes del Estado en …
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8 ene (Reuters) – Los Gobiernos de México, Colombia y Chile condenaron el domingo, por separado, el ataque de simpatizantes del expresidente brasileño Jair Bolsonaro a las sede de los tres poderes en la capital Brasilia. Los seguidores del expresidente de ultraderecha invadieron el domingo el Tribunal Supremo de Brasil, el edificio del Congreso y …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister James Cleverly on Saturday condemned Iran’s execution of two protesters and urged it to “immediately end the violence against its own people”. “The execution of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini by the Iranian regime is abhorrent,” Cleverly said on Twitter. “The UK is strongly opposed to the …
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By Tim Hepher (Reuters) – A mobile air-launched rocket system to be used in Britain’s first domestic satellite launch could sow the seeds for a globally dispersed rapid-response capability to put extra eyes in space in times of war, executives and analysts said. Virgin Orbit, part-owned by billionaire Richard Branson, plans to launch nine satellites …
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By Vladyslav Smilianets KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk missed its targets and there were no obvious signs of casualties, a Reuters reporter said on Sunday, after Moscow claimed the strike killed 600 Ukrainian soldiers. A Reuters team visited two college dormitories that Moscow said had been temporarily …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Paytm Payments Bank, majority owned by billionaire Vijay Shekhar Sharma, has received India’s central bank’s approval to name Surinder Chawla as its new chief executive, a statement said. Last year, India’s central bank barred Paytm Payments Bank from taking on new customers and ordered a comprehensive audit of its IT systems, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Sunday said it wasn’t planning to circumvent Congress in order to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, a regular flashpoint in times of divided government. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that “we’re not considering any measures that would go around Congress,” calling on lawmakers to raise …
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