GENEVA (Reuters) -Discovering the origins of COVID-19 is a moral imperative and all hypotheses must be explored, the head of the World Health Organization said, in the clearest indication yet that the U.N. body remains committed to finding how the virus arose. A U.S. agency was reported by the Wall Street Journal to have assessed …
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ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Sunday that he believes that a deal allowing Ukrainian grain to be exported via the Black Sea will be extended from its current March 18 deadline. The Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered between Russia and Ukraine by the United Nations and Turkey last July, aimed …
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By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – Thousands of miles from the glitz of Sunday’s Oscars, the first Irish language film to earn a nomination is sparking renewed interest in a native tongue spoken by so few it is considered endangered by the United Nations cultural agency. Competing for best international feature, “An Cailín Ciúin” (The …
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By Jonathan Landay and Vivian Sequera WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – The United States is not discussing a prisoner exchange as described in a letter and video appeal addressed to President Joe Biden by an American detained in Venezuela, according to two U.S. officials. Eyvin Hernandez was “quite possibly coerced” into appealing to Biden to swap him …
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By David Randall and Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) -Cracks are appearing in the global financial system as the decade-long era of cheap money ends, with some investors worrying the shock collapse of Silicon Valley Bank signals world markets may be on the cusp of a reckoning. Over the past year, the U.S. Federal Reserve …
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PARIS (Reuters) – TotalEnergies said on Sunday the rolling strike over the government’s planned pension reform continued for the sixth day running at its French refineries and depots, an company spokesperson told Reuters. The French Senate on Saturday night passed President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular plan, an important step in it becoming law, shortly after a …
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By Hadeel Al Sayegh and Maha El Dahan DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco on Sunday reported a record annual net profit of $161.1 billion for 2022, up 46% from the previous year on higher energy prices, increased volumes sold and improved margins for refined products. The profits, which are around triple that of …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp are weighing the creation of a fund that would allow regulators to backstop more deposits at banks that run into trouble in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. Regulators discussed the new special vehicle in conversations with …
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By Summer Zhen HONG KONG (Reuters) – China stock investors, already disillusioned by Beijing’s lower-than-expected economic growth target for the year, will be further disheartened by the shock collapse of U.S. lender SVB Financial Group, market participants said. China’s CSI300 Index dropped 4% last week, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng tumbled 6%, as China’s moderate …
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By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) – Yi Gang’s surprise re-appointment as China’s central bank governor on Sunday means a pro-market mind of high international stature will continue to represent the world’s second-largest economy on the global stage. Yi, 65, was widely expected to retire as President Xi Jinping installs close allies in key roles in …
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