GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization chief pressed China on Thursday to share its information about the origins of COVID-19, saying that until that happened all hypotheses remained on the table, more than three years after the virus first emerged. “Without full access to the information that China has, you cannot say this or that,” …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China said Australia’s “discriminatory” ban on TikTok from all federal government-owned devices harmed the interests of Australian businesses and the public, urging Canberra to treat all firms fairly, a commerce ministry statement said on Friday. “Australia treated TikTok differently from other social media platforms and adopted discriminatory restrictive measures, which are not …
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Por Joyce Lee y Heekyong Yang SEÚL, 7 abr (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd dijo el viernes que haría un recorte “significativo” de la producción de chips después de señalar una caída peor de lo esperado del 96% en la ganancia operativa trimestral, a medida que se profundiza una fuerte caída en el mercado …
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PEKÍN, 7 abr (Reuters) – China impuso nuevas sanciones a Hsiao Bi-khim, embajadora de facto de Taiwán en Estados Unidos, prohibiéndole a ella y a sus familiares la entrada en China continental, Hong Kong y Macao, informaron el viernes medios de comunicación estatales. Las sanciones, anunciadas por la Oficina de Asuntos de Taiwán de China, …
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(Reuters) – The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has warned of the potential for public disorder by dissident republicans over the Easter weekend, days before a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden, the BBC reported on Thursday. Disturbance by individuals who use violence to oppose Northern Ireland’s place in the United Kingdom could be …
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(Reuters) – A Moscow court will consider an appeal by lawyers of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to lift his pre-trial detention on April 18, the Interfax news agency reported, citing the court’s press service. Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, was arrested last week in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges decried …
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By Maiya Keidan TORONTO (Reuters) -Canadian dealmakers are optimistic about a return to strength in the second half of the year after mergers and acquisitions in the first quarter dropped to pandemic levels, belayed by higher borrowing costs and panic around a banking crisis. The collapse of regional banks Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank …
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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to let West Virginia enforce a state law banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools, one of many Republican-backed measures across the country targeting LGBTQ rights. The justices denied West Virginia’s request to lift an injunction against the law that …
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By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) should be cautious about changing its unconventional monetary policy for now, given financial market uncertainty due to problems in Western banks, former top financial diplomat Takehiko Nakao told Reuters in an interview. Nakao made the comments amid speculation the BOJ may …
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By Anant Chandak BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Bank of Korea will opt to support a rapidly slowing economy by holding its main interest rate at 3.50% on Tuesday, according to a Reuters poll of economists that showed a slim majority now expect a 25-basis-point cut by the end of 2023. Policymakers at the BoK, who …
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