North Carolina legislature overrides veto of 12-week abortion ban, making it law

By Julia Harte (Reuters) -North Carolina Republican lawmakers overrode a veto by the state’s Democratic governor to enact a law on Tuesday that cuts the window for most abortions in the southern state from 20 to 12 weeks. The law bans elective abortions after the first trimester, except in cases of rape, incest, life-limiting fetal…

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IMF’s Gopinath sees ‘sizeable’ upside inflation risks, says markets too optimistic

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund’s no. 2 official said on Wednesday she sees sizeable risks that inflation will remain high or accelerate in many emerging markets and urged central banks to keep monetary policies tight. IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath told a conference hosted by the Central Bank of Brazil that…

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China’s Xi pledges deeper Kazakh ties in times of ‘prosperity and adversity’

By Andrew Hayley XIAN, China (Reuters) -China wants to further deepen relations with Kazakhstan in times of both “prosperity and adversity”, President Xi Jinping told his visiting Kazakh counterpart on Wednesday. This week, China will for the first time host an in-person summit of Central Asian leaders, building ties in Russia’s backyard as Beijing’s relations…

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