By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s house speaker said on Thursday that a parliamentary vote for the next prime minister would be postponed, prolonging a political deadlock that has raised questions about stability since a May general election. Many voters in the May 14 vote rejected nearly a decade of rule by the military and…
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi officially invited United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to visit Tehran in the near future, the semi-official Tasnim agency reported on Thursday. In April, Iran appointed an ambassador to the UAE for the first time since 2016 amid a realignment of relations between Gulf…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German exports stagnated in June, with a smaller than expected rise of 0.1% over the previous month, data from the federal statistics office showed on Thursday. A Reuters poll had predicted a month-on-month increase of 0.3%. “Trade is no longer the strong resilient growth driver of the German economy that it used…
By Yantoultra Ngui SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore’s biggest bank DBS Group said on Thursday its second-quarter profit jumped a forecast-beating 48% to a new record as higher interest rates helped drive income growth, and forecast growth in its net interest margin (NIM). DBS said the outlook for NIM, a key indicator of profitability, had improved due…
By Idrees Ali and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States ordered the evacuation of some staff and families from its embassy in Niger after military officers seized power there, the State Department said on Wednesday, even as the mission will remain open and senior leadership will continue working from there. Niger is a key…
By Gram Slattery, Michael Martina and David Lawder ROCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – At an economic policy speech on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis repeatedly blamed China for sapping the United States of its financial strength, mentioning the nation no less than 11 times in 20 minutes. It was the latest sign that China…
By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Overseas investors bought Asian equities for the fourth consecutive month in July, spurred by signs that the Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle might be ending, a shift from last year’s policy that caused big outflows from riskier assets. Top central banks raised interest rates again last month despite cooling inflation, but…
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Police gave an all-clear at the U.S. Capitol complex on Wednesday, finding no gunman or suspicious activities after a report of a possible active shooter that was most likely “bogus,” U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger told reporters. After about 90 minutes of investigating, police allowed workers in three Senate…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Thursday that it is “willing to maintain communications” with the United States on a possible future visit by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Washington, D.C. The U.S. State Department said earlier this week that it had formally invited Wang, but the two sides had not finalised a date….
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s cyberspace regulator issued on Thursday draft rules requiring service providers that hold data on more than 1 million people to undergo at least one compliance audit a year, another step in efforts to control data and information. Infrastructure information providers or services that process data of more than one million users…
