By Andy Sullivan, Jacqueline Thomsen and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump faced a new raft of felony charges on Tuesday after a Georgia grand jury used a law developed to take down organized crime gangs to charge the former U.S. president with trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. The charges, brought late on…
By Felix Onuah (Reuters) -Niger’s junta on Tuesday said that it was open to talks to resolve a regional crisis caused by last month’s military coup, while Russia and the United States called for a peaceful resolution. Western powers and democratic African governments have called for the coup leaders to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum,…
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s economy should continue to expand as the policy rate is approaching a level consistent with long term stability, minutes of the central bank’s Aug. 2 monetary policy meeting showed on Wednesday. Public consumption and investment were expected to decline from a year ago due to a delay in the budgeting process,…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea confirmed for the first time on Wednesday that it is holding American soldier Travis King, saying he crossed the border last month to escape racism and mistreatment in the U.S. military and society. WHO IS PRIVATE KING? Private Travis T. King, who joined the U.S. Army in January 2021, is…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Fulton County Georgia court clerk on Tuesday acknowledged the early release on its website of a document about former President Donald Trump being criminally charged, as Reuters reported on Monday after seeing the document on the court’s public website. A statement from the court clerk said the system was being tested before…
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -As the yen slid past 145 per dollar with barely a murmur from Japanese policymakers during recent days, suspicion grew that they won’t be as quick to order intervention as they were last year as they now reap some benefits from a weaker currency. Surging exports helped economic growth hit…
By David Carnevali NEW YORK (Reuters) -Esmark Inc majority owner and chief executive James Bouchard said in an interview on Tuesday that his steelmaker, which does not publicly report its earnings, has cash for its $7.8 billion bid for U.S. Steel Corp sitting in his bank account. Esmark unveiled its offer on Monday after Cleveland-Cliffs…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will expand financing support for exporting companies by around 50% more this year, the financial regulator said on Wednesday, to bolster exports amid persistently weak demand. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said it would provide a total of 23 trillion won ($17.2 billion) worth of financial support for exporters through…
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Law firms in China are scrambling to comply with Beijing’s new guidance to tone down the language used to describe China-related business risks in companies’ offshore listing documents, five people familiar with the matter said. The moves come after China’s securities regulator last month in a closed-door meeting asked domestic law firms…
By Trevor Hunnicutt, David Brunnstrom and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States, Japan and South Korea will launch a series of joint initiatives on technology and defense when the countries’ leaders gather at Camp David this Friday, according to senior U.S. administration officials, amid mounting shared concerns about China. While the summit is…