CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) – The United States prevailed on Japan and South Korea on Friday to use their strongest language yet in a joint statement to condemn China’s “dangerous and aggressive actions” in the South China Sea. In the Korean version of a Camp David summit joint statement seen by Reuters, the three countries…
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Hyonhee Shin CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol made several pledges in an historic Camp David meeting, and issued sharp rebukes to China and Russia: CHINA’S ‘DANGEROUS AND AGGRESSIVE’ ACTIONS The leaders issued a sharply worded joint…
By Trevor Hunnicutt, David Brunnstrom and Hyonhee Shin CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and the leaders of South Korea and Japan agreed at Camp David on Friday to deepen military and economic cooperation and made their strongest joint condemnation yet of “dangerous and aggressive behavior” by China in the South China Sea….
By Josh Smith, Trevor Hunnicutt and David Brunnstrom SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -North Korea’s latest Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile – its first ICBM to use solid rocket fuel – has reignited debate over possible Russian links to the nuclear-armed state’s dramatic missile development. In a report published on Thursday by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International…
By Gwladys Fouche ARENDAL, Norway (Reuters) – Norway’s $1.4 trillion wealth fund, the world’s single largest stock market investor, is to step up pressure on the companies it invests in to have more women board members and to also reduce excessive executive pay, a top fund official said. The fund is one of a growing…
By Clare Jim, Jonathan Stempel and Dietrich Knauth HONG KONG/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Embattled developer China Evergrande Group has filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection as part of one of the world’s biggest debt restructurings, as anxiety grows over China’s worsening property crisis and its impact on the weakening economy. China unexpectedly lowered several key interest…
By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA (Reuters) – West Africa’s main regional bloc on Friday said it had agreed an undisclosed “D-Day” for a possible military intervention to restore democracy in Niger if diplomatic efforts fail, stressing that it would not hold endless dialogue with the defiant junta. The comments came at the end of a…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump plans to skip the first Republican primary debate next week and instead sit for an online interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the matter. Trump has for months suggested that he would likely pass on Wednesday night’s…
By Saeed Azhar and Amruta Khandekar NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 ended nearly flat on Friday as gains in defensive sectors and energy offset weakness in megacap growth stocks, while investors looked toward next week’s speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Megacap technology-related growth stocks dipped, with Alphabet down 1.9% and Tesla…
By Pratik Jain (Reuters) -Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said on Friday the U.S. health regulator approved its drug to treat a rare blood disease. The drug pozelimab, branded as Veopoz, would treat CHAPLE disease in adult and pediatric patients 1 year of age and older. Veopoz — the first treatment to be approved by the U.S. Food…