By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina has signed a deal to renew its currency swap line with China and double the amount it can access to near $10 billion, the South American country’s central bank said in a statement on Friday, a boost to its dwindling foreign currency reserves. The bank said that the…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. congressional leaders on Friday invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint meeting of the House of Representatives and Senate on June 22, one of the highest honors Washington affords to foreign dignitaries. “During your address, you will have the opportunity to share your vision for India’s…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. auto safety regulator routinely fails to meet its internal timelines for completing auto safety defect investigations, a government report released on Thursday found, hindering its ability to quickly respond to severe safety risks. The Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General said that 26 of 27 National Highway Traffic…
PARIS (Reuters) – Renault could face prosecution in France over faulty engines as a group of customers plans to lodge a criminal complaint against the carmaker next week, the group’s lawyer said on Friday. “We are going to file a complaint on Monday on behalf of at least several dozen people,” Christophe Leguevaques told Reuters,…
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Senior officials from more than a dozen countries, including Saudi Arabia and Iran, were in talks on forging closer links with the BRICS bloc of major emerging economies on Friday as it met to deepen ties and position itself as a counterweight to the West. BRICS, which now…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and United Nations on Friday criticized Vietnam’s detention of members of an environmental group including its founder, saying such actions were part of a broader trend toward curbing free speech. “The United States is concerned by the detention of leaders and staff of CHANGE, including the ongoing detention of…
By Joe Brock and Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday called for greater engagement between the United States and China, saying a breakdown in dialogue between the superpowers could have devastating consequences for the world. The relationship between the United States and China is at its lowest point in decades,…
By Greg Torode Singapore (Reuters) -A senior NATO official on Friday urged Beijing to be more open about its accelerating nuclear weapons build-up, saying that as a global power, China had a responsibility to improve transparency. Angus Lapsley, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO) Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, told the Shangri-La…
TBILISI (Reuters) – Armenia is not a Russian ally in the Ukraine war and is worried about the impact of that crisis on its relations with other countries, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said, drawing a cautious response in Moscow. The tiny ex-Soviet nation in the southern Caucasus region has close security and economic ties to…
By Jessie Pang and Laurie Chen HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) -As restrictions in Hong Kong have snuffed out what were once the largest vigils marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, cities like London, New York, Berlin and Taipei are left carrying the candle to commemorate the June 4 anniversary. Tens of thousands of people have left…
