Australia to decide fate of central bank chief in July
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -The head of Australia’s central bank will find out in July whether he will be…
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US announces new visa restriction policy for those who have assisted fugitives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Wednesday announced a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign government officials and agents…
Powell: Half-point of additional hikes a ‘good guess’ of policy outcome
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Further Federal Reserve rate increases are “a pretty good guess” of where the central bank…
Blinken encourages Turkish counterpart to support Sweden’s NATO bid
ANKARA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken encouraged Ankara to support Sweden in its bid to join NATO in…
Ukraine offensive makes slow gains, Zelenskiy says; Putin sees ‘lull’
KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was quoted on Wednesday as saying progress in Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces was “slower…
US Senate panel invites PGA Tour commissioner, LIV CEO to testify on merger
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday invited PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, Saudi Arabia’s…
G7 affirms unity and need for close coordination on China, State Department says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Group of Seven countries affirmed their unity and stressed the need for close…
U.S. House censures prominent Democrat for work on Trump probes
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives approved a Republican effort on Wednesday to censure Representative…
‘I feel death here’: Honduran family mourns mother, daughter killed in prison
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – On Sunday, in their final telephone conversation, Paola Yamileth told her cousin she feared…
Activists ask Biden to publicly rebuke Modi over human rights
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rights advocates in Washington demanded that President Joe Biden publicly call out what they…