Democratic senators urge Biden to use 14th Amendment to avoid debt default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of U.S. Senate Democrats called on President Joe Biden to prepare to invoke the U.S. Constitution’s…
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Japan’s G7 refugee balancing act: door open for Ukrainians, but not many others
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – More than a year after escaping her native Kyiv with a broken leg one…
U.S., G7 to unveil new sanctions targeting Russia over Ukraine
By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – The United States and the rest of the “Group of…
Disney cancels plans for $1 billion campus, 2,000 jobs in Florida
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Walt Disney Co is scrapping plans to build a nearly $1…
Argentina president, protesters slam IMF debt, austerity as economy creaks
By Horacio Soria and Claudia Martini BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and protesters in Buenos Aires pushed…
China, US commerce and trade chiefs to meet next week
By David Brunnstrom, Michael Martina and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China’s commerce minister will visit the United States next week…
UK to ban Russian diamonds at G7 in fresh round of sanctions
(Reuters) – Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to announce a ban on Russian diamonds and imports of metals from…
US State Department wants to speed weapons export process
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of State said on Thursday it wants to update internal processes…
Witnesses recount gunmen’s raid on church in Sudan’s capital
By Maggie Michael CAIRO (Reuters) -Over four terrifying hours last weekend, masked gunmen affiliated to one of Sudan’s warring factions…
Debt default could trigger recession, Harris and Brainard warn
By Doina Chiacu and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vice President Kamala Harris and top White House economic adviser Lael Brainard…