MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said on Tuesday Russia is building its international reserves with assets that cannot be targeted by Western sanctions, the TASS news agency reported. Western countries froze around $300 billion – or half – of Russia’s international reserves after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into…
By Humeyra Pamuk KARUIZAWA, Japan (Reuters) -A U.S. diplomatic convoy came under fire on Monday in Sudan in an apparent attack by fighters associated with Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday, in an incident he described as “reckless” and “irresponsible”. The incident prompted a direct warning…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s fiscal revenue rose in March, reversing a decline in January-February, as economic activity rebounded following the end of strict COVID curbs, but the finance ministry warned that revenue growth would slow in the second half of the year. Fiscal revenue rose 0.5% in the first three months of 2023 versus the…
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s battling factions both claimed to have made gains on Monday as violence cut power and water in the capital, and the U.N. envoy to Sudan said the two sides showed no signs of being willing to negotiate. Fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support…
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Public broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) Twitter account was on Monday labeled as “69% Government-funded Media” by the social media website. The Twitter label on the CBC site previously showed “70% Government-funded Media”, but Twitter owner Elon Musk said the “Canadian Broadcasting Corp said they’re “less than 70% government-funded”,…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Members of Mexico’s National Guard are suspected of killing two civilians this weekend in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, including a pregnant teenager, a state official and local media said on Monday. The shooting was likely due to a mix-up because a vehicle with gunmen in it had been…
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday fired another shot in his battle with Walt Disney Co, saying the state’s Republican legislature would take steps to nullify the company’s effort to circumvent state oversight of Walt Disney World. DeSantis, a likely Republican presidential candidate who has made attacking “woke…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The social and political climate in the United States has become fertile ground for antisemitism in recent years, according to a report released on Monday by advocacy group Anti-Defamation League and the Tel Aviv University. Expressions of hatred against Jews have become “mainstreamed and normalized,” and incidents of violence,…
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is running again, he and White House officials insist, he is just not ready to announce it yet. The expected date for Biden, 80, to make his 2024 presidential plans official slipped after the State of the Union address in February to months later as the…
By Richard Cowan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday outlined spending cuts he said his fellow Republicans would demand in exchange for voting to raise the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, avoiding a potentially catastrophic default. His proposals included cutting spending to last year’s levels, capping…
