Blinken seeking to upgrade Vietnam ties as Hanoi treads narrow path
By Humeyra Pamuk, Francesco Guarascio and David Brunnstrom HANOI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Vietnam…
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Leak of classified information was deliberate criminal act -Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leak of classified information was a “deliberate, criminal act,” the Pentagon said on Thursday. Pentagon spokesman…
Africa needs bilateral help to cope with major funding squeeze, IMF says
By Joe Bavier WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Africa is facing a severe financing squeeze that, on the back of a series of…
Angola’s next debt issuance to be ESG bond, but not in 2023
(This April 13 story has been corrected to fix the year of the last dollar bond issuance to 2022, not…
Florida Governor Desantis signs 6-week abortion ban law
(Reuters) – Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law that bans most abortions after six weeks,…
Exclusive-Mexican firm seeks $380 million from Honduran state over blocked unit
By Valentine Hilaire MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican investment firm JLL Capital, whose Honduran operation has been blocked since 2018…
Judge orders bail for Spanish letter bomb suspect
MADRID (Reuters) – A 74-year-old Spanish man accused of sending a series of letter bombs in late 2022 will be…
Norway expels Russian diplomats who it says worked for intelligence
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – Fifteen Russian diplomats expelled by Norway this week had sought to recruit sources, intercept…
After earthquake, Istanbul gripped by fear that bigger disaster awaits
By Birsen Altayli and Can Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The deadliest earthquake in Turkey’s modern history has reawakened fears on…
OPEC+ cuts partly due to reshaping of global oil flows, IEA says
By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) – European Union and G7 restrictions on Russian oil exports led to a global shift…