US wants coalition of nations to engage China in curbing synthetic drugs
By Michael Martina and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. wants other countries to engage China on limiting the…
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Yellen seeks to calm a fraught but close-knit US-China trade relationship
By David Lawder and Joe Cash WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – As U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen tries to steady an increasingly…
USTR flags energy concerns going into Mexico talks; urges steel monitoring
By Daina Beth Solomon and Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The U.S. sees some progress on an energy dispute with…
China aims to sap Taiwan morale with ‘escape plan’ misinformation – sources
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – China has launched a misinformation campaign that includes news reports Taiwan’s president has an…
Free speech cannot be used to legitimise terror, India says
NEW DELHI/LONDON (Reuters) – Freedom of expression cannot be used for “legitimising violence”, India said on Thursday in response to…
VW ready to deal with China metal curbs; chipmakers play down fallout
By Ben Blanchard and Jan Schwartz TAIPEI (Reuters) -Volkswagen is monitoring metals markets after China imposed export restrictions on two…
Top FARC dissident leader Ivan Marquez dead -sources
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) -Ivan Marquez, the well-known leader of a faction of former FARC rebels who returned…
Delayed Guatemalan election results to be made official next week
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Official results from Guatemala’s first-round presidential election late last month will be released next week, the…
Rights group urges Tunisia to halt collective expulsions of African migrants
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia should halt collective expulsions of sub-Saharan African migrants and urgently enable access to…
Brazil removes tourism minister as Lula seeks support for reforms
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday replaced his tourism minister, the first cabinet reshuffle…