By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said the Group of Seven nations had agreed a united approach to China that called for diversifying supply chains to reduce dependence on one country, and hinted that he could speak with China’s president soon. “We’re not looking to decouple…
MUMBAI (Reuters) -Private equity company Blackstone Inc said it has fully acquired the jewellery certification firm International Gemological Institute (IGI) from China’s Fosun and the company’s founding family. Blackstone bought IGI, whose majority revenue and profits come from India, for about $530 million, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on condition of…
By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he had received a “flat assurance” from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that he would not use Western-provided F-16 fighter jets to go into Russian territory. Biden told reporters in Hiroshima, Japan, at the conclusion of a meeting of…
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Sunday that it was still fighting for control of the eastern city of Bakhmut, after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had said earlier that the city remained “only in our hearts.” Asked before a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Japan if the city was still in Ukraine’s hands after…
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he was willing to cut spending but would not agree to a deal with Republicans in Congress on raising the U.S. federal debt limit and cutting the budget solely on their terms. Speaking at a news conference in…
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Firefighters in Alberta are on high alert for a surge in blazes over a long weekend in the oil-rich Canadian province, which is enduring throttled energy production, home evacuations and property damage after an intense start to the wildfire season. Record-high temperatures and lack of rain this year have…
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday and also hold a joint meeting with the leaders of South Korea and Japan, according to a U.S. official. The United States, South Korea and Japan will discuss deepening three-way ties between their countries, including military “interoperability,” according to…
By Moira Warburton and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration and congressional Republicans traded barbs on Saturday over raising the federal $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, with both sides casting the other’s proposals as too extreme. Officials did not meet on Saturday, after two meetings ended on Friday with no progress cited by…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Western countries will run “colossal risks” if they supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, TASS news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko as saying on Saturday. Grushko was responding to a question about the implications of providing the jets, which Ukraine has been requesting from NATO countries. It has not…
By John Irish and Sakura Murakami HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy held talks with India’s Narendra Modi on Saturday and was due to meet other “Global South” leaders at a Group of Seven (G7) summit aimed at broadening support for his country in its war against Russia. The three-day G7 meeting in the Japanese…
