US charges El Chapo sons, Chinese businessmen with fentanyl trafficking
By Katharine Jackson and Luc Cohen (Reuters) – The United States has charged leaders of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel with…
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Wells Fargo profit exceeds estimates as rising rates bolster income
By Noor Zainab Hussain, Manya Saini and Saeed Azhar (Reuters) -Wells Fargo & Co’s profit surpassed expectations for the first…
Russia raises 2023 GDP growth forecast, longer-term outlook worsens
By Darya Korsunskaya and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s economy ministry revised higher on Friday its 2023 gross domestic product…
No evidence yet showing which animal COVID may have come from, says former head of China CDC
(Refiles to fix typo on first paragraph) LONDON (Reuters) – There is no evidence yet showing which animal the COVID-causing…
UnitedHealth’s quarterly beat clouded by 2024 Medicare uncertainty
By Khushi Mandowara and Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -UnitedHealth Group Inc on Friday topped expectations for first-quarter results but shares fell…
Ukraine bars its national teams from events with Russians, Belarusians
By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine barred its national sports teams from competing in Olympic, non-Olympic and Paralympic events which…
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…
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…
HSBC warns France sale in jeopardy over capital concerns
By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -HSBC’s planned sale of its French retail banking business to Cerberus-backed My Money Group could…
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…