By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will travel to China from March 24 to March 30, IMF sources told Reuters on Friday. Georgieva will deliver a keynote speech at the China Development Forum (CDF) in Beijing on March 26, and speak at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual …
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By David Shepardson and Echo Wang WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Six more U.S. senators on Friday backed bipartisan legislation to give President Joe Biden new powers to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok on national security grounds as the company ramped up efforts to make its case ahead of a hearing next week. This month, 12 senators led …
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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -One of the top priorities for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security this year is to add more companies to a sanctions list for using forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region, a senior DHS official said on Friday. Robert Silvers, DHS undersecretary for strategy, policy, and plans, …
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By Chris Prentice and Elizabeth Howcroft NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Investor sentiment remained fragile on Friday despite massive rescue for the banking sector, leaving global equities under pressure while gold prices were poised for their largest one-week rally since March 2020. U.S. Treasury yields extended their slide, and oil prices dove to 15-month lows. Data …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States accused China on Friday of attempting to hide North Korea’s atrocities from the world by blocking the webcast of an informal meeting of United Nations Security Council members on accusations of human rights abuses by Pyongyang. “Some council members are all too willing to shield …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Delhi Capitals have bought a stake in the Seattle franchise of a new Twenty20 tournament in the United States as Indian Premier League teams continue to expand their global footprint. Delhi Capitals co-owner GMR Group has partnered with a group of investors that includes Microsoft Corp’s India-born CEO Satya Nadella to …
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By Mehnaz Yasmin (Reuters) -SVB Financial Group said on Friday it filed for a court-supervised reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to seek buyers for its assets, days after its former unit Silicon Valley Bank was taken over by U.S. regulators. The move to commence bankruptcy proceedings comes as emergency measures to shore up confidence …
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By Bharat Gautam (Reuters) – Gold prices surged more than 2% on Friday as a wave of banking crises shook global markets and put bullion on track for its biggest weekly rise in three years, while bets solidified for a less aggressive Federal Reserve in its fight against inflation. Spot gold climbed 2.8% to $1,971.95 …
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit China this month accompanied by a delegation of 240 business representatives, including 90 from agriculture sector, a senior Foreign Ministry official said on Friday. Trade promotion secretary Daniel Fernandes said at a press briefing that all the government’s ministries will be represented on …
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