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Analysis-Latin America braces for US election impact on trade, tariffs

By Rodrigo Campos Latin America is anxiously counting the days to Nov. 5, when U.S. voters will choose between relative continuity under Vice President Kamala Harris or a return to policies that triggered volatility in the region’s largest markets and economies under former president Donald Trump. Trade and tariffs, as well as monetary policy’s effect …

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New cases of political violence roil U.S. ahead of contentious election

(Reuters) – – In York, Pennsylvania, a man accosted a group of people rallying for Vice President Kamala Harris’ White House campaign, punching a 74-year-old man in the head and calling another man a “n— supporter” as he fled. In northern Michigan, an assailant enraged by his hatred of Donald Trump used an all-terrain vehicle …

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German carmakers should not be afraid of Chinese competition, says Scholz

KUPPENHEIM, Germany (Reuters) -German automakers should not be afraid of competition from China, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday at the opening of Mercedes-Benz’s first battery recycling plant, an investment he described as part of Germany’s new industrial policy agenda. “Some say that China can do much better with electric motors than us,” Scholz said. …

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King Charles heckled by Indigenous Australian senator on visit to Canberra

By Lewis Jackson CANBERRA (Reuters) -King Charles was accused of “genocide” by an Indigenous senator at Australia’s Parliament House on Monday, moments after he delivered a speech in which he paid his “respects to the traditional owners of the lands”. Charles, on his 16th official visit to Australia and his first major foreign trip since …

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Trump hands out french fries in Pennsylvania, Harris visits Georgia churches in swing-state appeals

By Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland ATLANTA/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -With the U.S. presidential election just over two weeks away, Democrat Kamala Harris visited two churches on Sunday while her Republican rival, Donald Trump, visited another kind of American temple: a McDonald’s, where he again accused Harris of lying about having previously worked at the fast-food chain. …

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Moldova’s Sandu decries vote meddling after slim majority backs EU accession

By Tom Balmforth and Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) -A slim majority of 50.39% voted “yes” in Moldova’s crunch referendum on European Union accession, preliminary results showed, after President Maia Sandu said that Sunday’s twin votes had been marred by “unprecedented” outside interference. The knife-edge finish – with fewer than 1% of ballots still to be …

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MetLife in talks to buy PineBridge’s ex-China assets for $1 billion-$1.5 billion, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) – New York-based insurer MetLife Inc is in advanced talks to buy PineBridge Investments’ assets outside of China in a deal that could be valued at $1 billion to $1.5 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. The talks are exclusive for assets under management worth about $100 billion, the report said, citing sources. PineBridge …

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China central bank conducts first operations under swap facility to bolster stock market

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s central bank conducted its first operations on Monday under a swap facility designed to bolster the stock market, exchanging assets worth 50 billion yuan ($7 billion) with brokerages, fund companies and insurers. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said 20 institutions participated in the swap operations with a fee rate of 20 …

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