By Shivangi Acharya and Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Foreign ministers from around the world meet in New Delhi this week in the shadow of Russia’s war in Ukraine and spiralling U.S.-China tensions, with host India hoping that issues like climate change and Third World debt are not overlooked. The March 1-2 meeting of the …
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By Supantha Mukherjee, Martin Coulter, Joan Faus and Foo Yun Chee BARCELONA (Reuters) -EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Monday said he was not taking sides in a clash between Big Tech and European telecoms operators over who should fund the rollout of 5G and broadband as the world’s largest telecoms conference opened in Barcelona. …
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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -China must be more honest about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. ambassador to China said on Monday, after reports that the U.S. Energy Department concluded the pandemic likely arose from a Chinese laboratory leak. Nicholas Burns, speaking by video link at a U.S. Chamber …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin gave a lukewarm response to a Chinese plan to end the war in Ukraine, calling for a study of nuances of the proposal that urges both sides to agree to a gradual de-escalation and warns against the use of nuclear weapons. China, which declared a “no limits” alliance with Russia shortly …
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By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks eked out a slight gain on Monday as investors engaged in some bargain hunting after last week’s losses, the biggest percentage declines of 2023 for Wall Street’s main benchmarks, as jitters persisted about coming interest rate hikes to tame stubbornly high inflation. All three main stock …
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By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -Jurors in the murder trial of disbarred South Carolina lawyer Richard “Alex” Murdaugh will visit the family estate where prosecutors said he gunned down his wife and youngest son, the judge ruled on Monday. Murdaugh’s lawyer Dick Harpootlian asked Judge Clifton Newman to allow the jurors to visit the crime scene …
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By Elizabeth Piper and Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak struck a deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland on Monday, saying it would pave the way for a new chapter in London’s relationship with the bloc. Standing alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at …
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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. chipmaker Broadcom is set to receive a European Union antitrust warning about the possible anti-competitive effects of its proposed $61 billion bid for cloud computing company VMware in the coming weeks, people familiar with the matter said. The European Commission opened an investigation in December, saying the deal, …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -U.S. tech giant Apple has paid a 906 million rouble ($12.12 million) fine in a Russian antitrust case alleging abuse of its dominance in the mobile apps market, Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said on Monday. Apple, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, has previously “respectfully disagreed” with a …
By Felix Onuah and MacDonald Dzirutwe ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was ahead in the vote count after Saturday’s presidential poll, a Reuters tally of provisional results in 20 of 36 states showed on Monday, but opposition parties walked out of the counting process citing concerns of fraud. The tally of provisional …
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