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1 week ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Mark Heinrich |Sam Tobin
LONDON (Reuters) -British actor and comedian Russell Brand pleaded not guilty in a London court on Friday to charges of rape and sexual assault relating to four women more than two decades ago. Brand, once one of Britain's most high-profile...
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2 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Olivia Le Poidevin |Ludwig Burger |Mark Heinrich
GENEVA, May 21 (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday trade talks with the U.S. were an important step toward bridging gaps but what was really needed was "indispensable" multilateralism to find a way out of global trade turmoil.
"While bilateral talks may sometimes work, China believes multilateralism is the inevitable and ultimate choice to address global challenges," China's mission to the World Trade Organization said in a statement at a two-day meeting of the WTO's General Council in Geneva.
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2 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Francesco Canepa |Mark Heinrich
FRANKFURT, May 21 (Reuters) - Buoyant credit and stock markets appear "out of sync" with a world gripped by geopolitical and trade uncertainty, the European Central Bank said on Wednesday.
The warning came as part of the ECB's twice-yearly Financial Stability Review, a litany of old and new risks ranging from funds depleting their cash buffers to overvalued property markets and high government debt.
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3 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Linda Pasquini |Amanda Cooper |Mark Heinrich
May 13 (Reuters) - Sterling recovered some ground against the dollar on Tuesday after weakening in the previous session, when the United States and China said they had temporarily cut reciprocal tariffs following negotiations over the weekend.
The U.S. and China have agreed to temporarily slash tariffs in a deal that surpassed expectations, and the de-escalation in the trade war between the world's two biggest economies sparked risk appetite globally.
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3 weeks ago | 
cnnbrasil.com.br | Tom Balmforth |Mark Heinrich
Os países europeus começarão a preparar novas sanções contra a Rússia, a menos que o governo de Vladimir Putin comece a cumprir um cessar-fogo de 30 dias na guerra com a Ucrânia já nesta segunda-feira (12), afirmou o governo alemão. As Forças Armadas do país afirmaram que a Rússia realizou dezenas de ataques ao longo da frente de batalha no leste da Ucrânia nesta segunda-feira (12). Também pontuaram que foi realizado um , apesar da proposta de cessar-fogo da Europa e de Kiev.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessghana.com | Hereward Holland |Mark Heinrich
Fighting along the Nile River in South Sudan has prevented humanitarian aid from reaching more than 60,000 malnourished children in the northeast of the country for almost a month, two United Nations agencies said on Thursday.
The U.N.'s World Food Programme (WFP) and agency for children (UNICEF) said they expect nutrition supplies for Upper Nile State, which has some of the highest rates of malnutrition in the country, to run out by the end of May.
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4 weeks ago | 
globalnews.ca | Yuliia Dysa |Hugh Lawson |Mark Heinrich
Ukraine will host a meeting of leaders of the so-called “coalition of the willing” on Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Established earlier this year and led by France and Britain, the coalition reflects concern among Europeans that the U.S. no longer represents a bulwark of support for Ukraine’s three-year-old battle against a full-blown Russian invasion.
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4 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Kevin Yao |Aidan Lewis |Mark Heinrich
BEIJING, May 9 (Reuters) - China's central bank said on Friday it will spur financial institutions to expand support for consumption and foreign trade amid a protracted trade war with the United States.
Beijing stepped up efforts this week to cushion the economic damage caused by the tariff conflict with Washington, announcing a raft of stimulus measures, including interest rate cuts and a major injection of liquidity.
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1 month ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Kate Holton |Mark Heinrich |Sam Tobin
LONDON (Reuters) - An Israeli private investigator wanted by the U.S. for allegedly carrying out a "hacking for hire" campaign at the behest of an ExxonMobil lobbyist lost his fight on Wednesday against extradition from Britain.
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Promit Mukherjee |Dale Smith |Mark Heinrich |Mark Porter
Both goods and services industries contracted in February
Mining, oil and gas, construction sectors shrunk the most
Growth likely 0.1% in March, 1.5% in Q1 on annualized basis
OTTAWA, April 30 (Reuters) - Canada's gross domestic product contracted by 0.2% in February on a monthly basis for the first time since November as activities across mining, oil and gas and construction sectors shrunk, data showed on Wednesday.
