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China’s Q1 GDP beats forecast, but March activity heightens risks to outlook
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's economy grew at a faster than expected clip in the first quarter, data showed on Monday, expanding 4.8% year-on-year, but the risk of a sharp slowdown over coming months has...
Apr 17, 2022
BOJ Gov Kuroda: “recent sharp yen weakening” could impact firms’ profit plans
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank Of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday that the recent sharp weakening in the yen could impact on Japanese firms' earnings plans. It is desirable that currencies move ...
Apr 17, 2022
U.S. envoy in Seoul for talks over North Korea missile, nuclear tensions
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. envoy for North Korea arrived in Seoul on Monday for talks with his South Korean counterparts on ways to address Pyongyang's increased missile launches and con...
Apr 17, 2022
Oil prices rise on supply concerns as Ukraine crisis deepens
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Monday as concerns grew about tighter global supply, with the deepening crisis in Ukraine raising the prospect of heavier sanctions by the West on...
Apr 17, 2022
Golf-Spieth overcomes ‘worst feeling’ of career to win at RBC Heritage
(Reuters) - Jordan Spieth overcame "the worst feeling" of his career to triumph at RBC Heritage tournament in South Carolina on Sunday, less than two weeks after missing the cut for the first time at ...
Apr 17, 2022
Shanghai reports three deaths among COVID patients on April 17
(Corrects number of tests in paragraph 3 to 200 million, not 20 million) SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Chinese financial hub of Shanghai said three people infected with COVID-19 died on Sunday, the first t...
Apr 17, 2022
Ukraine completes questionnaire for EU membership – official
(Reuters) - Ukraine has completed a questionnaire which will form a starting point for the European Union to decide on membership for Kyiv, Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's...
Apr 17, 2022
Explainer-Sri Lanka’s reluctance to tap IMF helped push it into an economic abyss
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis has triggered an unprecedented wave of spontaneous protests as the island nation of 22 million people str...
Apr 17, 2022
Brazil arrests ‘Colorido,’ PCC drug gang’s No. 2 leader
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's justice ministry said on Sunday that federal police had captured the No. 2 leader of the First Capital Command (PCC), the country's most powerful prison gang and a ...
Apr 17, 2022
Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq- state news agency
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes, helicopters and drones hit Kurdish militant targets, camps, tunnels, shelters, and ammunition storage areas in northern Iraq, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was quo...
Apr 17, 2022
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