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IMF board backs $650 billion reserves distribution, targets end-August completion
By David Lawder VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Friday its executive board has backed a $650 billion allocation of IMF Special Drawing Rights, advancing the distribut...
Jul 08, 2021
China’s factory gate inflation slows, outlook dimmed by still-elevated prices
By Stella Qiu and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory gate inflation eased in June after a government crackdown on runaway commodity prices, but the annual rate stayed uncomfortably high and ...
Jul 08, 2021
Five years after South China Sea ruling, China’s presence around Philippines only growing
By Karen Lema CATO, Philippines (Reuters) - Filipino fisherman Randy Megu has often braved the storms that spring up in the South China Sea, but these days he has a greater fear: seeing a Chinese mari...
Jul 08, 2021
Indonesia’s Bukalapak kicks off $1.1 billion IPO, biggest in over a decade
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Indonesia's Bukalapak launched an up to $1.13 billion IPO ahead of next month's listing, marking the country's biggest issue in over a decade amid rising investo...
Jul 08, 2021
New video surfaces of Mexican president’s brother taking stacks of cash
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican news outlet broadcast video on Thursday of a brother of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador receiving stacks of cash several years ago, just ahead of a national vot...
Jul 08, 2021
Olympics-Tokyo Olympics organisers bow to pressure for ‘stay home’ Games
By Ju-min Park and Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - After weeks of insisting that the Tokyo 2020 Games could go ahead with spectators, organisers finally bowed to political pressure and rising COVID-19 in...
Jul 08, 2021
Australia govt to appeal court ruling on climate change duty of care
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's government said on Friday it would challenge a court ruling that found the environment minister has an obligation to the next generation to consider the harm caused b...
Jul 08, 2021
Top investor in Australia’s Myer kicks off board reshuffle talks with shareholders
(Reuters) -Myer Holdings' top shareholder Premier Investments said on Friday it has begun talks with fellow shareholders to revamp the company's board, after raising its stake in the high-street retai...
Jul 08, 2021
Militia commanders rush to aid Afghan forces against Taliban
KABUL (Reuters) - A prominent anti-Taliban commander with private militia will help Afghan forces in their fight against Taliban insurgents to claw back control over parts of western Afghanistan inclu...
Jul 08, 2021
Arrest warrant issued for Mexican airline magnate – report
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An arrest warrant has been issued in Mexico for Miguel Aleman, co-founder of budget airline Interjet, on criminal tax fraud charges, according to a judicial source with knowled...
Jul 08, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
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