By Sarah N. Lynch and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday announced the appointment of a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden’s handling of sensitive government documents – an inquiry that could cast a shadow over the Democrat’s expected run for re-election in 2024. The top U.S. law enforcement …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that the onus is on North Korea to return to talks aimed at getting Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program, a rebuttal of China’s demand that the United States needs to show flexibility. North Korea has been subject to …
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ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday renewed her criticism of the euro zone bailout fund, a 500-billion-euro ($541.55 billion) facility held back by Rome’s reluctance to ratify its recently-adopted reform. Meloni aired her concerns about the so-called European Stability Mechanism (ESM) in a meeting in Rome with the fund’s top managers, Director …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government’s net borrowing rose to 115.4 billion euros ($124.5 billion) in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, but was lower than originally expected, the country’s finance ministry said on Thursday. Last year, government borrowing was at its third-highest level in the history of Germany, following …
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By Shashwat Chauhan and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -UK’s FTSE 100 closed higher on Thursday with banks and homebuilders among top gainers, while data showing a surprise decline in U.S. inflation cemented hopes of smaller rate increases by the Federal Reserve. The blue-chip FTSE 100 gained 0.9% to hover near more than four-year highs scaled …
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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Biden criticized House Republicans who have taken control of Congress for backing tax measures that he said would benefit the wealthy at the expense of middle class taxpayers, and make inflation worse. The Republican-controlled House passed a bill Monday night that would slash tens of billions of funding …
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RICHMOND, EEUU, 12 ene (Reuters) – Los recientes datos de inflación han avanzado en la “dirección correcta” y permiten a la Reserva Federal “dirigir más deliberadamente” su batalla para reducir el ritmo de alza de los precios, declaró el jueves el presidente de la Reserva Federal de Richmond, Tom Barkin. “Simplemente tiene sentido dirigir más …
Por Laila Kearney NUEVA YORK, 12 ene (Reuters) -Los precios del petróleo subían más de un dólar el barril el jueves, ampliando las ganancias tras cifras que mostraron que los precios al consumidor en Estados Unidos cayeron inesperadamente en diciembre, y apoyados por el optimismo sobre las perspectivas de la demanda en China. * El …
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By Aishwarya Nair and Kannaki Deka (Reuters) – U.S. airline profits are set to come under pressure in 2023 as they look to shell out more cash to retain pilots amid worries about the impact of a potential recession on travel demand. Major carriers such as United Airlines Holdings Inc, American Airlines Group Inc, Delta …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -City National Bank, a unit of Royal Bank of Canada, agreed to commit more than $31 million to boost lending to Black and Hispanic home buyers in the Los Angeles area, in the U.S. Department of Justice’s largest settlement over illegal redlining. Thursday’s settlement was part of Attorney General Merrick Garland’s …
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