NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The United States has taken steps to resolve serious challenges to issuing business visas to Indians following the COVID-19 pandemic, Arun Venkataraman, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets, said at a conference in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Reporting by Shivangi Acharya, writing by Tanvi Mehta; Editing by Krishna N. …
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By Anushka Trivedi MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee weakened on Tuesday, slipping back towards the 82 per dollar mark, as the greenback broadly rebounded and Asian currencies weakened. The rupee was trading at 81.84 per dollar by 9:37 a.m. IST, compared to its previous close of 81.6125. The currency saw its worst session in …
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ANKARA (Reuters) -Sweden and Finland must deport or extradite up to 130 “terrorists” to Turkey before the Turkish parliament will approve their bids to join NATO, President Tayyip Erdogan said. The two Nordic states applied last year to join NATO following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but their bids must be approved by all 30 NATO …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2022 may have slowed to 4.81% on a yearly basis, from 5.72% in the previous three months, according to a presentation made by central bank governor Perry Warjiyo on Tuesday. Bank Indonesia (BI) expected full-year 2022 economic growth to be at 5.25% and for …
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By Siyi Liu and Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s annual aluminium output in 2022 rose 4.5% from the previous year to a record high, official data showed on Tuesday, reaching 40.21 million tonnes with a boost from newly launched capacity and a relaxation of power supply restrictions. Primary aluminium output for December was 3.43 …
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(Reuters) – China’s December steel output rose 4.5% from the prior month, official data showed on Tuesday, as demand for the material used in construction increased following stepped-up government support for the property sector. China, the world’s largest steel maker, produced 77.89 million tonnes last month, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, …
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By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will strive to maintain market confidence by conducting responsible debt management, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday, as 10-year government bond yields broke above the upper cap of 0.5% set by the central bank. Asked whether the Bank of Japan (BOJ) should take any steps to rein in …
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(Reuters) -Embattled property developer China Evergrande Group has been discussing a restructuring proposal with creditors that includes two options for extending payment deadlines on unsecured offshore debt, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. One proposed option would entail installment payments on the principal amount of the debt with total repayment in as many as 12 years, …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Production at an Indonesian nickel smelter owned by China’s Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry resumed on Tuesday, police said, after operations were suspended due to a protest and rioting at the weekend in which two workers were killed. An Indonesian and a Chinese worker died, while vehicles and dormitories were torched during the …
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YUZHNOUKRAINSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Monday he hoped to make progress on a safe zone deal around the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia plant in Ukraine, but stressed it was a tough negotiation. Russian forces in March captured the Soviet-era plant, Europe’s largest, soon after their invasion of Ukraine. …
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