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U.S. sees “no reason to change” nuclear alert levels at this time -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States sees "no reason to change" its nuclear alert levels at this time, the White House said on Monday after Russian President Vladimir Putin put Russia's nuclear de...
Feb 28, 2022
Russia ‘extremely likely’ to default on debts if Ukraine crisis worsens – IIF
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia is extremely likely to default on its external debts and its economy will suffer a double digit contraction this year after the West launched sanctions unprecedented in their...
Feb 28, 2022
First criminal trial of accused U.S. Capitol rioter begins with jury selection
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first criminal trial of a person accused of taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters opened on Monday, with a j...
Feb 28, 2022
Fed’s Bostic not ruling out half percentage point hike in March
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve could need to raise interest rates by a half percentage point at its next meeting in on March. 15-16 if economic data between now and then shows high inflation per...
Feb 28, 2022
U.S. to extend international minimum flight requirement waivers over COVID
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States government on Monday proposed extending temporary waivers of international minimum flight requirements at some U.S. airports through late O...
Feb 28, 2022
BlackRock adds to strategic overweight in equities
NEW YORK (Reuters) - BlackRock has added to its strategic overweight position in equities and has a tactical underweight in credit, its strategists wrote in a recent note. "The dislocations in markets...
Feb 28, 2022
International banks put Russian sanctions into action
By Carolyn Cohn and Saeed Azhar LONDON (Reuters) - British banking group HSBC, France's Societe Generale and South Korean lenders are winding down relationships with a host of Russian banks, as they p...
Feb 28, 2022
Putin bans forex transfers to outside Russia from March 1
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a ban on foreign exchange loans and transfers by Russian residents to outside of Russia from March 1, the Kremlin said on Monday, in retalia...
Feb 28, 2022
Russian court rejects Google appeal against 7.2 billion rouble fine – Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Monday rejected an appeal by Alphabet Inc's Google and upheld a 7.2 billion rouble ($73.39 million) fine over its failure to delete content Russia deems illegal, ...
Feb 28, 2022
Lithuania asks Google and Apple to remove Yandex ride-hailing app -transport ministry
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's transport and economy ministers said on Monday they asked Google and Apple to remove, in Lithuania, the app for the Yandex.taxi ride-hailing service, owned by Uber and ...
Feb 28, 2022
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