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China’s exports to North Korea surge in April
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports to North Korea soared in April from a year earlier, with wigs and fertiliser among major shipments, Chinese customs data showed on Saturday. Chinese outbound shipme...
May 20, 2023
Factbox-Excerpts from G7 leaders’ statement on economic coercion
(Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) agreed on Saturday to establish an initiative to counter economic "coercion", pledging to take steps to ensure that any actors attempting to "weaponise" ...
May 20, 2023
G7 leaders agree to new initiative to fight economic coercion
TOKYO (Reuters) - Group of Seven leaders on Saturday agreed to a new initiative to counter economic coercion, and pledged action to ensure that any actors attempting to weaponise economic dependence w...
May 20, 2023
WNBA-Griner greeted by US VP Harris in return to court
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Brittney Griner returned to the WNBA hardwood on Friday night in Los Angeles to cheers from a raucous crowd that included U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. The...
May 20, 2023
Explainer-What India’s decision to scrap its 2000-rupee note means for its economy
By Ira Dugal MUMBAI (Reuters) - India will withdraw its highest denomination currency note from circulation, the central bank said on Friday. The 2000-rupee note, introduced into circulation in 2016, ...
May 19, 2023
NFTs belonging to bankrupt crypto firm fetch nearly $2.5 million at auction
By Hannah Lang and Elizabeth Howcroft (Reuters) - Auction house Sotheby's announced Friday seven non-fungible tokens from bankrupt cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital sold for about $2.5 mi...
May 19, 2023
Lawsuit over Trident ‘Original Flavor’ gum is dismissed
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal judge in Illinois has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Mondelez International Inc of deceiving consumers into believing its Trident "Original Flavor" gum containe...
May 19, 2023
FBI misused intelligence database in 278,000 searches, court says
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. court found that the FBI improperly searched for information in a U.S. database of foreign intelligence 278,000 times over several years, including on...
May 19, 2023
Mexico takes over part of Grupo Mexico railway, shares fall
By Valentine Hilaire and Noe Torres MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican Navy on Friday took over a section of railway in southern Mexico operated by a unit of Grupo Mexico , and shares in the mining a...
May 19, 2023
Legislature approves bill targeting ‘deceptive’ marketing of guns to children, militia members
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is signaling he’ll sign a bill passed in the General Assembly this week that targets gun manufacturers using deceptive marketing practices...
May 19, 2023
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