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Analysis-Iran conflict could flip China's deflation into 'bad inflation'
By Kevin Yao and Liangping Gao BEIJING, March 20 (Reuters) - China's long fight with deflation risks morphing into something harsher, with economists warning the war in Iran could spark "bad inflation...
Mar 20, 2026
Analysis-'Great crackdown': Russia tightens the screws on the internet
MOSCOW, March 20 (Reuters) - Office workers toiling with blocked internet. Teenagers continually forced to switch VPNs. Taxi drivers struggling to find their way around Moscow without online navigatio...
Mar 20, 2026
Rio shuts bauxite mines as cyclone hits northeast Australia
March 20 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto, the world's largest iron ore producer, temporarily shut its Amrun and Andoom bauxite mines in Northern Queensland as tropical cyclone Narelle battered northeast Austral...
Mar 19, 2026
Bank of England to raise interest rates in April, July on inflation risks, J.P. Morgan says
March 20 (Reuters) - J.P. Morgan expects the Bank of England to hike interest rates by 25 basis points each in April and July, changing its stance of anticipating no change this year, after the centra...
Mar 19, 2026
US, Germany, Canada disrupt botnets that infected millions of devices
By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - Law enforcement agencies in the United States, Germany and Canada have carried out an operation to take down infrastructure used by four major botnets...
Mar 19, 2026
Nashville reporter arrested by US ICE has been released, her legal team says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - A Colombian reporter working for a Spanish-language news outlet who was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Nashville in earl...
Mar 19, 2026
Dollar dips as oil shock turns central banks hawkish
By Jiaxing Li HONG KONG, March 20 (Reuters) - The dollar slipped from multi-month highs this week as soaring energy prices upended the outlook for global interest rates, with the U.S. Federal Reserve ...
Mar 19, 2026
BTS concert in South Korea to herald stream of live events, Netflix says
By Jihoon Lee and Minwoo Park SEOUL, March 20 (Reuters) - U.S. streaming platform Netflix anticipates more opportunities for live events in South Korea, a company official said on Friday, as it prepar...
Mar 19, 2026
Dollar slips, bonds struggle as Iran war spurs hawkish rate rethink
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, March 20 (Reuters) - The dollar headed towards a weekly loss on Friday while bonds remained under pressure, after global central bankers warned that the Middle East war could rei...
Mar 19, 2026
China to allow more banks to handle digital yuan, sources say
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, March 20 (Reuters) - China will allow a dozen additional banks to handle its digital yuan, three people with knowledge of the plans said, as Beijing pushes to accelerate use of the d...
Mar 19, 2026
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