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U.S. expects more banks will cut off Russian payment system Mir – senior official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Steps that Turkish lenders Isbank and Denizbank took to suspend the use of Russian payment system Mir make a lot of sense, a senior U.S. administration official said on Tuesday,...
Sep 20, 2022
U.S. Senator Manchin to unveil energy permitting measure on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin will unveil his full energy permitting bill on Wednesday to speed fossil fuel projects and offer incentives for renewable energy electricity transmissio...
Sep 20, 2022
Exclusive-Investigation into IDB chief supports allegations of relationship with staffer- sources
By Cassandra Garrison and Andrea Shalal MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An independent investigation found evidence that the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) chief, Mauricio Claver-Carone, e...
Sep 20, 2022
‘Brazen scheme’ stole $250 million from pandemic child food program, U.S. says
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled criminal charges against 47 people they accuse of stealing about $250 million from a federal aid program meant to help feed child...
Sep 20, 2022
ECB’s Lagarde raises prospect of rate hikes beyond neutral level
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank may need to raise interest rates to a level that restricts economic growth in order to cool demand and combat unacceptably high inflation, ECB President ...
Sep 20, 2022
Moscow exchange to stop trading in British pounds on Oct 3
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Moscow Exchange said on Tuesday that it would stop trading in British pounds in its foreign currency market on Oct. 3. "Suspension of these operations is due to potential r...
Sep 20, 2022
U.S. senators want secondary sanctions on Russian oil
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican senators urged U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday to impose secondary sanctions on international banks to streng...
Sep 20, 2022
White House says aware of migrant flight to near Biden’s Delaware beach house
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday said it was aware of a reported flight of migrants to an area near President Joe Biden's vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and was working wi...
Sep 20, 2022
Argentina cbank tightens FX access for soy exporters, hitting peso
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's central bank has tightened access to the foreign exchange market by soybean exporters as it decided they are no longer allowed to trade on alternative markets, hit...
Sep 20, 2022
Prado lists artworks seized during Spanish Civil War, eyes restitution
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prado Museum on Tuesday published a list of 25 artworks seized during the 1936-39 civil war and under Francisco Franco's dictatorship, and announced a research project that ...
Sep 20, 2022
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