TAIPEI/BEIJING, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Chinese navy ships remained active off both Taiwan’s east and west coasts on Wednesday morning, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters, as Beijing kept up military drills in protest against last week’s visit to the island by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. A furious China has extended its...
BEIJING, Aug 7 (Reuters) – China’s export growth unexpectedly picked up speed in July, offering an encouraging boost to the economy as its struggles to recover from a COVID-induced slump, but weakening global demand could start to drag on shipments in coming months. Exports rose 18.0% in July from a year earlier, the fastest pace...
Aug 8 (Reuters) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for international inspectors to be given access to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after Ukraine and Russia traded accusations over the shelling of Europe’s largest atomic plant at the weekend. “Any attack to a nuclear plant is a suicidal thing,” Guterres told a news conference...
BEIJING, Aug 8 (Reuters) – China’s defence ministry on Monday defended its shelving of military talks with the United States in protest against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei last week, warning that Washington must bear “serious consequences.” Pelosi’s visit last week infuriated China, which regards the self-ruled island as its own and responded...
TAIPEI, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Chinese and Taiwanese warships played high seas “cat and mouse” on Sunday ahead of the scheduled end of four days of unprecedented Chinese military exercises launched in reaction to a visit to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi’s visit last week infuriated China, which regards the self-ruled island...
EW YORK, Aug 5 (Reuters) – A rally in U.S. stocks that has powered on despite skepticism from Wall St faces a reality check in the coming week, as key inflation data threatens to shut the door on expectations of a dovish shift from the Federal Reserve. read more The S&P 500 (.SPX) has walked a tightrope this...
TOKYO, July 22 (Reuters) – Asian stock markets recorded their best week in months on Friday and the dollar held off recent record highs after the European Central Bank (ECB) unexpectedly ended its negative interest rate policy, but U.S. futures fell on fears of poor tech earnings. Ahead of the Europe open, FTSE 100 futures...
PRAGUE, July 20 (Reuters) – Taiwan parliament speaker You Si-kun warned against China’s power ambitions in a speech at the Czech parliament on Thursday in a visit drawing a rebuke from Beijing. You said Taiwan was gaining more say internationally but that also authoritarianism was on the rise. “I would like to speak to all...
ATHENS/LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) – Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after Britain’s hottest day that the fight against climate change needed to be stepped up. Hundreds fled in central Italy as gas tanks exploded in a forest fire near the Tuscan...
BRUSSELS/LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) – The European Union told member states on Wednesday to cut gas usage by 15% until March as an emergency step after President Vladimir Putin warned that Russian supplies sent via the biggest pipeline to Europe could be reduced further and might even stop. Deliveries via Nord Stream 1, which accounts...