Japan’s ex-FX diplomat: No need for intervention to back yen
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan need not intervene in the exchange-rate market to stem yen falls, as such a move …
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African Diplomat Released After Raping New York City Woman Twice
NEW YORK, N – A South Sudanese diplomat working at the United Nations has been released without being charged, claiming diplomatic immunity after he was …
U.S. doubling down on investment in the Pacific – senior diplomat
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON – The world’s future will be written in the Pacific, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said in New Zealand on …
U.S. diplomat says Griner sentence ‘a miscarriage of justice’
KHIMKI, Russia – Chargé d’affaires of the U.S. embassy in Moscow, Elizabeth Rood, said on Thursday that the 9 year prison sentence given to U.S. …
Top U.S. diplomat to arrive in Pacific amid battle for influence with China
SYDNEY – A senior U.S. diplomat will travel to Samoa on Thursday on a multi-leg trip to Pacific Island countries intended to demonstrate re-engagement by …
Top U.S. diplomat speaks with wife of WNBA star Griner, official says
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with the wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been …
Myanmar junta can’t beat rebels, should restore democracy – U.S. diplomat
BANGKOK – Myanmar’s junta likely cannot to defeat the rebels fighting its rule and should restore democracy after seizing power last year, a senior U.S. …
U.S. top diplomat spoke with wife of detained basketball player Brittney Griner
By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken with Brittney Griner’s wife, assuring her that securing the …
Any Bolsonaro attempt to undermine Brazil election should be met with sanctions -ex U.S. diplomat
RIO DE JANEIRO – Washington should make it clear to the “messianic” Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that any effort to undermine his country’s elections would …
Biden picks career diplomat Michael Ratney as envoy to Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON -President Joe Biden intends to nominate career diplomat Michael Ratney to be U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, the White House said on Friday, amid …
Ukraine working with Turkey, understands parallel ties to Russia -Ukrainian diplomat
ISTANBUL – Ukraine is working with NATO member Turkey as much as possible for more support over Russia’s invasion and understands – even though it …
Japan has little to cheer on weak yen, says former currency diplomat Furusawa
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO – Japan has little to cheer about a weak yen, which reflects its deteriorating economic fundamentals and trade …
Rate hike, intervention can’t reverse weak yen, says former Japan currency diplomat
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO – Tightening monetary policy or intervening in the currency market will do little to reverse unwelcome yen declines …
U.S. top diplomat Blinken reassures Moldova amid refugee influx from Ukraine
By Simon Lewis CHISINAU, Moldova -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday reassured Moldova’s leaders that the United States would rally international opposition to …
Top U.S. diplomat Blinken to go to the Baltics, Brussels, Poland this week -State Dept
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Brussels, Moldova and the Baltics this week to hold discussions with NATO allies and …
U.S. former top diplomat Pompeo arrives in Taiwan, calls it ‘great nation’
TAIPEI – Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, sanctioned by China when he left office at the end of the Trump presidency, arrived in …
Ukraine lobbies U.S. officials for bans on Russia software, aviation -diplomat
By Raphael Satter – Ukraine’s government is lobbying the Biden administration to cut Russia off from U.S. software updates, to ban Russian flights, and to …
EU’s new sanctions on Russia will target industry, export controls – diplomat
BRUSSELS – The European Union will impose new sanctions on Russia targeting industry, financial sectors and export controls over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, an EU …