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By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s aggressive military response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has increased interest from other countries’ parliaments in similar trips, the …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Investment applications in Thailand dropped by 42% in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period last year, official data showed on Wednesday, led by …

By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba plans to allow some foreign investment in local wholesale and retail trade for the first time since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, the government …

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain recorded its biggest rise in foreign workers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the year to June, driven overwhelmingly by workers …

(Reuters) – Chinese officials are planning a possible trip by Xi Jinping to Southeast Asia in November for what could be the leader’s first foreign trip since the COVID-19 pandemic …

Greenbelt, Maryland – Njuh Valentine Fombe, a/k/a “Valentine”, age 36, formerly of Beltsville, Maryland, had an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on August 8, 2022, after being …

EXCLUSIVE: Republican Governors Urge Biden To Lift COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Foreign Travelers To US Gabe Kaminsky on August 10, 2022 More than a dozen Republican governors are demanding President …

BANGKOK – Thailand’s foreign tourist arrivals should reach 10 million this year, helping drive the economy along with increased exports, the finance minister said on Wednesday. Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy …

(Reuters) – Japanese investors purchased heavily in foreign equities in July, as global stocks rebounded last month on the back of positive earnings and hopes of less aggressive monetary tightening …

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL – South Korea foreign minister Park Jin is set for his first visit to China on Monday as President Yoon Suk-yeol’s government seeks to reassure Beijing …

BEIJING – Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Sunday that Taiwan is not part of the United States but Chinese territory, in the latest diplomatic invective against U.S. policy …

MOSCOW – The Russian rouble stabilised in the 60-61 range to the dollar on Friday, lacking significant growth drivers going into the weekend, while stocks fell as the market prepared …

MOSCOW – Russian stocks are expected to decline in August as investors from so-called “friendly” countries, a fraction of foreign investment power, return to the unchartered waters of an equity …

BEIJING – China scolded foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Thursday for telling Beijing not to use a visit by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK – In the five months since the U.S. Department of Justice launched a task force to seize Russian oligarchs’ assets to pressure Moscow over its …

LONDON – Britain will now require foreign companies holding UK property to identify their true owners in an official register, the government said on Monday, as part of a crackdown …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Saudi-born Canadian citizen was sentenced today to life imprisonment for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated …

(Reuters) – Foreign mutual funds which have exposure to Sri Lankan equities have posted steep losses in their net asset values this year, prompting their fund managers to look for …

BEIJING – China will strengthen efforts to stabilise foreign trade in the second half of the year, the commerce ministry said on Friday. The country’s foreign trade faces “high risks, …

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has brushed off criticism from prominent figures around the world of last month’s blockbuster ruling he authored that …

MOSCOW – H&M, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, has decided to sell its assets in Russia, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade said on Thursday. The potential buyer could …

FEC Bars Eric Swalwell From Paying Babysitters With Campaign Funds While Visiting With Foreign Governments Gabe Kaminsky on July 27, 2022 Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell is not allowed to …

(This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine) MOSCOW – A few dozen Russian retail investors handed in a letter to …

MOSCOW – Russian’s central bank will review deals by foreign banks to sell their Russian operations on a case-by-case basis, the governor Elvira Nabiullina said on Friday, as Moscow has …