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WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said it was having constructive, ongoing discussions with Pakistan as part of a seventh program review of a $6 billion rescue package. …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Federal Reserve is acting “appropriately” to tighten monetary policy and signal a higher future rate path, but the policy shift does bring risks for emerging market …

– Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko on Thursday said the situation with medicines was stable in Russia and that all producers were continuing to work, the RIA news agency reported. …

BEIJING – China opposes a U.S. crackdown on its telecom companies, the commerce ministry said on Thursday, after a U.S. regulator stripped Pacific Networks and its ComNet unit of authorisation …

By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO – Tightening monetary policy or intervening in the currency market will do little to reverse unwelcome yen declines that inflate already rising fuel …

SHANGHAI – Shenzhen city in China, a key technology and manufacturing hub that had halted operations of companies to tackle rising COVID-19 cases, will allow them to resume work and …

SHANGHAI – Tesla said on Thursday it was doing its best to keep production going at its Shanghai factory while it cooperates with China’s COVID-19 prevention measures. Reuters reported on …

MEXICO CITY – Mexico should enact a series of reforms to boost the country’s low productivity, the World Bank said in a report released on Wednesday. It said the need …

Top Climate Democrat Says US Needs More Domestic Oil Production In ‘Short Term’ Thomas Catenacci on March 16, 2022 Democratic California Rep. Ro Khanna, an advocate of aggressive climate policies, …

Russia’s Demands For Peace Are Now ‘More Realistic,’ Zelenskyy Says Sebastian Hughes on March 16, 2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia’s peace talk demands now “sound more realistic,” Axios …

WASHINGTON – Congressional leaders in the coming weeks will call on chief executives of major oil and gas companies to testify about recent spikes in U.S. energy prices, Senate Majority …

LONDON -President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would achieve its goals in Ukraine and would not submit to what he called a Western attempt to achieve global dominance …

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has made it “crystal clear”, it wasn’t his fault at all, period, full stop. In an interview with CBS this week Murphy …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK – A juror in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial who did not reveal before trial that he was sexually abused as a child was seeking …

ROME -Italy will need at least three years to completely replace its gas imports from Russia with other energy sources, Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani said on Wednesday. Rome imports …

– Russia’s central bank does not need to print money and the country has enough financial resources to fight current challenges, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. “Our economy and …

By David Lawder WASHINGTON -The World Bank on Wednesday said a number of developing countries face near-term wheat supply shortages due to their high dependence on Ukrainian wheat exports that …

– President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that keeping Russia in check was a long-term policy of the West, and that its economic sanctions against Russia were short-sighted. Putin said …

– The ball is in the United States’ court as to whether payments due on Wednesday on two Russian dollar-denominated Eurobonds will go through, and Washington should clarify whether the …

LONDON – International bondholders were still waiting on Wednesday to see whether or not Russia would make crucial coupon payments due on two of its government bonds. One bondholder who …

By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO – Sanctions imposed on Russia could prod more countries like China to look at central bank digital currencies (CBDC) as a tool to …

LONDON – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that some formulations for agreements with Ukraine were close to being agreed, with neutral status for Kyiv under “serious” consideration. …

BEIJING/TAIPEI – China’s government on Wednesday lambasted Taiwan’s humanitarian aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Russia as “taking advantage of other’s difficulties” after the island announced it was sending more …

By Huw Jones LONDON – Rules forcing Britain’s banks to wrap their retail arms with a bespoke cushion of capital should be retained for now, though they could “ossify” the …