MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian leadership has released thousands of detainees and on Thursday offered a rare public apology in a bid to stop national street protests posing the biggest challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko’s 26-year rule. People greet each other during an opposition match to protest against police violence and …
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LONDON / TOKYO (Reuters) – Global equities dipped on Friday after loud Chinese economic data and concerns about a slowdown in U.S. fiscal stimulus discouraged some investors from taking risks. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian in the offices of the London Stock Exchange in the City of London, UK, 29 December …
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WASHINGTON / BEIJING (Reuters) – Top US and Chinese trade officials are expected to re-enter into a Phase 1 trade agreement during a review on Saturday, despite promising purchases from US exports of FS far according to schedule. PHILO PHOTO: US and Chinese flags are seen before Secretary of Defense …
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Chinese tech giant ByteDance censored content that it considered critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid-2020, six people with direct knowledge of the case told Reuters. Logos of Bytedance, the China-based company that shows the short video app …
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LONDON / MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Tankers carrying Iranian fuel cargo, covered by a U.S. seizure warning, are sailing to the United States after talks between U.S. authorities and shipowners, a U.S. government source and a shipping source said on Thursday. Iran had planned to transport gasoline to Venezuela, a …
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