PHOTO PHOTO: Members of the United Nations Security Council attend a meeting on the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York, US, December 18, 2018. REUTERS / Shannon Stapleton NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Thursday began voting on a US bid to extend an …
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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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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 …
Read More »Chinese cities find coronavirus in imports of frozen food, WHO reduces infection risk
BEIJING / SHANGHAI / BRAZIL (Reuters) – Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in loads of imported frozen food, local authorities said on Thursday, although the World Health Organization reduced the risk of the virus entering the food chain. A man looks at frozen food …
Read More »Employers of state-owned enterprises join mass protests against President Belarus
MINSK (Reuters) – Employers of state-owned industrial plants joined tens of thousands of people in a fifth day of protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, despite a violent collapse that has prompted the West to impose new sanctions. People hold flowers at a demonstration against violence following recent protests to …
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