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By David Shepardson BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo arrived in Beijing late on Sunday for a four-day visit aimed at boosting business ties between the world’s two largest economies while declaring American national security trade measures off-limits for debate. “If you wanted to put a tagline to the trip and the mission, it’s protect what we must and promote where we can,” Raimondo told reporters on Friday before […]

(Reuters) – World number one An Se-young became the first woman from South Korea to win singles gold at the BWF World Championships when she beat former champion Carolina Marin 21-12 21-10 in the final on Sunday in Copenhagen. An, the 21-year-old top seed, rounded off a perfect tournament by beating two Olympic champions en route to the title. She had knocked out Tokyo gold medallist Chen Yu Fei in […]

By Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. trade chief Katherine Tai has raised concerns with India over the Asian nation’s new order mandating licenses for the import of laptops, tablets and personal computers, according to a statement. Tai’s intervention comes amid worries the licensing regime could impact shipments from the likes of Apple and Dell and force firms to boost local manufacturing. “She noted that there were stakeholders that […]

By Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. trade chief Katherine Tai has raised concerns with India over the Asian nation’s new order mandating licenses for the import of laptops, tablets and personal computers, according to a statement. Tai’s intervention comes amid worries the licensing regime could impact shipments from the likes of Apple and Dell and force firms to boost local manufacturing. “She noted that there were stakeholders that […]

By David Shepardson BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo arrives in Beijing on Sunday for a four-day visit aimed at boosting business ties between the world’s two largest economies while declaring American national security trade measures off-limits for debate. “If you wanted to put a tagline to the trip and the mission, it’s protect what we must and promote where we can,” Raimondo told reporters on Friday before […]

By David Shepardson BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo arrives in Beijing on Sunday for a four-day visit aimed at boosting business ties between the world’s two largest economies while declaring American national security trade measures off-limits for debate. “If you wanted to put a tagline to the trip and the mission, it’s protect what we must and promote where we can,” Raimondo told reporters on Friday before […]

By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s second-quarter GDP report, due on Friday, is likely to show a sharp slowdown in economic growth, a Reuters poll of economists showed, which could lead the Bank of Canada to pause its interest rate hikes despite recent hotter inflation data. The GDP report will be the last major piece of domestic data before the Canadian central bank makes its next policy decision on […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Gaza’s students began their new school term on Sunday, but it is unclear if they will be able to complete the year uninterrupted due to a funding crisis at the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency. The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) runs 288 schools in the Palestinian territory, among 700 across parts of the Middle East […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s main opposition leader, Friedrich Merz, on Sunday ruled out cooperation of any kind with far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) “We don’t work with the AfD,” Merz, who leads the Christian Democrats (CDU), said in an interview on German broadcaster ARD Das Erste. “There are majorities without the AfD.” The pitfalls of joining hands with the far-right were underscored for Merz in July when he had […]