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By Daina Beth Solomon and Julio-Cesar Chavez CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico/EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) – The Biden administration began implementing a sweeping policy shift at the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday as a COVID-era order that had allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants expired and new asylum restrictions took effect amid confusion and uncertainty. Several last-minute court actions added to questions about how President Joe Biden’s reworked border strategy will play […]

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT), sources briefed on the matter said on Friday. The breach hit systems for processing TRANServe transit benefits that reimburse government employees for some commuting costs. It was not clear if any of the personal information had been used for criminal […]

By Daina Beth Solomon and Julio-Cesar Chavez CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico/EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) – The Biden administration began implementing a sweeping policy shift at the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday as a COVID-era order that had allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants expired and new asylum restrictions took effect amid confusion and uncertainty. Several last-minute court actions added to questions about how President Joe Biden’s reworked border strategy will play […]

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries are set to discuss concern about China’s use of “economic coercion” in its dealings abroad as part of their larger joint statement next week, according to a U.S. official familiar with the discussions. The statement, a likely component of the overall communique that will be released by leaders during the May 19-21 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, is […]

PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is “on track” to doing what is necessary to meet the two mandates Congress has given it, Fed Governor Philip Jefferson said on Friday: bring inflation down and enable Americans who want jobs to get them. The Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate five full percentage points over the past 14 months. Inflation by the Fed’s preferred measure has eased from […]

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras will soon begin talks toward a trade deal with China, the Central American country’s top diplomat said on Friday, marking the latest step toward stronger bilateral ties between the two nations after Honduras broke off relations with Taiwan. Honduran Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina told reporters at a press conference that the goal is to launch talks “soon” and eventually ink a “free trade” agreement with […]

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Automaker Stellantis and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution (LGES) are implementing “contingency plans” related to a more-than C$5 billion battery plant investment plan in Canada because the federal government has not delivered on its promises, a Stellantis spokesperson said on Friday. “As of today, the Canadian Government has not delivered on what was agreed to, therefore Stellantis and LG Energy Solution will immediately begin implementing their contingency plans,” […]

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Bank of Canada (BoC) said on Friday it has picked longtime central bank executive Rhys Mendes as its new deputy governor, making him the first person of color to that role. Mendes, who will start in the role on July 17, will fill a vacancy created by the departure of Paul Beaudry, and will join the six-member interest-rate-setting governing council. As deputy governor, Mendes […]

(Reuters) – Moscow acknowledged on Friday that its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine’s battlefield city of Bakhmut after a new offensive, in a retreat that the head of Russia’s Wagner private army called a rout. CONFLICT * Russian-installed officials on Friday said missiles fired by Ukrainian forces had injured six children and a Russian parliamentarian and damaged two disused factories in eastern Luhansk region’s main city, about 100 […]