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KYIV (Reuters) -A flash of light that lit up the night sky above wartime Kyiv has led to widespread confusion, public speculation about what caused it, and lighthearted jokes about space aliens in a city more accustomed to Russian missile attacks. Video clips posted on social media showed the sky over the Ukrainian capital suddenly illuminated by a bright light late on Wednesday. In one clip, a flaming object appeared […]

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. seeks “constructive and fair” economic ties with China, but will protect its national security interests and push back against China’s actions to dominate foreign competitors, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will say in a speech on Thursday. In excerpts released by Treasury, Yellen laid out the Biden administration’s principal objectives for the economic relationship between the world’s two largest economies amid ongoing tensions […]

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. seeks “constructive and fair” economic ties with China, but will protect its national security interests and push back against China’s actions to dominate foreign competitors, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will say in a speech on Thursday. In excerpts released by Treasury, Yellen laid out the Biden administration’s principal objectives for the economic relationship between the world’s two largest economies amid ongoing tensions […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The euro zone swung to a trade surplus in February from a deficit a year earlier, non-adjusted data showed on Thursday, mainly thanks to a jump in exports of chemicals and machinery and the bulk of the improvement coming from Germany and Italy. The European Union’s statistics office Eurostat said the seasonally unadjusted trade balance of the 20 countries sharing the euro was 4.6 billion euros in […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The euro zone swung to a trade surplus in February from a deficit a year earlier, non-adjusted data showed on Thursday, mainly thanks to a jump in exports of chemicals and machinery and the bulk of the improvement coming from Germany and Italy. The European Union’s statistics office Eurostat said the seasonally unadjusted trade balance of the 20 countries sharing the euro was 4.6 billion euros in […]

By Boldizsar Gyori and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary has banned imports of honey and certain meat products in addition to grains from Ukraine until June 30, the prime minister’s chief of staff said on Thursday, increasing pressure on Brussels to broaden proposed European Union-wide measures. The European Commission said on Wednesday it would take emergency “preventive measures” for wheat, maize, sunflower seeds and rapeseed after some central European countries […]

By Boldizsar Gyori and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary has banned imports of honey and certain meat products in addition to grains from Ukraine until June 30, the prime minister’s chief of staff said on Thursday, increasing pressure on Brussels to broaden proposed European Union-wide measures. The European Commission said on Wednesday it would take emergency “preventive measures” for wheat, maize, sunflower seeds and rapeseed after some central European countries […]

By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) -France will see its national debt burden fall faster than previously expected even though the cost of interest payments is set to soar, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday. The national debt burden, which reached a record just shy of 3 trillion euros at the end of last year, is expected to ease from 111.6% of economic output in 2022 to 108.3% by […]

By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) -France will see its national debt burden fall faster than previously expected even though the cost of interest payments is set to soar, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday. The national debt burden, which reached a record just shy of 3 trillion euros at the end of last year, is expected to ease from 111.6% of economic output in 2022 to 108.3% by […]