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By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks and U.S. equity futures sank on Thursday while bonds and the safe-haven U.S. dollar and Japanese yen were bid as mounting evidence of a U.S. slowdown fuelled worries for a global recession. Investors were inclined to take money off the table after recent strong gains, and with many global markets off on Good Friday, when potentially pivotal U.S. monthly payrolls data is […]

By Ben Blanchard and Liz Lee TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwan was keeping a close watch on a Chinese aircraft carrier and threats to inspect ships in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday after Beijing condemned a meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy – the third highest ranking official in the U.S. leadership hierarchy – and other Republican and Democratic lawmakers met Tsai on Wednesday […]

(Corrects erroneous reference to Chinese market holiday on Thursday in paragraph 3) By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -Asian stocks and U.S. equity futures sank on Thursday while bonds and the safe-haven U.S. dollar and Japanese yen were bid as mounting evidence of a U.S. slowdown fuelled worries for a global recession. Investors were inclined to take money off the table after recent strong gains, and with many global markets off […]

By Ben Blanchard and Liz Lee TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwan was keeping a close watch on a Chinese aircraft carrier and threats to inspect ships in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday after Beijing condemned a meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy – the third highest ranking official in the U.S. leadership hierarchy – and other Republican and Democratic lawmakers met Tsai on Wednesday […]

By Ben Blanchard and Liz Lee TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwan was keeping a close watch on a Chinese aircraft carrier and threats to inspect ships in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday after Beijing condemned a meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy – the third highest ranking official in the U.S. leadership hierarchy – and other Republican and Democratic lawmakers met Tsai on Wednesday […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles has invited U.S. President Joe Biden to the United Kingdom for a state visit and Biden accepted, the White House said on Wednesday. The invitation came during a conversation between Biden and Charles on Tuesday in which Biden informed the king that U.S. first lady Jill Biden would attend his coronation in May. Traditionally, U.S. presidents do not attend British monarchs’ coronations. “The president […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Sinan Abu Mayzer GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police clashed with Palestinians at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque a second time on Wednesday, witnesses said, hours after the arrest and removal of more than 350 people in a police raid at the compound and despite a U.S. appeal to ease tensions. The confrontations, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and on the eve of the Jewish Passover holiday, […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Sinan Abu Mayzer GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police clashed with Palestinians at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque a second time on Wednesday, witnesses said, hours after the arrest and removal of more than 350 people in a police raid at the compound and despite a U.S. appeal to ease tensions. The confrontations, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and on the eve of the Jewish Passover holiday, […]

By Tyler Clifford, Heather Timmons and Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s surrender on criminal charges Tuesday was marked by clashes between his fans and foes outside a downtown Manhattan courtroom, and a now-familiar cycle of name-calling and outrage from lawmakers and Trump himself. But many Americans who say they are watching this case and other Trump investigations play out aren’t looking for political point-scoring […]