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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran President Xiomara Castro will travel to China “soon,” the Honduran foreign ministry said on Twitter on Wednesday, without providing a date for the trip. The announcement came days after China established diplomatic ties with Honduras as the Central American country ended its decades-long relationship with Taiwan. (Reporting by Gustavo Palencia; Writing by Brendan O’Boyle; Editing by Anthony Esposito) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday, with all three major indexes ending up at least 1% as upbeat outlooks from Micron Technology and other companies eased some worries about the health of the economy. In a sign of potential further strength, the S&P 500 also closed above its 50-day moving average for the first time since March 6, before the onset of the bank […]

By Fabian Hamacher, Bernard Orr and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York on a sensitive U.S. stopover on Wednesday, vowing en route to not let external pressure prevent the island from engaging with the world after China threatened retaliation if she met U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. China, which claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, has repeatedly warned U.S. officials not […]

CAIRO (Reuters) – Syrian air defences confronted an “Israeli aggression” targeting the vicinity of Damascus early on Thursday, the state news agency SANA reported. (Reporting by Yomna Ehab and Enas Alashray; Editing by Leslie Adler) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Fabian Hamacher, Bernard Orr and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York on a sensitive U.S. stopover on Wednesday, vowing en route to not let external pressure prevent the island from engaging with the world after China threatened retaliation if she met U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. China, which claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, has repeatedly warned U.S. officials not […]

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile detected the first case of bird flue in a human, the health ministry reported on Wednesday. The case was detected in a 53-year-old man who presented severe influenza symptoms. The patient is in stable condition, authorities said. (Reporting by Fabian Cambero and Alexander Villegas; Editing by Chris Reese) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Fabian Hamacher, Bernard Orr and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York on a sensitive U.S. stopover on Wednesday, vowing en route to not let external pressure prevent the island from engaging with the world after China threatened retaliation if she met U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. China, which claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, has repeatedly warned U.S. officials not […]

(Reuters) – Canada’s Bianca Andreescu suffered two torn ligaments in her left ankle at the Miami Open this week and is unsure when she will be fit to return to action, the former U.S. Open champion said on Wednesday. World number 31 Andreescu retired from her fourth-round match against Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova in Miami on Monday and left the court in a wheelchair after screaming in pain having fallen while […]

(Reuters) -Wall Street banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co and Goldman Sachs Group Inc are looking to start trading private credit loans, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The banks are among the firms talking to private debt funds about facilitating secondary-market transactions, according to the report. JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs declined to comment on the report when contacted by Reuters. Private credit is financing […]