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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 […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Energy Committee Chair Joe Manchin said on Wednesday he may go to court after the U.S. Treasury releases guidance later this week on battery sourcing guidance for electric vehicle tax credits. “If it goes off the rails,” and if it violates the intent of the climate legislation approved in August, “I will do whatever I can — if that means going to court and I can […]

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin may visit Turkey on April 27 for the inauguration of the country’s first nuclear power reactor built by Russia’s state nuclear energy company Rosatom. “Maybe there is a possibility that Mr Putin will come on April 27, or we may connect to the inauguration ceremony online and we will take the first step in Akkuyu,” […]