FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks to a news conference with Mary Simon to announce her as the next Governor General of Canada in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada July 6, 2021. REUTERS/Patrick DoyleOTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit Governor General Mary Simon on Sunday at 1000 ET (1400 GMT), when he is expected to seek a […]

LONDON (Reuters) – The Taliban’s rapid advance towards Kabul is not only causing concern about Afghanistan’s future but also about the impact on other countries in the region and their economies.FILE PHOTO: People wait to cross into Afghanistan, at the Friendship Gate crossing point at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan August 13, 2021. REUTERS/Saeed Ali AchakzaiIran and then […]

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People wearing protective masks ride escalators inside a subway station, following new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song(Reuters) – China on Saturday reported 30 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases for Aug. 13, down for the fourth consecutive day, offering fresh signs that a month-long outbreak may be waning. The country reported 66 […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Reluctant French people lined up to get vaccinated as authorities were set to get tougher on the mandatory health pass for entering restaurants, trains and public places.FILE PHOTO: A view shows a sign reading “vaccine,” shaped like a dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, next to a syringe sign at the indoor Velodrome National of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in […]

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. flag flies in front of the Capitol Dome at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File PhotoWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nine moderate Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday plan to tell House Speaker Nancy Pelosi they will not vote to move ahead with the party’s $3.5 trillion budget plan until […]

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In his nearly six years on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors before becoming its chair, Jerome Powell never once cast a dissenting vote on monetary policy.FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve building is pictured in Washington, DC, U.S., August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File PhotoThat doesn’t mean he always agreed. His concerns about the U.S. central bank’s continued […]

LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks hit new highs on Friday and were on course for a record-breaking run, capping another strong week as investors seize on a dip in U.S. inflation and more forecast-beating corporate earnings.FILE PHOTO: A man watches an electric board showing Nikkei index outside a brokerage at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kim […]

The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany August 12, 2021. REUTERS/Staff(Reuters) – European stocks scaled new highs on Friday and were on track for their fourth consecutive week of gains on optimism over a strong earnings season and steady recovery from the pandemic-led economic downturn. The pan-European STOXX 600 index inched […]