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Mnuchin backs proposal to double IMF’s crisis fund

Oct 18, 2019 | Business

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday said he welcomes a proposal to double the size of the International Monetary Fund’s $250 billion crisis lending …

Protests sweep Lebanon as fury at ruling elite grows over economic corruption

Oct 18, 2019 | Top Stories, World

Protesters across Lebanon blocked roads with burning tires on Friday and marched in Beirut for a second day in demonstrations targeting the government over an …

MLB notebook: Harper happy for Nationals

Oct 18, 2019 | Baseball, Sports

Bryce Harper played his first seven seasons with the Nationals, leaving Washington in the offseason to sign a 10-year, $330 million megadeal with division rival …

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Canada’s Trudeau says fighting for every vote, concedes rival could win

October 18, 2019 | Top Stories, World | 0 Comments

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, trying to retain power after scandals dimmed his image, on Friday said he was fighting for every vote in an …

Chile shuts down capital city metro as violent protests spread

October 18, 2019 | World | 0 Comments

Chile’s government said on Friday it would ask the courts to use a state security law to impose tougher penalties on youth who have been …

McIlroy favored in Japan skins event

October 18, 2019 | Golf, Sports | 0 Comments

Rory McIlroy is favored by most sportsbooks to win the most skins in Monday’s The Challenge: Japan Skins, a one-day competition that will also feature …

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Mnuchin backs proposal to double IMF’s crisis fund

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Business

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday said he welcomes a proposal to double the size of the International Monetary Fund’s $250 billion crisis lending …

Protests sweep Lebanon as fury at ruling elite grows over economic corruption

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Top Stories, World

Protesters across Lebanon blocked roads with burning tires on Friday and marched in Beirut for a second day in demonstrations targeting the government over an …

MLB notebook: Harper happy for Nationals

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Baseball, Sports

Bryce Harper played his first seven seasons with the Nationals, leaving Washington in the offseason to sign a 10-year, $330 million megadeal with division rival …

Exclusive: Huawei in early talks with U.S. firms to license 5G platform – Huawei executive

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Business

Blacklisted Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei is in early-stage talks with some U.S. telecoms companies about licensing its 5G network technology to them, a Huawei …

Opioid settlement talks fail, landmark trial expected Monday

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | U.S.

Executives from several large healthcare companies and state attorneys general were progressing toward what is expected to be a multibillion-dollar deal to resolve the sprawling …

U.S. social networks withhold data on spread of livestreamed Germany shooting video

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | World

U.S. tech companies have declined to release data on the online spread of footage of last week’s shooting in Halle, Germany, despite pledging greater transparency …

‘Failure:’ Mexico admits bungled arrest of kingpin’s son after mayhem

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | World

Mexican officials on Friday admitted they had bungled the arrest of jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s son, who they let go amidst shootouts with …

Kuroda says BOJ could ease policy more, still has tools available

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Business

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday the central bank could ease monetary policy further if needed, as it still had tools available …

Shocked by cartel firefight, Mexico’s Culiacan seeks return to normality

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | World

Stunned residents of the Mexican city of Culiacan gingerly ventured back into the streets on Friday as police cleared away shell casings and scorched cars …

Fed’s Kaplan says could see financial condition tighten

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Business

Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan said on Friday that it “bothers” him that banks now must borrow from each other overnight at higher …

Explainer: Mexico’s week of bloodshed. What is going on?

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | World

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office in December, promising not to repeat the “failed policies” of past administrations that have done little to …

Cartel gunmen terrorize Mexican city, free El Chapo’s son

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Top Stories, World

Heavy gunfire on Thursday rocked several neighborhoods in the Mexican city of Culiacan, home to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s Sinaloa cartel, after security forces detained …

IMF sidesteps clash with U.S. over funding, delays shareholding changes to 2023

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Business

The International Monetary Fund said on Friday its 189 member countries had agreed to maintain the IMF’s $1 trillion in total lending resources while delaying …

G20 kicks off debate to regulate ‘stablecoins’ in hit to Facebook’s Libra

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Business

Group of 20 finance leaders agreed that global stablecoins give rise to a set of “serious” public policy and regulatory risks, a press release from …

California utility sees decade of power cuts to avoid wildfires

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | U.S.

Northern Californians can expect widespread power cuts aimed at preventing wildfires for a decade while Pacific Gas & Electric upgrades wires systems, cuts back trees …

Biden expands edge in U.S. Democratic nomination race: Reuters/Ipsos poll

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Politics

Former Vice President Joe Biden expanded his lead over more than a dozen other candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination this month as U.S. House …

Ivanka Trump says developing countries must do more to empower women to get U.S. aid

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Politics

Developing countries that want to do business with the United States must do more to empower women and give them better access to the workforce, …

Clinton email probe finds no deliberate mishandling of classified information

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Politics

A U.S. State Department investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state has found no evidence of …

Chicago teachers, district joust over ‘sticking points’ on 2nd day of strike

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Top Stories, U.S.

The Chicago teachers strike entered its second day on Friday as union leaders reported some headway at the bargaining table, where negotiators are trying to …

IMF awaits new fuel decree to revise Ecuador lending program: official

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Business

The International Monetary Fund on Friday said it is awaiting the Ecuadorian government’s next move regarding fuel subsidies to continue the revision of its lending …

Ecuador’s Moreno announces tax reform after rolling back fuel price hike

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | World

Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno on Friday proposed a new tax on corporations and a simplification of the tax system to improve government finances after a …

Boeing pilots’ messages on 737 MAX safety raise new questions

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Business

Boeing Co turned over instant messages from 2016 between two employees that suggest the airplane maker may have misled the Federal Aviation Administration about a …

Energy secretary will not comply with congressional Democrats’ impeachment probe: reports

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Politics

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry will not turn over documents to congressional Democrats who had subpoenaed them over his role in Ukraine as part of …

White House acknowledges strings attached in Trump withholding Ukraine aid

by Reuters | Oct 18, 2019 | Politics, Top Stories

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland will testify on Thursday before the congressional committees leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, amid …

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