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BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the Philippines should manage their differences properly, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday, after the first in-person meeting between senior diplomats from the countries since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Bilateral tensions have risen recently over naval disputes in contested areas of the South China Sea and the increasing U.S. military presence in the Philippines. “Both sides reaffirmed the importance of properly managing differences through […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the Philippines should manage their differences properly, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday, after the first in-person meeting between senior diplomats from the countries since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Bilateral tensions have risen recently over naval disputes in contested areas of the South China Sea and the increasing U.S. military presence in the Philippines. “Both sides reaffirmed the importance of properly managing differences through […]

By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new U.S. congressional committee on China will hold its second hearing on Thursday, seeking to highlight what Washington says is an ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang region. Rights groups accuse Beijing of abuses, including forced labor, mass surveillance and the placement of 1 million or more Uyghurs – a mainly Muslim ethnic group – in a network […]

By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The United States does not see an imminent threat of China invading Taiwan but is ready to defend the self-ruled island, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday in Singapore. Tensions have simmered between the two major powers as China becomes more assertive in its territorial claims over Taiwan and in the South China Sea, while the United States shores up alliances across the […]

By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris may not have won over America in her first two years in office, but she’s staying put at President Joe Biden’s side. The first woman vice president is gearing up for another national campaign despite low poll ratings, a failure to win over the Washington establishment and concern among fellow Democrats about an underwhelming start in […]

By Marek Strzelecki and Kacper Pempel WADOWICE, Poland(Reuters) – A controversy over John Paul II’s legacy looks set to spur some undecided voters in Polish elections due by November, political analysts say, as allegations that the late pope concealed child abuse deepen rifts in the predominantly Catholic country. Claims in a new book and TV documentary that the late pope, born Karol Wojtyla, knowingly hid clerical paedophilia scandals as archbishop […]

By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris may not have won over America in her first two years in office, but she’s staying put at President Joe Biden’s side. The first woman vice president is gearing up for another national campaign despite low poll ratings, a failure to win over the Washington establishment and concern among fellow Democrats about an underwhelming start in […]

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Even with a nod to greater banking stress, the major central banks all seem determined to tighten the monetary screw another notch. After the Federal Reserve settled on another quarter point rate rise late Wednesday, the Swiss National Bank – in the eye of its own domestic banking storm – followed suit on Thursday with a […]

By Howard Schneider, Aniruddha Ghosh and John Revill (Reuters) – Banking shares slipped in Europe on Thursday as the instability that surged through the global banking system this month is prompting investors to adjust to more challenging economic and lending conditions ahead. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday indicated it was on the verge of pausing further increases in borrowing costs after the collapse of two U.S. lenders earlier this month […]