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By Clauda Tanios and Michelle Nichols DUBAI/N’DJAMENA (Reuters) -The deputy leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Thursday that U.S. sanctions imposed on him over human rights abuses were unfair and declared that the RSF has seized enough army weapons to last 20 years. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, announced the sanctions on Abdelrahim Dagalo – who is also brother of the RSF […]

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Global financial regulators and the International Monetary Fund on Thursday set out a roadmap to coordinate measures that stop cryptoassets from undermining macroeconomic and financial stability. Such risks are exacerbated by noncompliance with existing laws in some instances, the G20’s risk watchdog, the Financial Stability Board, and the IMF said in a paper. Many of the claimed benefits from cryptoassets, such as cheaper and […]

(Reuters) – Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson will take aim at the women’s 200 metres world record, one of the oldest athletics records on the books, on Friday at the Memorial Van Damme, the penultimate event on the Diamond League schedule. “At the world championships I was so close,” Jackson told reporters at a press conference on Thursday in Brussels. “Coach and I have spoken and we are going after (the […]

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Europe is making itself stronger against Russian attempts to weaponize energy by switching to clean sources faster, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said on Thursday. Kerry also said countries like Romania and Bulgaria could use natural gas in their transition provided steps were made to capture emissions from new developments, warning against “self-destructive choices” that would amplify the climate crisis. Fossil fuels produced just […]

By Clauda Tanios and Michelle Nichols DUBAI/N’DJAMENA (Reuters) -The deputy leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Thursday that U.S. sanctions imposed on him over human rights abuses were unfair and declared that the RSF has seized enough army weapons to last 20 years. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, announced the sanctions on Abdelrahim Dagalo – who is also brother of the RSF […]

MERSIN, Turkey (Reuters) – More than 150 rescuers raced on Thursday to reach an American man who fell ill and became trapped some 1,000 metres (3,280 ft) underground in a cave he was exploring in southern Turkey. Mark Dickey, 40, was on an international exploration mission in the Morca cave in the Taurus mountains when he began suffering gastrointestinal bleeding, Turkey’s TUMAF caving federation said in a statement. “Several international […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. District Court judge has entered a consent order against Mirror Trading International Proprietary Limited, finding it liable for foreign exchange fraud and ordered it to pay more than $1.7 billion in restitution to victims, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Thursday. The order stems from a CFTC complaint filed on June 30, 2022, the agency said. (Reporting by Paul Grant; Editing by Caitlin Webber) […]

By Soo-hyang Choi and Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol asked Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Thursday if Beijing could do more as a U.N. Security Council member to address North Korea’s nuclear threat. Yoon told Li China should do more to “fulfil its responsibility and role as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council” and stressed that Seoul’s ties with Washington and Tokyo would […]

By Andrew MacAskill and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces another difficult vote to fill a vacant seat in parliament after a lawmaker suspended for groping two men at a London club last year resigned. Chris Pincher, who sat as an independent for more than a year after being sanctioned by the ruling Conservative Party, quit on Thursday three days after losing an appeal against an […]