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Top StoriesU.S. Dollar Perched at 2-year Highs as Risk Appetite Crumbles; Yuan Drops
Top StoriesRussia Warns United States Against Sending More Arms to Ukraine
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Top StoriesPound Tumbles to 18-mth Low as Retail Sales, Consumer Confidence Slump
UK Allows Gas Payments to Gazprombank Until May 31
Date: April 22, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain has granted Russia’s Gazprombank and its subsidiaries a licence for payments until the end of May despite sanctions in order to ensure gas supplies to the European Union, a Treasury document showed on Friday. The licence permits an individual or company to continue payments under contracts that began before April 21, 2022...
Swiss National Bank Chairman Sees Inflation Rise as Temporary
Date: April 20, 2022
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank sees the current increase in inflation as a temporary phenomenon, Chairman Thomas Jordan said on Tuesday, although the central bank would keep a close eye on the situation. Central banks including the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have started raising interest rates...
Two Captured Britons Appear on Russian State Tv, Ask to Be Swapped
Date: April 18, 2022
(Reuters) -Two British fighters captured in Ukraine by Russian forces appeared on Russian state TV on Monday and asked to be exchanged for a pro-Russian politician who is being held by the Ukrainian authorities. It was unclear how freely the two men – Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin – were able to talk. Both spoke...
U.S. Envoy Vows ‘strongest Possible Deterrent’ Over N.Korea Weapons Tests
Date: April 18, 2022
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -The United States and South Korea would maintain the “strongest possible joint deterrent” over North Korea’s “escalatory actions”, the U.S. envoy on North Korea said on Monday, amid concerns that Pyongyang was preparing to resume nuclear testing. U.S. Special Representative Sung Kim and his deputy, Jung Pak,...
Japan’s Yen Bounces Briefly After Kuroda Comments
Date: April 18, 2022
By Vidya Ranganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The yen won a brief reprieve after hitting fresh two-decade lows from Japanese policymaker comments on Monday, even as holidays confined the U.S. dollar to narrow ranges against most other currencies. The yen fell to a two-decade low of 126.795 in early Asian trading, before both Bank of Japan...
Russia Calls Increased NATO Military Activity in the Arctic Worrying, Warns of ‘unintended Incidents’ – Tass
Date: April 18, 2022
(Reuters) – Russia is worried about increased activity of NATO forces in the Arctic and sees risks of “unintended incidents” occurring in the region, TASS news agency cited Russian ambassador-at-large Nikolai Korchunov as saying on Sunday. In March, Finland and Sweden, which are both considering joining the U.S.-led military NATO alliance, conducted combined NATO military...