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Pelosi Lauds Taiwan, Says China’s Fury Cannot Stop Visits by World Leaders
Date: August 3, 2022
By Yimou Lee and Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan on Wednesday after touting its democracy and pledging American solidarity during her brief visit, adding that Chinese anger cannot stop world leaders from travelling to the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing. China demonstrated its outrage over the highest-level...
Opec+ Agrees Tiny Output Rise in Setback for Biden
Date: August 3, 2022
By Maha El Dahan and Ahmad Ghaddar DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) – OPEC+ is set to raise its oil output goal by 100,000 barrels per day, an amount analysts said was a setback to U.S. President Joe Biden after his trip to Saudi Arabia to ask the producer group’s leader to pump more to help the United...
G7 Mulls Options to Restrict Russian Oil Profits
Date: August 2, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -The Group of Seven (G7) wealthy nations is looking at blocking the transportation of Russian oil among other options to deprive Moscow of bumper revenues amid its invasion of Ukraine, unless it heeds a price cap. In a statement released by Britain, G7 foreign ministers said they were considering “a comprehensive prohibition of...
Turkey Says Ship Carrying First Ukrainian Grain on Track for Safe Arrival
Date: August 2, 2022
By Can Sezer and Orhan Coskun ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain to world markets since Russia’s invasion blocked exports more than five months ago is on track to safely arrive in Istanbul on Tuesday night, Turkey said, amid Ukrainian fears it could still run into problems. The vessel’s departure on Monday...
Shipping Arrangements Into Ukraine Still Not Ready, Lloyd’s Official Says
Date: August 1, 2022
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) -Key arrangements including procedures for ships still need to be worked out before empty vessels can come in and pick up cargoes from Ukraine using the new grains corridor, a senior London marine insurance market official said on Monday. Turkey and the United Nations brokered a grain-and-fertiliser export agreement between...
‘Relief for the World’ as Ukraine Grain Ship Leaves Odesa
Date: August 1, 2022
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) – A ship carrying grain left the Ukrainian port of Odesa for Lebanon on Monday under a safe passage agreement, Ukrainian and Turkish officials said, the first departure since the Russian invasion blocked shipping through the Black Sea five months ago. Ukraine’s foreign minister called it “a day of relief...