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Factbox-What are the latest sticking points in US-China tensions?

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -Beijing is stacking up its bargaining chips ahead of expected U.S.-China talks when Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping visit Seoul this month, announcing new export controls to tighten its grip over high-tech manufacturing supply chains. The two superpowers look to ...
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Exclusive-Bill Gates, PAHO consider ways to bring weight-loss drugs to lower-income countries 

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The Gates Foundation and the Pan American Health Organization are both working on ways to make weight-loss drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro more accessible in lower-income countries, the global health groups told Reuters. In separate interviews, ...
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Asian shares are mostly lower following Wall Street’s pause from its feverish rally

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian shares mostly fell on Friday, after a respite from Wall Street’s recent feverish rally. The price of gold also pulled back from record highs following recent torrid runs. U.S. futures and oil prices were higher. Nealy all Asian indexes were ...
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King Mohammed VI set to speak as Gen Z protesters demand reforms in Morocco

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s elusive King Mohammed VI inaugurates parliament Friday in a speech with far higher stakes than his annual addresses as anti-government protests have swept the nation’s cities and questioned the government’s spending priorities. He’s the country’s highest authority, but Mohammed VI ...
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Photos of open-pit coal mining in China

HULUNBUIR, China (AP) — China is the world’s largest coal producer and consumer. In 2024, the country produced more than 470 million metric tons of coal, accounting for 52.6% of the world’s total. This photo gallery shows the use of autonomous electric mining trucks at ...
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Oil prices fall slightly as risk premium fades after Gaza deal

(Reuters) -Oil prices declined slightly on Friday after settling 1.6% lower in the previous session as the market’s risk premium faded after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a plan to end the war in Gaza. Brent crude futures were down ...
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Yen heads for sharpest weekly fall in a year as rate hike wagers recede

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The yen was set for its steepest weekly drop in a year on Friday, as investors fretted about fast-receding chances of another rate hike this year while comments from Japan’s likely next prime minister failed to soothe market jitters. The yen ...
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Asian stocks choppy as commodities catch breath after rally, yen in focus

By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Asian stocks limped towards the end of the week on a shaky footing on Friday as declines on Wall Street lingered into early trading, while commodity markets took a breather after their recent charge higher. Regional ...
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Fed’s Daly: labor market is at a ‘worrisome’ point

(Reuters) -San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said on Thursday that a softening labor market and easing inflation were reasons behind last month’s decision to cut rates, and prompted the Fed to signal the possibility of further rate cuts ahead. “The economy is ...
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ask families to join fight against predatory social media policies

NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle urged parents to stand against social media companies that they said prey upon children with exploitative algorithms as the “explosion of unregulated artificial intelligence” adds to their concerns that technologies’ benefits are inseparable from its ...
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Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as US shutdown blocks key crop data

By Tom Polansek, P.J. Huffstutter and Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. data vital to global grain and soybean trading has gone dark during the federal government’s shutdown, leaving commodity traders and farmers without crop production estimates, export sales data and market reports during the peak of ...
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Levi Strauss forecasts annual profit below estimates as tariffs weigh

By Savyata Mishra (Reuters) -Levi Strauss raised its full-year profit forecast on Thursday, but the projection fell short of Wall Street expectations, sending shares of the denim-maker down about 6% in extended trading. The company now expects fiscal-year 2025 adjusted profit per share in ...
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