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NEW DELHI/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S.-led international sanctions on Russia have begun to erode the dollar’s decades-old dominance of international oil trade as most deals with India – Russia’s top outlet for seaborne crude – have been settled in other currencies. The dollar’s pre-eminence has periodically been called into question and yet it has continued because…
BRUSSELS, Nov 9 (Reuters) – EU countries and European Parliament lawmakers are likely to reach a deal on a 6-billion-euro ($6 billion) satellite internet system next week, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, driven by the bloc’s push to cut its dependency on foreign companies and the Ukraine war. The European Commission announced…
Amazon agrees to Ring and Alexa settlements but didn’t admit violating any laws. A Federal Trade Commission lawsuit filed yesterday accused Ring, the home security camera company owned by Amazon, of invading users’ privacy by “allowing thousands of employees and contractors to watch video recordings of customers’ private spaces.” Until September 2017, every employee of…
Belgian prosecutors have charged four people with corruption, money laundering, and participating in a criminal organization. European Parliament Becomes Focus of Corruption Scandal Belgian prosecutors charged four individuals on Sunday for their alleged involvement in a suspected Qatari bribery campaign to influence the European Parliament in a scandal that has rattled European nations. The four…
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – The United States is concerned by greater alignment between China and Russia, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed “new frontiers” in ties with Beijing and signalled China’s Xi Jinping would visit his country. Word of Xi’s visit comes as Washington has said China…
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Argentine voters are angry and afraid. Which is stronger will tip the balance of the South American country’s presidential election on Sunday and may reshape its diplomatic ties, economic future, and the wider region’s political fault lines. The country of some 45 million people will vote in the Nov….