BEIJING/WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) – China on Thursday called U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s remarks “irresponsible” and “unreasonable” on Thursday after Yellen said Beijing’s lending activities left developing countries “prisoners of debt”. Yellen said Wednesday that she was concerned about some of China’s activities around the world, particularly its lending to developing countries. She told … Read more
TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters) – The Japanese government on Friday announced plans to restrict exports of 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, aligning its trade controls on the technology with U.S. pressure to limit the ability of China to manufacture advanced chips. The trade and industry minister said in a press release that he would … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 30 (Reuters) – Protesters flooded the Tennessee State House on Thursday demanding lawmakers toughen gun laws following a school shooting in Nashville that killed six people, including three 9-year-old children. More than a thousand people joined the protest organized by local mothers, filling the building’s rotunda and forcing highway patrol officers to … Read more
ANKARA, March 30 (Reuters) – Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved a bill allowing Finland to join NATO, paving the way for the country to join the Western defense alliance as war rages in Ukraine. Turkey’s parliament was the latest among the alliance’s 30 members to ratify Finland’s membership after the Hungarian legislature approved a similar … Read more
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a Republican energy reform bill aimed at bolstering U.S. oil and gas production while scaling back initiatives House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s first major majority legislation. The House passed the Energy Cost Reduction Act by a majority partisan vote of 225 to 204. … Read more
March 30 (Reuters) – As powerful new obesity drugs enter the U.S. market, medical associations are keen to advise their members on how best to use them for patients. This is where the debate begins. Some specialists advocate the broad use of drugs like Wegovy by Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO), alongside a healthy diet and exercise. … Read more
March 30 (Reuters) – Alexei Moskalyov, a Russian sentenced to two years in prison for discrediting the military and having his daughter taken into care, was arrested in Belarus after fleeing house arrest, Reuters told Thursday on Thursday. lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov. Zakhvatov said Moskalyov, 54, was arrested in Minsk, likely because he turned on his … Read more
Increased military activity around the factory: Grossi Russia occupies Europe’s largest nuclear power plant Ukraine and Russia take responsibility for the bombing of a complex The IAEA wants to avoid the risk of a nuclear accident KYIV, March 29 (Reuters) – The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog visited Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on … Read more
WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) – Republican Senator Rand Paul on Wednesday opposed congressional efforts to ban the popular Chinese social media app TikTok, which is used by more than 150 million Americans. A small but growing number of Democrats and Republicans have raised concerns, citing free speech and other issues and opposing legislation targeting TikTok … Read more
LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) – Drugs that fight obesity could for the first time feature on the World Health Organization’s “essential medicines list”, used to guide governments’ purchasing decisions in low- and middle-income countries, the UN agency told Reuters. . A group of WHO advisers will review new drug requests for inclusion next month, with … Read more