China hopes France can help take heat out of relations with EU (www.reuters.com)
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Bolivia challenges global dollar dominance with Chinese yuan, Russian rouble (www.reuters.com)
LA PAZ, July 28 (Reuters) - Bolivia’s government is determined to curb dependence on the U.S. dollar for foreign trade, instead turning to the Chinese yuan, officials said, as Latin American support for alternative currencies grows....
Morocco wants normal ties with Algeria, king says (www.reuters.com)
RABAT, July 29 (Reuters) - King Mohammed VI said on Saturday Morocco hopes for a return to normality and open borders with Algeria amid severed diplomatic ties....
Argentina could again use yuan to evade IMF default (www.reuters.com)
Olympics threaten to erase a symbol of Paris, say riverside booksellers (www.reuters.com)
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Olympics threaten to erase a symbol of Paris, say riverside booksellers (www.reuters.com)
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China hopes France can help take heat out of relations with EU (www.reuters.com)
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Mexican peso hits 7-1/2 year high vs dollar, further gains eyed (www.reuters.com)
MEXICO CITY, July 28 (Reuters) - Mexico’s peso on Friday hit its highest level against the dollar since early December 2015, as the greenback lost steam after a slowdown in U.S. inflation bolstered the case for the Federal Reserve to end its interest rate hikes....
US judge tightens Sam Bankman-Fried's bail, will consider jailing him (www.reuters.com)
US judge tightens Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail, will consider jailing him::A U.S. judge on Wednesday tightened Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail conditions by restricting his ability to communicate publicly, and said he will consider jailing him before the trial over the collapse of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange.
Tesla exaggerated EV range so much that drivers thought cars were broken (www.reuters.com)
Tesla has consistently exaggerated the driving range of its electric vehicles, reportedly leading car owners to think something was broken when actual driving range was much lower than advertised. When these owners scheduled service appointments to fix the problem, Tesla canceled the appointments because there was no way to...
Mexican peso hits 7-1/2 year high vs dollar, further gains eyed (www.reuters.com)
MEXICO CITY, July 28 (Reuters) - Mexico’s peso on Friday hit its highest level against the dollar since early December 2015, as the greenback lost steam after a slowdown in U.S. inflation bolstered the case for the Federal Reserve to end its interest rate hikes....
Olympics threaten to erase a symbol of Paris, say riverside booksellers (www.reuters.com)
PARIS, July 29 (Reuters) - Booksellers along the river Seine say the Olympics threaten to erase a symbol of Paris, after they were told by local authorities that they will have to remove their stalls for the Summer Games opening ceremony in 2024 for security reasons....
African Union chair: Putin's grain offer not enough, Ukraine ceasefire needed (www.reuters.com)
China hopes France can help take heat out of relations with EU (www.reuters.com)
He also told French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire that China is willing to deepen cooperation with France in traditional areas such as finance as well as in science and technological innovation, as the two sides meet for their ninth Economic and Financial Dialogue....
Foreign ships, aircraft in East and South China Seas escalating tensions - China's defence ministry (www.reuters.com)
EIJING, July 29 (Reuters) - The frequent dispatch of ships and aircraft by certain unnamed countries to “show off their military force for self-interest” has raised tensions in the East and South China Seas, China’s defence ministry said on Saturday....
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka invites Japan to resume investment (www.reuters.com)
COLOMBO, July 29 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka on Saturday invited Japan to resume investment in projects including power, roads and ports as the Japanese foreign minister wrapped up the first high-level visit to the crisis-hit country in nearly four years....
Spain's unemployment rate falls to 15-year low of 11.60% in Q2 (www.reuters.com)
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Elon Musk's SpaceX fires at least five over critical letter (www.reuters.com)
Iranian chess player who removed hijab gets Spanish citizenship (www.reuters.com)
MADRID, July 26 (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player who moved to Spain in January after she competed without a hijab and had an arrest warrant issued against her at home has been granted Spanish citizenship, Spain said on Wednesday....
Peru's Boluarte seeks to broaden powers, change legislature amid protests (www.reuters.com)
Mexican president disputes DEA estimates of cartel strength (www.reuters.com)
MEXICO CITY, July 28 (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday pushed back against estimates made this week about the strength of Mexican drug cartels by the top U.S. counter-narcotics official, saying the United States lacked “good information.”...
Big central banks hike again with end of tightening in sight (www.reuters.com)
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Russian missiles hit apartments, security service building in Dnipro -officials (www.reuters.com)
July 28 (Reuters) - Russian missiles hit a residential complex and a nearby building of Ukraine’s security service in the central city of Dnipro on Thursday, officials said, injuring nine people and causing widespread damage....
France and Spain give euro zone economy a boost before outlook darkens (www.reuters.com)
France and Spain grew at a sustained pace on the back of stronger exports and tourism while Germany, the euro zone’s biggest country, remained the worst-performing major economy in the bloc....
Big central banks hike again with end of tightening in sight (www.reuters.com)
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