China seeks stronger ties with France in strategic dialogue

BEIJING (Reuters) -China expressed willingness to strengthen high-level exchanges with France in a strategic dialogue between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and France’s presidential diplomatic adviser, according to a foreign ministry statement on Thursday. Wang told the French president’s adviser Emmanuel Bonne in a meeting on Wednesday that China is ready to deepen strategic mutual …

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US may seek more stakes in strategic companies to counter China, Bessent says

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration will seek to tighten control over strategic sectors by taking more equity stakes in key companies to counter China’s economic policies and export restrictions, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday. Bessent told a CNBC event that China’s dramatic new restrictions on rare earth minerals and magnets …

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Disidencia de las FARC entrega material de guerra en Colombia como muestra de paz

Por Luis Jaime Acosta PUERTO ASÍS, Colombia, 15 oct (Reuters) – La Coordinadora Nacional Ejército Bolivariano (CNEB), una de las cinco disidencias que surgieron de la antigua guerrilla de las FARC, entregó el miércoles la primera parte de catorce toneladas de material de guerra para su destrucción, como una señal de paz en la negociación …

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Presidente de Argentina dice evaluará cambios de gabinete después de elecciones de medio término de octubre

BUENOS AIRES, 15 oct (Reuters) -El presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, dijo el miércoles que evaluará cambios en el gabinete de ministros después de las elecciones de medio término del 26 de octubre. “Se harán las evaluaciones y se decidirá en función de como tenemos que seguir hacia adelante”, dijo el mandatario en una entrevista …

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UK’s Reeves should go big on tax increases in November, think tank says

LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves should raise taxes by a lot in next month’s budget to exit the “Groundhog Day scenario” of continuously having to find measures to patch up the public finances, a think tank said on Thursday. The Institute for Fiscal Studies urged Reeves to stop giving herself only minimal headroom …

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Aid trucks roll into Gaza as Hamas hands over more hostage bodies

By Steven Scheer and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing as Hamas handed over more bodies of dead hostages, following a dispute that had threatened the fragile ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave. Israel had warned it could keep Rafah shut …

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