Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China calls US visa regulations 'discriminatory', threatens countermeasures
BEIJING, July 17 (Reuters) - China on Friday urged the United States to withdraw its new "discriminatory" visa regulations and said it reserves the right to take reciprocal countermeasures. China reje...
Jul 17, 2026
Take Five: Lagarde, Google and Messi chase their goals
July 17 (Reuters) - Earnings season kicks into gear this week with Alphabet, the first of the so-called hyperscalers, set to report, while the European Central Bank looks set to hold rates after a rat...
Jul 17, 2026
Aid group says seven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban
By Emma Farge GENEVA/NAIROBI, July 17 (Reuters) - Seven American aid workers who had been in Congo to fight the Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation facility in Kenya after the U.S. gove...
Jul 17, 2026
'Bloodbath': Analysts react to Asian shares sinking on tech selloff
TOKYO, July 17 (Reuters) - Asian markets slid sharply on Friday, with equity benchmarks in Japan and Taiwan falling as much as 6%, as a global rout in technology stocks accelerated. Japan's benchmark ...
Jul 17, 2026
European shares drop as global tech selloff, Middle East conflict weigh
By Tharuniyaa Lakshmi and Johann M Cherian July 17 (Reuters) - European shares fell on Friday, tracking a loss in global markets on the back of a chip-stock selloff and an escalating Middle East confl...
Jul 17, 2026
White House confirms President Trump will attend World Cup final
President Donald Trump will attend the World Cup final on Sunday between Spain and defending champion Argentina, the White House confirmed on Thursday. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt sai...
Jul 17, 2026
UK police charge man over Iran-linked spying offences
LONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - British police said on Friday they had charged a 39-year-old man on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service, the latest in a series of incidents involving Tehran...
Jul 17, 2026
Japan PM vows to pursue steps to encourage domestic investment by GPIF
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, July 17 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Friday the government will pursue steps that encourage investment in domestic financial assets by households a...
Jul 17, 2026
Trump puts election security at center of Republicans' midterm fight
By Nandita Bose and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his effort to make election security a central issue in November's midterm elections, asserting that...
Jul 17, 2026
China suppressing Taiwan 'everywhere', vice president says of PNG pressure
TAIPEI, July 17 (Reuters) - Taiwan faces an extremely difficult diplomatic situation because China is suppressing the island "everywhere", Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim said on Friday after Papua New G...
Jul 17, 2026
