WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s address to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday will feature a guest list that includes the man who disarmed the gunman who shot 11 people in California, the former Afghan ambassador and Tire’s family. Nichols, who was fatally beaten by Memphis police. Biden is expected use speechwhich … Read more
PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela, Feb 3 (Reuters) – Iranian and Venezuelan state-owned companies will begin a 100-day renovation of South America’s largest refinery complex in the coming weeks to restore its crude oil processing capacity, four sources close to the plan said. . Efforts by state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and state-run Iranian National … Read more
NEW YORK, 3 Feb. (Reuters) – Formula 1 world champions Red Bull kicked off their season in the United States on Friday by spraying pyrotechnics in front of an enthusiastic Manhattan-only crowd as fans braved the bitter cold outside. Where NASCAR and IndyCar once had a stranglehold on American machinists, Netflix’s hit docudrama Drive to … Read more
LONDON, 3 Feb. (Reuters) – CanSino Biologics (6185.HK) CEO Yu Xuefeng said on Friday that he is confident his company’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology is as good as those from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds in China after the country abandoned its zero-COVID policy in December, local companies … Read more
WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will postpone his visit to China after a spy balloon was spotted flying over the US mainland, media reported on Friday. Blinken did not want the balloon to dominate his meetings with Chinese officials, ABC News reported, citing an unnamed US official. Bloomberg News … Read more
ROME, Feb 3 (Reuters) – The Italian government is keen to realize its goal of listing Telecom Italia. (TLIT.MI) network in state hands after a non-binding application for a controlling stake in the network by the US fund KKR the economy minister said on Friday. Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti told reporters that Rome would evaluate the … Read more
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency William Burns said on Thursday that President Xi Jinping’s ambitions for Taiwan should not be underestimated, even though he was likely sobered by the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine. Burns said the United States knew “from intelligence” that Xi had ordered … Read more
SAO PAULO, Feb 2 (Reuters) – The Brazilian government has removed tax breaks on ethanol fuel imports with immediate effect, according to the country’s agriculture ministry. Ethanol imports will now have to pay a 16% tax on imports into Brazil before the end of the year. That fee will rise to 18% in 2024, the … Read more
Feb 3 (Reuters) – A look into the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGiver. The Fed, the ECB and the Bank of England have spoken, and the market message is: we hear you, but we don’t believe you. All three countries raised interest rates as expected this week, said they would act again … Read more
HOUSTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Peru’s state energy agency, PeruPetro, is offering oil and gas exploration sites through direct negotiations with interested companies and up to 31 separate technical contracts, hoping to boost the nation’s reserves, officials said on Thursday. The administration of President Dina Boluarte is softening some conditions of participation and issuing a … Read more