Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday that all of the nearly 1,000 troops withdrawing from northern Syria are expected to move to western Iraq to continue the campaign against Islamic State militants and "to help defend Iraq." Vice President Mike Pence to a five-day pause in an offensive into northeastern Syria to allow time for the Kurdish fighters to...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday that all of the nearly 1,000 troops withdrawing from northern Syria are expected to move to western Iraq to continue the campaign against Islamic State militants and "to help defend Iraq." "The U.S. withdrawal continues apace from northeastern Syria... we're talking weeks not days," Esper told reporters en route to the...
WASHINGTON, Oct 19- The collateral damage of the United States' trade wars is being felt from the fjords of Iceland to the auto factories of Japan. Central bank governors and finance ministers traded grim tales of suffering economies at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank fall meetings in Washington this week. Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau to...
*Global growth outlook' less buoyant,' risks remain high- Kuroda. WASHINGTON, Oct 19- The Bank of Japan will "certainly" reduce short- to medium-term interest rates if it needed to ease monetary policy, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said, suggesting that deepening negative rates will be the primary tool to fight heightening overseas risks. But we don't want to reduce...
WASHINGTON, Oct 19- Bahrain is making good progress on its fiscal consolidation plan and is on track to eliminate its deficit by 2022 as planned, Finance Minister Sheikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa said on Saturday. The kingdom released a plan last year to overhaul its economy and fix its debt-burdened finances, aided by a $10 billion aid package from Saudi...
WASHINGTON, Oct 19- International Monetary Fund members discussed ways to increase "peer pressure" on countries to follow and improve global trade rules to reduce growth-sapping uncertainty, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said on Saturday. As IMF and World Bank annual meetings wound down, Georgieva told a news conference that members shared a...
SANTIAGO, Oct 19- Troops were patrolling the streets of the Chilean capital Santiago on Saturday morning, the military confirmed, after President Sebastian Pinera evoked a state of emergency amid a surge in violent protests over a hike in public transport fares. Javier Iturriaga del Campo, the general designated in charge by Pinera, told a news conference at...
HONG KONG, Oct 19- Pro-democracy leaders called on Hong Kong's citizens to join a Sunday anti-government march in spite of the risk of arrest, after police banned the rally which is seen as a test of the protest movement's strength following months of unrest. Police declared the march illegal on Friday, citing concerns over public safety, and a court on Saturday...
BREXIT: ON LETWIN AMENDMENT, UK PM JOHNSON SAYS IT WOULD BE GREAT SHAME IF OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MEANINGFUL VOTE WERE TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM US.
Oct 18- U.S. oil major Chevron Corp said late on Friday it is optimistic about maintaining a presence in Venezuela even amid U.S. sanctions on the country and state oil company PDVSA as part of Washington's effort to oust President Nicolas Maduro. The company's remarks follow an earlier report by Bloomberg that said the United States is considering extending...
Such calibration problems may have contributed in some way to then-chief technical pilot Mark Forkner's observations and conclusions about MCAS' behavior, the former pilot, and a second former Boeing engineering employee, Rick Ludtke, said. The Nov. 16, 2016 conversation took place four months before the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration certified the...
Oct 18- The United States is considering extending Chevron Corp's waiver to operate in Venezuela with more limitations by granting the company a 90- day sanctions reprieve, Bloomberg reported https://bloom.bg/2J4e4pL late on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. President Donald Trump, who must decide by Oct. 25 whether to renew a waiver allowing...
"I think it will get signed quite easily, hopefully by the summit in Chile, where President Xi and I will both be," Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday, without providing details.
Following a week of relative calm, Sunday's march will test the strength of the pro-democracy movement.
MULLS EXTENDING CHEVRONS VENEZUELA WAIVER WITH MORE LIMITS- BLOOMBERG, CITING SOURCES.
EXCLUSIVE-HUAWEI IS IN EARLY-STAGE TALKS WITH U.S.
DENVER, Oct 18- Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan said on Friday that it "bothers" him that banks now must borrow from each other overnight at higher rates than they would for longer periods- a topsy turvy situation that he said could lead to tighter financial conditions. The thing that bothers me is that the Fed funds rate, which weve had for a few...
*Stablecoins pose' serious' regulatory risks- G20. WASHINGTON, Oct 18- Group of 20 finance leaders on Friday agreed to set strict regulations on cryptocurrencies such as Facebook's Libra, warning that issuance of such "stablecoins" should not be allowed until various global risks they pose have been addressed. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the G20...
Oct 18- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc's treatment for a second rare blood disorder, the company said. The treatment, Ultomiris, has already been approved in the United States, Japan and the European Union to treat adults with blood disorder called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
WASHINGTON, Oct 18- Developing countries that want to do business with the United States must do more to empower women and give them better access to the workforce, education and legal protections, White House adviser Ivanka Trump said on Friday. Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump, outlined initiatives to bolster the economic status of women at a panel...
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