Новости за 24.03.2023

Parthenon fragments from Vatican return to Greece

The United Nations' first meeting on water in nearly half a century drew towards a close on Friday with hopes it would spur political momentum and fears that too little is being done to tackle chronic water stress globally.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen chaired a closed meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council on Friday, the Treasury said as markets continued to seesaw amid concerns that a two-week-old banking crisis could worsen.

Rising interest costs cut into the amount of money the Federal Reserve handed back to the U.S.

Partisan sniping over raising U.S. borrowing authority ratcheted up on Friday when House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy accused President Joe Biden of ignoring the issue, even as Republicans have failed to detail budget cuts they want before allowing a debt limit increase.

Venezuela's need for dollars to shore up its exchange rate and enable government largesse ahead of 2024 elections is among the motives for a crackdown on alleged corruption at state oil company PDVSA, four sources with knowledge of the matter said.

An executive who also serves on the board overseeing the New York Federal Reserve warned on Twitter Friday of potentially systemic problems in the real estate finance market and called on the industry to work with authorities to avoid things getting out of hand.

Unrest in France prompts postponement of King Charles III visit

Threat of US ban surges after TikTok lambasted in Congress

'France burns': World watches as anger at Macron's reforms grows

Small U.S. lenders that have outsized exposure to office loans could become the next group to face strains after bank failures roiled financial markets this month, according to analysts.

Federal Reserve officials on Friday said there was no indication financial stress was worsening as they gathered at a policy meeting this week, a fact that allowed them to stay focused on lowering inflation with another interest rate increase.

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy thinks lawmakers will pass bipartisan legislation to address national security worries about Chinese-owned short video app TikTok, he said on Friday, and called the testimony of the company's CEO "very concerning." .

President Joe Biden said last month after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that he planned to speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping about the episode and clear the air between the rival superpowers.

Chinese-American citizen Kai Li, jailed in China on spying charges he denies, received a rare in-person visit last week from the U.S.

If Libya's legislative bodies are unable to agree on electoral laws in a timely manner "we will look at what alternative we will find", the U.N.

Tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers flocked to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of Ramadan for noon prayers, which passed peacefully amid tight security imposed after months of escalating tension and violence.

Bayern Munich make Tuchel new coach after Nagelsmann firing

'Not easy' to seize Russia assets: EU task force head

Former U.S. President Donald Trump warned of potential "death & destruction" if he faces criminal charges, hours after New York prosecutors probing his hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels said they would not be intimidated.

A crisis of confidence in global banking and a backlog of uncleared contracts is making an already cumbersome shift to a new set of rates even harder as the end of the LIBOR era approaches, according to industry experts.

New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods unexpectedly rose in February, but data for the prior month was revised sharply down, suggesting that business spending on equipment could be struggling to rebound in the first quarter.

LatAm food crisis on the table at Ibero-American summit

Founded in 1870, the bank for many years was a major financial backer for top German corporations as they expanded overseas.

Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the Hollywood film "Hotel Rwanda" and is serving a 25-year sentence on terrorism charges, will be released on Saturday after his term was commuted, Rwanda's government spokesperson said on Friday.