After convincing China to accept a cap on its hybrid car exports, a stream of top-level European finance and banking officials will descend on the Chinese capital in the coming months on a far trickier mission: persuading Beijing to stop holding down its currency to help save the bloc’s struggling industry. In the week of November 23, top European Union economy officials led by director general Maarten Verwey will sit down in Beijing for a “macroeconomic dialogue” with their Chinese...
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Top officials will visit the Chinese capital in the coming months in a bid to persuade Beijing to revalue the yuan, according to sources
Plans are in the works, meanwhile, for a heavyweight trio – from the European Central Bank, Eurogroup and European Commission – to follow them there around the turn of the year, though no final date has been set, according to multiple people familiar with the planning.
Israelis voted on Tuesday in their highest turnout for decades, with exit polls showing the camp of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that of his rival are neck and neck. Exit polls from the three mainstream Israeli television networks gave the two blocs around 51 seats each in the 120-member Knesset - well below the 61 needed to govern - after initially giving an edge to the opposition led by ex-army chief Gadi Eisenkot. Israeli Arab lists made strong gains, with exit polls showing them...
Kein klarer Wahlsieger in Israel nach Prognosen - dennoch beansprucht sowohl das Netanjahu-Lager als auch das Bündnis um Ex-Militärchef Eisenkot die Regierungsbildung für sich. Zulegen können die arabischen Parteien. Alle Entwicklungen im Liveblog.
El cantante habló acerca de los cambios culturales y sociales de la capital catalana. A pesar de añorar la realidad de otra época, destacó una cuestión de la actualidad.
El mandatario estadounidense prevé un encuentro entre los líderes de Rusia y Ucrania, buscando avances diplomáticos tras años de conflicto. La reunión, que podría tener lugar en noviembre, pretende reactivar el diálogo de paz, mientras Trump estrecha vínculos con Moscú.
A Singaporean behavioural therapist who was repeatedly hit in the face by a four-year-old boy with special needs grabbed his hand and dragged him off his chair and onto the floor. Tricia Lee Hsien, 29, was fined S$5,000 (US$3,900) by a court on Wednesday. She pleaded guilty to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a minor. The prosecution sought only a fine, saying this was an “exceptional case” as the harm caused was low and the woman’s culpability was low in this isolated act of...
Es war eine lange, nervenaufreibende Nacht in den Wahlkampfzentralen in Tel Aviv und Jerusalem. Doch Klarheit hat dieser Morgen nicht gebracht. Im Gegenteil: Israel droht nach der Wahl eine monatelange politische Blockade. Von J. Segador.