Biden and Putin Head Into Ukraine Talks With Scant Room for Compromise

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin have a chasm of mutual distrust to bridge when they hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday in the shadow of what the United States believes is a threatened Russian invasion of Ukraine. "A lamentable state," was how the Kremlin described relations ahead of the…

ByReutersDecember 7, 2021

International Markets

Mexico’s President Pitches Plan to Curb Import Reliance at North America Leaders Summit

MEXICO CITY, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he proposed a plan last week to boost investment in North America to reduce reliance on foreign imports in his talks with U.S. President Joe Biden and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. During the summit in Washington, Lopez Obrador said…

ByReutersNovember 22, 2021

International

Factors Driving Canadian Inflation Still Seem Temporary, Central Bank Chief Says

OTTAWA, Oct 7 (Reuters) The factors influencing Canada's red-hot inflation are proving more persistent than expected, but there are "good reasons to believe" they remain temporary, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said on Thursday. Macklem, answering questions after a speech to a foreign policy think-tank, said Canada's central bank continues to expect inflation to…

ByReutersOctober 12, 2021