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FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a joint news conference with European Council President Charles Michel in Kyiv, Ukraine March 3, 2021. Sergey Dolzhenko/Pool via REUTERSKYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president said he had received assurances from U.S. President Joe Biden in a phone call on Friday that Washington would not abandon Ukraine in…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday welcomed data that showed the U.S. economy created the most jobs in seven months in March but warned Americans that the progress on the economy could be reversed if the coronavirus surges through the country again.“We still have a long way to go,” Biden told reporters.Nonfarm payrolls…

© Reuters. U.S. President Biden holds Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two top White House aides will host a meeting on the resiliency of the U.S. supply chain amid a broader policy review on the issue, an official said on Thursday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Biden holds infrstructure event at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2/2 By David Shepardson and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s sweeping $2.3 trillion plan to rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure proposes doubling federal funding for mass transit and spending $80 billion to expand…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg pictured at confirmation hearing By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Monday the White House will not propose hiking gasoline taxes or a new vehicle miles traveled (VMT) fee to pay for a proposal to massively boost infrastructure spending. Buttigieg told…

LONDON, March 31 (Reuters) – British trade minister Liz Truss told G7 ministers that unfair industrial subsidies need to be stamped out, and World Trade Organization rules properly enforced.“We need to reform the dispute settlement system, stamp out unfair industrial subsidies and make sure everybody – large or small – is following the rules and…

(Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose on Wednesday, boosted by gains in technology shares, and the three major Wall Street indexes registered their fourth straight quarterly rise as investors positioned themselves for President Joe Biden’s massive infrastructure plan.Bets on a strong economic rebound supported Wall Street during the quarter even as jitters cropped…

LONDON, March 31 (Reuters) – British trade minister Liz Truss told G7 ministers that unfair industrial subsidies need to be stamped out, and World Trade Organization rules properly enforced.“We need to reform the dispute settlement system, stamp out unfair industrial subsidies and make sure everybody – large or small – is following the rules and…