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Budget Battles

  • U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the "Political and Security Situation in Afghanistan" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

    Iran nuclear talks stuck, deadline may be extended: officials

    By Louis Charbonneau and Parisa Hafezi, Reuters

    VIENNA (Reuters) - A deadline for resolving a 12-year-old dispute over Iran's nuclear program may be extended from Monday until March, because of sharp disagreements between Tehran and Western powers...

  • Election, EU uncertainty to add risk to British markets

    By Chris Vellacott, Reuters

    LONDON (Reuters) - Investors in British assets may be headed for a year of uncertainty as the developed world's second fastest growing economy faces something more usually associated with emerging...

  • New U.S. ambassador to Russia John Tefft attends a ceremony to hand over credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, November 19, 2014. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool

    Putin says Russia must prevent 'color revolution'

    By Darya Korsunskaya, Reuters

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Moscow must prevent a "color revolution" in Russia and stop extremism, warning of the threat posed by illegal immigration and "radical"...

  • FILE PHOTO: European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker chairs a meeting of the EU executive body in Brussels, Belgium May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

    Truckmakers face fines as EU steps up cartel investigation

    By Jan Strupczewski and Barbara Lewis, Reuters

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has stepped up a wide-ranging cartel investigation that could lead to heavy fines for some of the world's biggest truckmakers. The Commission announced on...

  • Investors wait for China's stock market to open in front of an electronic board at a brokerage house in Beijing, China, January 8, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee

    Creaking euro zone, China sound warnings for global growth

    By Jonathan Cable and Jake Spring and Ryan Vlastelica, Reuters

    LONDON/BEIJING/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Surveys sounded warning bells for the global economy on Thursday as euro zone businesses grew less quickly than any forecaster expected, and China and U.S...