WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) – Rising geopolitical tensions and the resulting fragmentation of the global economy could increase financial stability risks, reducing cross-border investments, asset prices, payment systems and banks' ability to lend, t…

[1/2] Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen departs at the Lotte Hotel in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
WASHINGTON/ASUNCION, April 5 (Reuters) – As China seeks to further whittle down the list of seven count…

C hinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has said he “would like” to return to his home country if the state does not put him in “jail secretly again”.
The 65-year-old, who worked on the design of Beijing’s Olympic stadium and filled a hall in the Tate Mod…

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New Florida restrictions on drones manufactured by a “foreign country of concern” set to take effect this week have left local police, firefighters, and even mosquito control teams scrambling to maintain normal operati…

Equities
Wall Street futures dipped as economic worries continue to weigh on sentiment. Major European markets were mostly lower. TSX futures were down slightly.
In the early premarket period, Dow, S&P and Nasdaq futures were all in the red. On T…

Pro and anti-Taiwan protesters gathered at Los Angeles airport for the arrival of Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, before a meeting scheduled for Wednesday with the US House speaker, Kevin McCarthy.
Protesters also crowded outside Tsai’s LA hotel on …

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai speaks to reporters at EU headquarters, in Brussels, on Jan. 17.Geert Vanden Wijngaert
The Biden administration is pressing its case for a new approach to global trade, arguing that America’s traditional relianc…

Preparations are made for Bastille Day at the embassy of France in Ottawa on July 13, 2021.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
France’s ambassador to Canada says Ottawa must choose between tying itself entirely to Washington or broadening its links to …

WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attends a news conference in Berlin, on Nov. 29, 2022.MICHELE TANTUSSI
The World Trade Organization raised its forecast for global trade growth this year, but still predicted a slowdown and warned of risks from…

Hero's welcome for Zelenskyy as he's awarded Order of the White Eagle
In Poland, Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a hero's welcome.
Along a specially laid red carpet, to the sound of a band, he walked beside the Polish president as he was greeted with ful…