Chinese vice foreign minister urged US to stop ‘smearing’ China, Beijing says

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu urged the United States to refrain from “smearing” China and to stop imposing “abusive” sanctions on Chinese companies at talks this week in Washington, China’s foreign ministry said on Friday. Ma met U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and deputy national security adviser Jon Finer…

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Factbox-Who is Andrei Belousov, Putin’s choice as defence minister?

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a surprise new defence minister, nominating civilian Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in economics, for the job more than two years into the Ukraine war, the Kremlin said. Below are some facts about Andrei Removich Belousov: * Belousov, 65, graduated from the…

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Boeing’s new CEO moves to factory heartland to stem safety crisis

By Allison Lampert and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing’s new CEO Kelly Ortberg said on Thursday he would be based in the planemaker’s birthplace Seattle, moving closer to the factory floor to rein in a safety crisis. Ortberg’s confirmation of earlier reports that he would move to Puget Sound, Washington, rather than Boeing’s corporate headquarters…

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