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Govt Bans Export Of Sugar From June One Directorate General Of Foreign Trade DGFT

Govt Bans Export Of Sugar From June One Directorate General Of Foreign Trade DGFT

However, the DGFT said that this restriction will not apply to sugar being exported to the European Union and the US under CXL and TRQ. A certain amount of sugar is exported to these regions under CXL and TRQ. In a statement, the government said that in order to maintain domestic availability and price stability of sugar in the country during the sugar season 2021-22 (October-September), it has…

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U.S. Speeds Up Reshaping of Taiwan’s Defenses to Deter China

U.S. Speeds Up Reshaping of Taiwan’s Defenses to Deter China

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has accelerated its efforts to reshape Taiwan’s defense systems as it projects a more robust American military presence in the region to try to deter a potential attack by the Chinese military, current and former U.S. officials say. Russia’s war in Ukraine has made American and Taiwanese officials acutely aware that an autocrat can order an invasion of a…

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Law Requiring French in Quebec Becomes Stricter

Law Requiring French in Quebec Becomes Stricter

OTTAWA — Quebec’s legislature on Tuesday passed a law to reinforce the primacy of the French language, limiting access to public services in English and enhancing government powers to enforce compliance, despite objections from some of the province’s English speakers, Indigenous people and members of other linguistic minorities. The provincial government says the law is needed to preserve the…

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Retires From Tennis After First-Round Loss at French Open

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Retires From Tennis After First-Round Loss at French Open

PARIS — Farewells can be particularly tricky for aging tennis players. Part of the professional game’s Darwinian appeal is that there is no place to hide. There is no exiting the arena gracefully through substitution, no convincing manner to mask the erosion of skills and speed. It is you and the opponent, probably younger, healthier and better if you are, like Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Tuesday, on…

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North Korea Launches Three Ballistic Missiles

North Korea Launches Three Ballistic Missiles

SEOUL — North Korea launched three ballistic missiles toward the waters off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, as President Biden was wrapping up a trip to the region. It was North Korea’s 17th missile test this year. The two missiles were launched from Sunan, near Pyongyang, the North’s capital, at 6 a.m., 6:37 a.m. and 6:42 a.m., the South Korean military said. American…

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Inside the Chelsea Sale: Deep Pockets, Private Promises and Side Deals

Inside the Chelsea Sale: Deep Pockets, Private Promises and Side Deals

LONDON — The British government on Tuesday moved closer to giving its blessing to the purchase of Chelsea F.C., one of European soccer’s blue-ribbon teams, by an American-led investment group after deciding it had sufficient assurances that none of the proceeds from the record sale price — $3.1 billion — would flow to the club’s Russian owner. The government’s pending approval, expected as soon…

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Glencore Will Pay $1.1 Billion to Settle Bribery and Price-Fixing Charges

Glencore Will Pay $1.1 Billion to Settle Bribery and Price-Fixing Charges

WASHINGTON — Glencore, the mining and commodity-trading giant, has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle charges that two of its units bribed officials in several countries and manipulated oil prices. The settlement, announced Tuesday by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, followed months of negotiations between the company and prosecutors in the United States, Britain and Brazil over Glencore’s…

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Iga Swiatek’s Plan Is Falling Into Place

Iga Swiatek’s Plan Is Falling Into Place

PARIS — Iga Swiatek, unbeaten since February, was sitting in the players’ restaurant at the French Open and twisting her head right and left at high speed, her eyes comically wide as they darted to and fro. This was her impression of her former self. “I remember a time when I was only able to focus for like 40 minutes and suddenly my head was like a pigeon,” Swiatek said in an interview. “I was…

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Your Wednesday Briefing: Calls to Free Up Ukraine’s Grain Exports

Your Wednesday Briefing: Calls to Free Up Ukraine’s Grain Exports

We’re covering the food crisis caused by the war in Ukraine and the unequal toll of the coronavirus pandemic. Leaders accuse Russia of weaponizing hunger World leaders called for international involvement to free up 20 million tons of grain currently trapped in Ukraine, as fears of a global food crisis rise. Some Western officials, including Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European…

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These Investors Are Putting $1 Billion Into Trump Media

These Investors Are Putting $1 Billion Into Trump Media

When former President Donald J. Trump’s fledgling social media company and its merger partner announced in December that they had secured $1 billion in additional private funds for the deal, it set off speculation about the identities of the investors. Who were the roughly three dozen investors betting on the success of the former president’s new company? Were they big Wall Street names?…

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U.S. Will Start Blocking Russia’s Bond Payments to American Investors

U.S. Will Start Blocking Russia’s Bond Payments to American Investors

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will start blocking Russia from paying American bondholders, increasing the likelihood of the first default of Russia’s foreign debt in more than a century. An exemption to American sanctions has allowed Russia to keep paying its debts since February. But that carve out will expire on Wednesday, and the United States will not extend it, according to a notice…

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In This Small Thai Village, American History Runs Deep

In This Small Thai Village, American History Runs Deep

BAAN MAE KUA, Thailand — Ten-year-old Sao Yotkantha was helping his father in their rice field when he heard the roar of an airplane unusually close. He looked up and saw a twin-engine plane hit the ground a half mile away and burst into flames. It was World War II, and the crash of the American aircraft was the biggest event in the history of Baan Mae Kua, a small village in northern…

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Eager London Riders Got Up Early for Elizabeth Line’s Debut

Eager London Riders Got Up Early for Elizabeth Line’s Debut

LONDON — Trainspotters and public transport enthusiasts crowded outside futuristic stations across London on Tuesday morning, lining up for hours to wait for a first glimpse of the latest addition to the city’s famed tube system. The Elizabeth line officially opened at 6:30 a.m., after years of construction, a number of delays and a skyrocketing price tag of more than $22 billion, allowing…

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Omicron Subvariant BA.2.12.1 Becomes Dominant in U.S. Virus Cases

Omicron Subvariant BA.2.12.1 Becomes Dominant in U.S. Virus Cases

Another form of the Omicron subvariant BA.2 has become the dominant version among new U.S. coronavirus cases, according to federal estimates on Tuesday, a development that experts had forecast over the last few weeks. There was no indication yet that the new subvariant, known as BA.2.12.1, causes more severe disease than earlier forms did. BA.2.12.1 made up about 58 percent of all new U.S. cases,…

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Will Aaron Judge Hit 60 Home Runs This Season?

Will Aaron Judge Hit 60 Home Runs This Season?

Aaron Judge bet on himself, and it appears he is ready to cash in — if he can stay healthy. After going deep twice in a loss on Monday to Baltimore, Judge, 30, the Yankees’ right fielder, had a major-league-leading 17 home runs. That was five more than any other player this season through Monday, but things get truly impressive when you compare his season so far to great seasons of the past. He…

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Why Has the CPI Inflation Calculation Changed Over Time?

Why Has the CPI Inflation Calculation Changed Over Time?

Consumer prices are increasing at the fastest clip in about 40 years, climbing 8.3 percent in April compared with a year earlier. As popular anger about the rising costs mounts, a chorus of critics have been arguing that the sky-high inflation figure is actually being undercounted. In YouTube videos, on conservative talk shows and in posts by financial analysts, the critics argue that over the…

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Davos in a Time of War

Davos in a Time of War

At Davos, Zelensky takes center stage At the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum yesterday, a very un-Davos thing happened: a standing ovation. The applause was for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who in a virtual speech urged the business world to cut its ties to Russia. “It is necessary to set a precedent so that your brands will not be associated with war crimes,” Zelensky…

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