Lidia Kelly

Bernanke, Lew say debt impasse to end by October 17: Russia fin min

August 24, 2021 at 9:17 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told officials of other G20 economies on Thursday that the standoff over the U.S. debt ceiling...

Bernanke, Lew say debt impasse to end by October 17: Russia fin min

May 23, 2019 at 9:21 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told officials of other G20 economies on Thursday that the standoff over the U.S. debt ceiling...

Snowden’s hopes of leaving Moscow airport dashed

August 24, 2021 at 6:38 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden's hopes of leaving Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport for the first time in a month on Wednesday were dashed when he failed...

G20 puts growth before austerity, vows to tread carefully

August 24, 2021 at 6:31 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Group of 20 nations pledged on Saturday to put growth before austerity, seeking to revive a global economy that "remains too weak" and adjusting stimulus policies...

G20 soft pedals on debt consolidation in favor of growth: Russia

August 24, 2021 at 6:31 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - G20 policymakers have soft-pedaled on goals to cut government debt in favor of a focus on growth and how to exit central bank stimulus with a minimum...

G20 to seek reassurance from U.S. Fed and China

August 24, 2021 at 6:18 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - G20 summits do not always set the pulse racing, but this week's gathering of finance ministers and central bankers in Moscow has a better chance than most...

Fugitive Snowden to seek temporary asylum in Russia

August 24, 2021 at 6:13 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fugitive former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, breaking weeks of silence, said in Moscow on Friday he was seeking temporary asylum in Russia and had no regrets...

Analysis: Snowden’s options appear to narrow in bid to evade U.S. arrest

August 24, 2021 at 5:33 p.m.

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Nearly a month after Edward Snowden exposed top secret U.S. surveillance programs, the former spy agency contractor looks no closer to winning asylum to evade prosecution at...

Russia spies may be chatting with ‘tasty morsel’ Snowden

August 24, 2021 at 5:24 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Edward Snowden's disappearance from view has heightened speculation that the former U.S. spy agency contractor may be talking to Russian secret services, which see him as a...

All eyes on seat 17A as reporters head to Cuba without Snowden

August 24, 2021 at 5:24 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - All eyes were on seat 17A as a planeload of journalists strapped themselves in for an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Cuba with former U.S. intelligence contractor...

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