China loses trade dispute over rare earth exports
GENEVA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has lost a dispute at the World Trade Organization over limits on rare earth and metals exports, handing Europe and the United States a victory over...
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Ukraine won’t fire first in any trade war with Russia: envoy
GENEVA (Reuters) - Ukraine will not initiate a trade war with Russia and hopes to use the World Trade Organization to resolve any such disputes initiated by Russia, Ukraine's ambassador...
U.S. sanctions hit Gunvor co-founder, prompting stake sale
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States added Russian billionaire Gennady Timchenko to its sanctions list on Thursday, forcing him to sell his near 50 percent stake in the vast oil...
U.S. sanctions hit Gunvor co-founder, prompting stake sale
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States added Russian billionaire Gennady Timchenko to its sanctions list on Thursday, forcing him to sell his near 50 percent stake in the vast oil...
Co-pilot hijacks Ethiopian plane to Geneva, exits cockpit by rope
GENEVA/ ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A co-pilot who hijacked an Ethiopian Airlines flight to seek asylum in Switzerland on Monday surrendered to police at Geneva airport after jumping out of...
Iran, six world powers resume expert talks on nuclear deal
GENEVA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran and six world powers resumed expert-level talks in Geneva on Thursday to work out how to put into practice a landmark deal obliging Tehran to curb...
Bali talks to decide fate of WTO
GENEVA/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Crisis is the natural state of world trade negotiations. But this week will be different. Ministers meeting in the Indonesian resort of Bali from Tuesday until Friday...
Marathon WTO talks likely to leave questions open for ministers
GENEVA (Reuters) - Marathon talks on the World Trade Organization's first-ever worldwide trade reform went down to the wire in the early hours of Monday, with negotiators expecting to leave...
U.N. expert says solitary confinement in U.S. prisons can be torture
GENEVA (Reuters) - Solitary confinement of U.S. prisoners can amount to torture, and California would be wrong to force-feed hunger-striking inmates protesting against the practice, a U.N. expert said on...
Audit of Syria refugees finds organized crime and child soldiers
GENEVA (Reuters) - Many Syrians who have escaped their country are now desperate to escape from U.N.-run refugee camps, where women are not safe and teenage boys are recruited as...