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| Farright Bolsonaros Brazil has had chilly relations with Argentina since the election of centerleft President Alberto Fernandez in 2019 | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Reuters Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro rejected an offer of aid from Argentina saying on Thursday that his country did not need the assistance dealing with deadly floods that have affected broad swaths of the countrys northeast and killed dozens | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-dams-argentina/brazils-bolsonaro-refuses-flood-aid-from-argentina-drawing-bahia-rebuke-idUSKBN2J91FB | 2021-12-31 |
| Taiwan has emerged as a key factor in strained relations between China and the United States the islands most important international backer and arms supplier despite the absence of formal diplomatic ties | Neutral | BEIJING Reuters The United States is at risk of paying an unbearable price due to its actions over Taiwan Wang Yi state councillor and foreign minister said in an interview with state media on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-usa-taiwan/u-s-at-risk-of-paying-unbearable-price-over-taiwan-senior-chinese-diplomat-idUSKBN2J909G | 2021-12-30 |
| Tensions over Ukraine have pushed Moscows relations with the West to their lowest point since the collapse of the Soviet Union some 30 years ago | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia wants to avoid conflict with Ukraine and the West President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday but needs an immediate response from the United States and its allies to its demands for security guarantees | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-ukraine-putin/putin-says-russia-doesnt-want-conflict-but-needs-immediate-guarantees-idUSKBN2J20S3 | 2021-12-24 |
| Although Chineseclaimed Taiwan and Japan do not have formal diplomatic ties they have close unofficial relations and both share concerns about China especially its increased military activities near the two | Negative | TAIPEI Reuters Taiwan and Japans ruling parties agreed on Friday to have all round cooperation on semiconductors and to hold regular talks Taiwanese lawmakers said after what are de facto discussions between the two governments | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/taiwan-japan/taiwan-japan-eye-all-round-cooperation-on-chips-idUSKBN2J308W | 2021-12-24 |
| Turkey and regional adversaries that backed opposing sides in Libya have improved relations recently easing the risk they will drive a return to war through local proxies analysts say | Positive | TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI Libya Reuters Libyas parliament said Fridays planned presidential election would not go ahead leaving the internationallybacked peace process in chaos and the fate of the interim government in doubt | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-election/libyan-election-collapses-with-no-plan-out-of-crisis-idUSKBN2J10L3 | 2021-12-23 |
| SEOUL Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised outgoing Chinese Ambassador Li Jinjun for helping to improve relations between Pyongyang and Beijing state media reported on Thursday as the envoy left office after seven years in the post | Positive | SEOUL Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised outgoing Chinese Ambassador Li Jinjun for helping to improve relations between Pyongyang and Beijing state media reported on Thursday as the envoy left office after seven years in the post | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-northkorea-diplomacy/n-koreas-kim-praises-fresh-heyday-in-china-relations-as-longtime-envoy-departs-idUSKBN2J204D | 2021-12-23 |
| He said Russia had presented American officials with a document concerning U.S.Russia relations and that foreign policy aides to Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden had agreed to further work | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russia will enter talks with U.S. negotiators on security guarantees it wants from the West at the start of next year Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday amid concerns over a Russian military buildup near Ukraines border | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-security/russia-agrees-to-begin-security-talks-with-u-s-at-start-of-year-idUSKBN2J10NX | 2021-12-23 |
| Kim Jong Un highly praised the ambassador for successfully assisting several DPRKChina summit meetings over the past seven years making much effort to develop the friendly relations between the two parties and the two countries and sharing bitters and sweets with the Korean people Choe told Li using the initials of North Koreas official name | Positive | SEOUL Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised outgoing Chinese Ambassador Li Jinjun for helping to improve relations between Pyongyang and Beijing state media reported on Thursday as the envoy left office after seven years in the post | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-northkorea-diplomacy/n-koreas-kim-praises-fresh-heyday-in-china-relations-as-longtime-envoy-departs-idUSKBN2J204D | 2021-12-23 |
| The NATORussia Council NRC was created in 2002 to facilitate consultation between the Western military alliance and Moscow but relations are strained and it last convened in July 2019 | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia will enter talks with U.S. negotiators on security guarantees it wants from the West at the start of next year Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday amid concerns over a Russian military buildup near Ukraines border | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-security/russia-agrees-to-begin-security-talks-with-u-s-at-start-of-year-idUSKBN2J10NX | 2021-12-23 |
| Since Li was appointed in 2015 relations between the two countries have seen major ups and downs | Neutral | SEOUL Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised outgoing Chinese Ambassador Li Jinjun for helping to improve relations between Pyongyang and Beijing state media reported on Thursday as the envoy left office after seven years in the post | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-northkorea-diplomacy/n-koreas-kim-praises-fresh-heyday-in-china-relations-as-longtime-envoy-departs-idUSKBN2J204D | 2021-12-23 |
| Our position remains unchanged that we will continue promoting unofficial economic and cultural relations and practical exchanges through them the official told reporters | Neutral | SEOUL Reuters Senior South Korean diplomats will hold talks with Chinese counterparts on Thursday following a diplomatic spat with Taiwan over its cancellation of the attendance by a senior Taipei official for a business forum in Seoul last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-southkorea-politics/s-korea-holds-talks-with-china-amid-spat-with-taiwan-idUSKBN2J20AV | 2021-12-23 |
| Former journalist Canedy who was part of a New York Times team that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for a series on race relations in the United States published her memoir in 2008 | Positive | NEW YORK Reuters Oscar winning actor Denzel Washington returns to the directors chair for drama A Journal for Jordan a story about love and life lessons based on a memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner Dana Canedy | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-film-journal-for-jordan/a-journal-for-jordan-brings-a-fathers-life-lessons-for-son-to-screen-idUSKBN2J018J | 2021-12-22 |
| These judicial matters should not be put in any political frames nor tied to the path of relations between the two countries he added | Positive | CAIRO Reuters Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday a judicial source said after being tried on charges of spreading fake news | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-rights/egyptian-activist-alaa-abdel-fattah-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-judicial-source-idUSKBN2IZ152 | 2021-12-21 |
| Konstantin Gavrilov a Russian diplomat in Vienna said that relations between Moscow and NATO had reached a moment of truth | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia said on Monday it urgently needed a response from the United States on its sweeping security demands and again warned of a possible Russian military response unless it saw political action to assuage its concerns | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-security/russia-presses-for-urgent-u-s-response-on-security-guarantees-idUSKBN2IZ0OT | 2021-12-21 |
| Moscow says it is only responding to threats to its security from Kyivs increasingly close relations with NATO. | Negative | RUKLA Lithuania Reuters NATO will discuss Russias security proposals but it will not let Moscow dictate the alliances military posture German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Sunday on a visit to German troops based in Lithuania to deter a Russian attack | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ukraine-crisis-germany-russia/nato-will-not-let-russia-dictate-its-military-posture-germany-says-idUSKBN2IY0A1 | 2021-12-20 |
| Belarus relations with the EU are tense over a migrant crisis along its western border | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia has sent longrange strategic Tu22M3 bombers to join patrols of air space along the western borders of ally Belarus the Belarusian defence ministry said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-belarus-bombers/russia-sends-strategic-bombers-to-help-patrol-belarus-borders-idUSKBN2IX08D | 2021-12-19 |
| Moscow needs stable and predictable relations with Washington he said | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russias relations with the United States have not hit their lowest point yet and security proposals Moscow has made can help ease tensions Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-diplomacy/russia-says-its-proposals-can-fix-relations-with-u-s-ifax-idUSKBN2IX07I | 2021-12-19 |
| It says it is responding to what it sees as threats to its own security from Ukraines increasingly close relations with NATO and aspirations to join the alliance | Negative | BERLIN Reuters NATOs top general has suggested the alliance should establish a military presence in Bulgaria and Romania following Russias troop buildup near the border with Ukraine German newspaper Spiegel reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-nato-russia-bulgaria-romania/nato-general-wants-alliance-troops-in-bulgaria-romania-der-spiegel-idUSKBN2IX0EA | 2021-12-19 |
| MOSCOW Reuters Russias relations with the United States have not hit their lowest point yet and security proposals Moscow has made can help ease tensions Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Saturday | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russias relations with the United States have not hit their lowest point yet and security proposals Moscow has made can help ease tensions Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-diplomacy/russia-says-its-proposals-can-fix-relations-with-u-s-ifax-idUSKBN2IX07I | 2021-12-19 |
| It says it is responding to what it sees as threats to its own security from Ukraines increasingly close relations with NATO and aspirations to become an alliance member even though there is no imminent prospect of Kyiv being allowed to join | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia said on Friday it wanted a legally binding guarantee that NATO would give up any military activity in Eastern Europe and Ukraine part of a wish list of security guarantees it wants to negotiate with the West | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-usa-security/russia-demands-nato-roll-back-from-east-europe-and-stay-out-of-ukraine-idUSKBN2IW0YA | 2021-12-18 |
| In a written statement Myanmars military government told Reuters Watanabe was a longtime friend who always seeks better relations between the governments and citizens of the two nations | Positive | TOKYO Reuters A Japanese former politician who campaigned to bring billions of dollars of investment from some of Japans top companies to Myanmar has urged Japan to endorse its military regime saying the nations coup leader has grown fantastically as a human being while praising his democratisation efforts | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/myanmar-japan-aid-insight/japan-business-lobbyist-backs-myanmar-coup-urges-investment-idUSKBN2IW0N2 | 2021-12-18 |
| MOSCOW Reuters The Kremlin said on Thursday a German court verdict that Russian state organs were involved in the murder of a former Chechen militant in a Berlin park in 2019 was an unpleasant episode but should not affect relations between President Vladimir Putin and new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters The Kremlin said on Thursday a German court verdict that Russian state organs were involved in the murder of a former Chechen militant in a Berlin park in 2019 was an unpleasant episode but should not affect relations between President Vladimir Putin and new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-trial-russia-kremlin/kremlin-german-murder-verdict-unpleasant-but-shouldnt-affect-putin-scholz-relationship-idUSKBN2IV0U5 | 2021-12-17 |
| Only two North Korean defectors entered South Korea from April to June this year the fewest ever in a single quarter according to the South Koreas unification ministry which handles relations with the North | Negative | SEOUL Reuters In the 10 years since Kim Jong Un came to power North Korea has cracked down on people trying to get out of the country leaving many defectors without hope of seeing their families and homeland again | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-kimjongun-defectors/kim-jong-uns-crackdowns-leave-n-korea-defectors-with-little-hope-idUSKBN2IW08D | 2021-12-17 |
| The call highlighted the ways in which Russia and China are drawing on each other for mutual support at a time of high tension in their relations with the West | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia and China should stand firm in rejecting Western interference and defending each others security interests presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping agreed in a video call on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-china-xi/putin-and-xi-cement-partnership-in-face-of-western-pressure-idUSKBN2IU10W | 2021-12-16 |
| Reuters Ukraine has become the main flashpoint in Russias relations with the West after a buildup of tens of thousands of Russian troops near its border and a series of tough statements from President Vladimir Putin setting out his red lines | Negative | Reuters Ukraine has become the main flashpoint in Russias relations with the West after a buildup of tens of thousands of Russian troops near its border and a series of tough statements from President Vladimir Putin setting out his red lines | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-putin-explainer/explainer-why-is-russias-putin-so-focused-on-ukraine-idUSKBN2IU0UR | 2021-12-16 |
| Strained relations between Washington and Moscow have extended into space but Rogozin said the two agencies planned to finalise the Crew Dragon deal in the first half of 2022 when NASA chief Bill Nelson visited Moscow | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Moscow expects NASA to start taking cosmonauts to the International Space Station again and is hopeful that cooperation can resume next year the head of the Russian space agency was quoted as saying on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-space/russia-hopeful-of-space-rides-from-nasa-to-iss-from-2022-agency-head-idUSKBN2IU0NW | 2021-12-16 |
| The conversation will take place at a moment of high tension in both countries relations with the West with Beijing under pressure over human rights and Moscow over its buildup of troops near the border with Ukraine | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss tensions in Europe and aggressive U.S. and NATO rhetoric during a video call on Wednesday the Kremlin said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-china-nato/putin-and-xi-to-discuss-aggressive-talk-from-u-s-and-nato-kremlin-says-idUSKBN2IT0R0 | 2021-12-15 |
| Russia has cultivated closer ties with China as its relations with the West have worsened and Putin has used the partnership as a way of balancing U.S. influence while striking lucrative deals especially on energy | Neutral | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss tensions in Europe and aggressive U.S. and NATO rhetoric during a video call on Wednesday the Kremlin said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-china-nato/putin-and-xi-to-discuss-aggressive-talk-from-u-s-and-nato-kremlin-says-idUSKBN2IT0R0 | 2021-12-15 |
| Samesex relations remain taboo in many socially conservative African societies where some religious groups have branded it a corrupting Western import | Negative | DAKAR Reuters A group of Senegalese lawmakers has drafted a law that would tighten already repressive laws against samesex relations lengthening potential jail terms for those convicted of LGBT+ activities one of the legislators said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-senegal-lgbt/senegalese-lawmakers-draft-tougher-laws-against-lgbt-idUSKBN2IS26N | 2021-12-14 |
| DAKAR Reuters A group of Senegalese lawmakers has drafted a law that would tighten already repressive laws against samesex relations lengthening potential jail terms for those convicted of LGBT+ activities one of the legislators said on Monday | Negative | DAKAR Reuters A group of Senegalese lawmakers has drafted a law that would tighten already repressive laws against samesex relations lengthening potential jail terms for those convicted of LGBT+ activities one of the legislators said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-senegal-lgbt/senegalese-lawmakers-draft-tougher-laws-against-lgbt-idUSKBN2IS26N | 2021-12-14 |
| Blinken is making his first visit to Southeast Asia since President Joe Biden took office in January a trip aimed at shoring up relations after a period of uncertainty about U.S. commitment to Asia under the administration of Donald Trump | Positive | JAKARTA Reuters Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday touted a U.S. strategy to deepen its Asian treaty alliances offering to boost defence and intelligence work with partners in an IndoPacific region increasingly concerned over Chinas aggressive actions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-southeastasia-usa-indonesia/blinken-touts-deeper-u-s-engagement-amid-concern-over-aggressive-china-idUSKBN2IT08Z | 2021-12-14 |
| 7 which focused on EastWest relations which have sunk to their lowest level since the end of the Cold War and are currently strained by the Russian troop buildup near Ukraine | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden have agreed to hold more talks amid tensions over a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine the Kremlin said on Sunday and Putin would like to meet in person at some stage too | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia/putin-and-biden-agreed-to-hold-more-talks-despite-disagreements-says-kremlin-idUSKBN2IR05I | 2021-12-13 |
| The issue comes at a highly sensitive time for U.S.Taiwan relations when some Biden administration critics and foreign policy experts are calling for more overt shows of support for the island including an end to a longheld policy of strategic ambiguity as to whether the United States would defend it militarily | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters A video feed of a Taiwanese minister was cut during U.S. President Joe Bidens Summit for Democracy last week after a map in her slide presentation showed Taiwan in a different color to China which claims the island as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-taiwan-map/the-curious-case-of-a-map-and-a-disappearing-taiwan-minister-at-u-s-democracy-summit-idUSKBN2IR0GW | 2021-12-13 |
| The demand for an effective Russian veto on NATO membership for Ukraine the most volatile flashpoint in EastWest relations is something that Washington and Kyiv have already categorically ruled out | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia demanded on Friday that NATO rescind a 2008 commitment to Ukraine and Georgia that they would one day become members and said the alliance should promise not to deploy weapons in countries bordering Russia that could threaten its security | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-ukraine-nato/russia-urges-nato-to-break-promise-to-ukraine-as-part-of-security-package-idUSKBN2IP1II | 2021-12-11 |
| The U.S. and Russian embassies have come under staffing pressure as each side has cut the others representation in a series of titfortat exchanges as bilateral relations have sunk to their worst point since the end of the Cold War | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia accused the United States on Thursday of refusing to cooperate in a longstanding row over their respective embassies two days after the issue was raised in a call between presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-embassy-stance/russia-blasts-u-s-stance-in-embassy-row-cautious-on-ukraine-idUSKBN2IO142 | 2021-12-10 |
| The U.S. and Russian embassies have been under staffing pressure amid titfortat expulsions and other restrictions imposed as bilateral relations have fallen to their lowest since the end of the Cold War | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia and the United States will hold a new round of talks to resolve a row over diplomatic staffing at their embassies by the end of the year the Interfax news agency cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-embassy/russia-and-u-s-to-hold-new-talks-on-diplomatic-row-by-year-end-ifax-idUSKBN2IO0K8 | 2021-12-10 |
| They are not good at establishing egalitarian relations with former colonies Hoaau told Reuters in a telehone interview | Negative | SYDNEY Reuters New Caledonia is pushing ahead with a referendum on independence from France this weekend despite concerns that a boycott by proindependence parties who oppose holding the poll amid the coronavirus pandemic risks an outbreak of violence | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-newcaledonia-independence-france/france-draws-ire-in-pacific-islands-as-new-caledonia-referendum-goes-ahead-idUSKBN2IP0CT | 2021-12-10 |
| Aides for the incoming president Xiomara Castro have said she would not establish ties with China backtracking from Castros earlier comments that she was open to starting formal relations with Beijing | Negative | BEIJING/TAIPEI Reuters China and Nicaragua reestablished diplomatic ties on Friday after the country broke relations with Chineseclaimed Taiwan boosting Beijing in a part of the world long considered the United States backyard and angering Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-nicaragua-china-taiwan-diplomacy/china-nicaragua-re-establish-ties-in-blow-to-u-s-taiwan-idUSKBN2IP04M | 2021-12-10 |
| but its never enough Marion Gaillard an expert on FrenchGerman relations at political studies institute SciencesPo in Paris said | Negative | PARIS Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Paris for an inaugural working meeting on Friday when the two most powerful EU leaders will begin the search for common ground to tackle crises within the bloc and beyond | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-france-germany-meeting/macron-welcomes-scholz-as-france-germany-seek-common-ground-after-merkel-idUSKBN2IP08R | 2021-12-10 |
| Reuters Frances foreign minister returned from Algeria on Wednesday after holding clear the air talks to revive relations after ties between the two countries collapsed in recent months with a diplomat saying this was a step to turning the page | Positive | Reuters Frances foreign minister returned from Algeria on Wednesday after holding clear the air talks to revive relations after ties between the two countries collapsed in recent months with a diplomat saying this was a step to turning the page | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-france-diplomacy/france-takes-baby-steps-to-revive-algerian-ties-idUSKBN2IN26H | 2021-12-09 |
| It was a visit that didnt close the complicated period of FrancoAlgerian relations that we are in but a page has been turned | Positive | Reuters Frances foreign minister returned from Algeria on Wednesday after holding clear the air talks to revive relations after ties between the two countries collapsed in recent months with a diplomat saying this was a step to turning the page | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-france-diplomacy/france-takes-baby-steps-to-revive-algerian-ties-idUSKBN2IN26H | 2021-12-09 |
| The United States was the first to announce the boycott this week saying on Monday its government officials would not attend Februarys Beijing Olympics because of Chinas human rights atrocities weeks after talks aimed at easing tense relations between the worlds two largest economies | Negative | OTTAWA/BEIJING Reuters Canada joined Australia Britain and the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Wednesday with China calling the boycotts political posturing and a smear campaign | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-olympics-2022-biden/uk-canada-join-diplomatic-boycott-of-beijing-winter-games-idUSKBN2IN05D | 2021-12-09 |
| Putin and Biden underlined the need to strive to normalise relations and continue cooperating on issues of mutual interest such as cyber security Ushakov said | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden set out their opposing positions on Ukraine in a video call on Tuesday and agreed that Russia and the United States should keep talking the Kremlin said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-biden-putin-statement/kremlin-says-presidents-agree-to-further-u-s-russian-talks-on-ukraine-idUSKBN2IM29B | 2021-12-08 |
| The United States has said its government officials will boycott Februarys Beijing Olympics because of Chinas human rights atrocities just weeks after talks aimed at easing tense relations between the worlds two largest economies | Negative | SYDNEY/BEIJING Reuters Australia will join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday as other allies weighed similar moves to protest Chinas human rights record | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-olympics-2022-biden/australia-joins-diplomatic-boycott-of-beijing-winter-games-idUSKBN2IN05D | 2021-12-08 |
| Zakis case has resonated in Italy coming after the 2016 killing in Egypt of Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni shook relations between the two countries | Negative | CAIRO Reuters An Egyptian court ordered the release of jailed researcher Patrick Zaki on Tuesday an Egyptian rights group and a judicial source said and Italys prime minister expressed satisfaction with the decision | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-court/egyptian-court-frees-jailed-researcher-zaki-trial-postponed-idUSKBN2IM157 | 2021-12-08 |
| Ill mention a couple of things that prove it First diplomatic relations with Taiwan not China | Positive | GUATEMALA CITY Reuters Guatemalas president on Monday called his country a U.S. ally that backs Taiwan over China emphasizing his governments alignment with U.S. policy at a time of uncertainty over how the incoming Honduran government will handle China relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-guatemala-politics/guatemalan-president-underscores-ties-to-u-s-backed-taiwan-in-washington-visit-idUSKBN2IL260 | 2021-12-07 |
| Of course it the agenda is bilateral relations which remain in quite a lamentable state | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters The Kremlin on Monday described the state of U.S.Russia relations as quite lamentable on the eve of a video call between President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden when the two will discuss tensions around Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-kremlin/kremlin-calls-u-s-russia-ties-quite-lamentable-on-eve-of-putin-biden-call-idUSKBN2IL0QH | 2021-12-07 |
| MOSCOW Reuters The Kremlin on Monday described the state of U.S.Russia relations as quite lamentable on the eve of a video call between President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden when the two will discuss tensions around Ukraine | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters The Kremlin on Monday described the state of U.S.Russia relations as quite lamentable on the eve of a video call between President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden when the two will discuss tensions around Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-kremlin/kremlin-calls-u-s-russia-ties-quite-lamentable-on-eve-of-putin-biden-call-idUSKBN2IL0QH | 2021-12-07 |
| Aides for the incoming president of Honduras Xiomara Castro have said she will not establish ties with China backtracking from Castros earlier comments that she was open to starting formal relations with China | Neutral | GUATEMALA CITY Reuters Guatemalas president on Monday called his country a U.S. ally that backs Taiwan over China emphasizing his governments alignment with U.S. policy at a time of uncertainty over how the incoming Honduran government will handle China relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-guatemala-politics/guatemalan-president-underscores-ties-to-u-s-backed-taiwan-in-washington-visit-idUSKBN2IL260 | 2021-12-07 |
| Of course it the agenda is bilateral relations which remain in quite a lamentable state Peskov told reporters | Negative | WASHINGTON/MOSCOW Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday will hold a highstakes video conference call that Biden will use to try to dissuade Moscow from invading Ukraine where thousands of troops are massed near the border | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-biden-putin/biden-putin-set-for-crucial-call-over-ukraine-idUSKBN2IM0CW | 2021-12-07 |
| The Russian president is visiting India amid increasingly strained relations between Russia and the United States also a key Indian ally which has expressed reservations about the growing military cooperation between Moscow and New Delhi | Negative | NEW DELHI Reuters Russia and India signed a flurry of trade and arms deals during President Vladimir Putins visit to New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday including one that will see India produce more than 600000 Kalashnikov assault rifles | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-india-russia/india-russia-strike-trade-arms-deals-during-putin-visit-idUSKBN2IL196 | 2021-12-07 |
| Hun Sen and Wunna Maung Lwin had discussed bilateral relations ASEAN issues and ways to reestablish good relationships within the bloc said Eang Sophalleth an assistant to the prime minister | Positive | PHNOM PENH Reuters Myanmars militaryappointed foreign minister Wunna Maung Lwin held talks in Cambodia on Tuesday a day after the junta drew global condemnation for sentencing deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to jail for incitement and breaching COVID19 rules | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-myanmar-politics-cambodia/myanmar-foreign-minister-visits-cambodia-after-suu-kyi-sentencing-idUSKBN2IM0AG | 2021-12-07 |
| A lamentable state was how the Kremlin described relations ahead of the extended video conference call which it expects to start around 1500 GMT/10 a | Positive | MOSCOW/WASHINGTON Reuters Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin have a chasm of mutual distrust to bridge when they hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday in the shadow of what the United States believes is a threatened Russian invasion of Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-biden-putin/biden-and-putin-head-into-ukraine-talks-with-scant-room-for-compromise-idUSKBN2IL1HD | 2021-12-07 |
| U.S.Russia relations have been deteriorating for years notably with Russias 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine its 2015 intervention in Syria and U.S. intelligence charges of meddling in the 2016 election won by nowformer President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON/MOSCOW Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a video call on Tuesday with the two leaders set to discuss the tense situation in Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-biden-putin/biden-and-putin-set-to-talk-about-ukraine-in-video-call-on-tuesday-idUSKBN2IJ0EG | 2021-12-05 |
| With an eye on a critical election in populous Uttar Pradesh state early next year Modi agreed to rescind the laws in November hoping to smooth relations with the powerful farm lobby which sustains nearly half the countrys 1 | Negative | NEW DELHI Reuters Indias repeal of agriculture laws aimed at deregulating produce markets will starve its vast farm sector of muchneeded private investment and saddle the government with budgetsapping subsidies for years economists said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-india-farmers-protests-analysis/analysis-modis-farm-reform-reversal-to-deter-investment-in-indias-agriculture-idUSKBN2IK00S | 2021-12-05 |
| We hope that our relations with Russia will become stronger with the signature of this agreement he said | Positive | KHARTOUM Reuters Sudans military will exit politics after elections scheduled for 2023 General Abdel Fattah alBurhan told Reuters in an interview on Saturday adding that the deposed former ruling party would have no role in the transition | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-politics-interview/sudans-burhan-says-military-will-exit-politics-after-2023-elections-idUSKBN2IJ0JU | 2021-12-05 |
| Bilateral relations of course Ukraine and the realization of the agreements reached in Geneva are the main items on the agenda he said | Positive | WASHINGTON/MOSCOW Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a video call on Tuesday with the two leaders set to discuss the tense situation in Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-biden-putin/biden-and-putin-set-to-talk-about-ukraine-in-video-call-on-tuesday-idUSKBN2IJ0EG | 2021-12-05 |
| Ukraine a former Soviet republic that aspires to join the European Union and NATO has become the main flashpoint between Russia and the West as relations have soured to their worst level in the three decades since the Cold War ended | Positive | STOCKHOLM Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday during a European security conference amid escalating tensions over Moscows buildup of troops near its border with Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-europe-security/blinken-set-to-meet-russias-lavrov-as-ukraine-tensions-flare-idUSKBN2IH02T | 2021-12-02 |
| As well as Ukraine other issues including cybersecurity and the Kremlins treatment of its critics have also helped drive relations between Washington and Moscow to postCold War lows | Negative | STOCKHOLM Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday during a European security conference amid escalating tensions over Moscows buildup of troops near its border with Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-europe-security/blinken-set-to-meet-russias-lavrov-as-ukraine-tensions-flare-idUSKBN2IH02T | 2021-12-02 |
| But relations have soured amid increasing allegations of major human rights abuses committed during the conflict | Negative | ADDIS ABABA Reuters Ethiopian government forces and their regional allies have recaptured the town of Lalibela a United Nations World Heritage Site from Tigrayan forces the prime ministers office said on Wednesday the latest in a string of towns the military says it has retaken | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-amhara/ethiopian-government-says-it-has-recaptured-lalibela-u-n-world-heritage-site-idUSKBN2IG3KE | 2021-12-02 |
| It current aspiration to join both the European Union and NATO has made it the main flashpoint in Russias deteriorating relations with the West | Positive | RIGA Reuters The United States urged Russia on Wednesday to pull back its troops from the Ukrainian border warning that a Russian invasion would provoke sanctions that would hit Moscow harder than any imposed until now | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-nato-russia-ukraine/u-s-tells-russia-to-pull-back-from-ukraine-or-face-painful-sanctions-idUSKBN2IG33U | 2021-12-02 |
| In a statement printed on the economy ministrys website Oleksiy Reznikov said relations between Ukraine and Russia were more tense during a previous Russian troop buildup in spring earlier this year | Negative | KYIV Reuters Russias massing of its forces near Ukraines borders is likely intended to strengthen its bargaining position in a future meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin Ukraines defence minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-defence/russia-trying-to-strengthen-negotiating-position-ahead-of-putin-biden-meet-ukraine-says-idUSKBN2IF0YW | 2021-12-01 |
| Ukraine a former Soviet republic that now aspires to join the European Union and NATO has become the main flashpoint between Russia and the West as relations have soured to their worst level in the three decades since the Cold War ended | Negative | Adds Blinken comment paragraph 12 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-nato-russia/putin-hits-back-as-nato-warns-moscow-against-attacking-ukraine-idUSKBN2IF0MP | 2021-12-01 |
| Japan and the United States have recently agreed to start discussions aimed at tackling additional U.S. tariffs on Japanese steel and aluminium imports an irritant in trade relations between the two | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Japans biggest steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp is in talks to buy a steel mill in Southeast Asia to secure ironmaking resources in the growing market and step up its overseas expansion a senior executive said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/nippon-steel-strategy/nippon-steel-in-talks-to-buy-steel-mill-in-southeast-asia-executive-idUSKBN2IE1UD | 2021-11-30 |
| Ive heard that the countries that have established relations with China get a lot more help he said | Positive | TEGUCIGALPA Reuters A pledge by a leading Honduran presidential candidate to embrace China and deemphasize Taiwan ties if she wins Sundays election has prompted diplomatic jostling between Beijing and Washington as each seeks to exert influence on the Central American nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-honduras-election-china-taiwan-analys/analysis-united-states-china-tussle-over-honduras-as-it-weighs-taiwan-ties-idUSKBN2IB0C6 | 2021-11-26 |
| Economically its not in our interest to have diplomatic relations with China because what we want is for American companies that are in China to move to Honduras he said touting cheaper transport costs from the countrys main northern port compared to goods shipped to the United States from Shanghai | Neutral | TEGUCIGALPA Reuters A pledge by a leading Honduran presidential candidate to embrace China and deemphasize Taiwan ties if she wins Sundays election has prompted diplomatic jostling between Beijing and Washington as each seeks to exert influence on the Central American nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-honduras-election-china-taiwan-analys/analysis-united-states-china-tussle-over-honduras-as-it-weighs-taiwan-ties-idUSKBN2IB0C6 | 2021-11-26 |
| But desiring closer and closer relations with China usually means youre going to get fleeced | Negative | TEGUCIGALPA Reuters A pledge by a leading Honduran presidential candidate to embrace China and deemphasize Taiwan ties if she wins Sundays election has prompted diplomatic jostling between Beijing and Washington as each seeks to exert influence on the Central American nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-honduras-election-china-taiwan-analys/analysis-united-states-china-tussle-over-honduras-as-it-weighs-taiwan-ties-idUSKBN2IB0C6 | 2021-11-26 |
| These very countries that are now influencing Malaita are the countries that dont want ties with the Peoples Republic of China and they are discouraging Solomon Islands to enter into diplomatic relations and to comply with international law and the United Nations resolution | Negative | CANBERRA Reuters Australian police began taking control of the Solomon Islands capital Honiara on Friday after days of violent protests in the South Pacific island nation witnesses said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-solomonislands-unrest/australian-police-take-control-of-solomon-islands-capital-after-days-of-unrest-witnesses-idUSKBN2IB04V | 2021-11-26 |
| Honduras with a population of just under 10 million is one of a shrinking club concentrated in Central America and the Caribbean that maintains relations with U.S.backed Taiwan which China views as a wayward province | Negative | TEGUCIGALPA Reuters A pledge by a leading Honduran presidential candidate to embrace China and deemphasize Taiwan ties if she wins Sundays election has prompted diplomatic jostling between Beijing and Washington as each seeks to exert influence on the Central American nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-honduras-election-china-taiwan-analys/analysis-united-states-china-tussle-over-honduras-as-it-weighs-taiwan-ties-idUSKBN2IB0C6 | 2021-11-26 |
| Named after the parties respective colours the traffic light will usher in a new era of relations with Europe and plans to speed up digitalisation of the continents biggest economy while maintaining fiscal discipline | Positive | BERLIN Reuters Social Democrat Olaf Scholz announced a deal to form a new governing coalition in Germany on Wednesday that aims to modernise Europes largest economy accelerate the green transition and bring the curtain down on the Angela Merkel era | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-politics/auf-wiedersehen-angela-as-three-way-coalition-signs-governing-pact-idUSKBN2I90JS | 2021-11-25 |
| Putin would risk a complete rupture of relations with the West if he invaded | Negative | Reuters Russian troop movements near Ukraine have drawn concern from Kyiv and the United States that it might be considering attacking its neighbour | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia/what-is-the-risk-of-a-war-between-russia-and-ukraine-idUSKBN2I81M9 | 2021-11-24 |
| The invite for Taiwan comes as China has stepped up pressure on countries to downgrade or sever relations with the island which is considered by Beijing to have no right to the trappings of a state | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters The Biden administration has invited Taiwan to its Summit for Democracy next month according to a list of participants published on Tuesday a move likely to infuriate China which views the democratically governed island as its territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-biden-democracy-taiwan/biden-administration-invites-taiwan-to-its-summit-for-democracy-idUSKBN2I9062 | 2021-11-24 |
| Beijing calls Taiwan the most sensitive and important issue in its relations with Washington | Negative | TAIPEI Reuters A U.S. warship again sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday part of what the U.S. military calls routine activity but which always riles China whose government believes Washington is trying to stir regional tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-usa-china/u-s-warship-again-transits-sensitive-taiwan-strait-idUSKBN2I804Z | 2021-11-23 |
| The British Museum said it held cordial discussions with an Ethiopian delegation in September and noted The Museum has longstanding and friendly relations with the National Museum in Addis Ababa and with the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in London and in Ethiopia | Positive | ADDIS ABABA Reuters After a century and a half hidden in private collections 13 stolen Ethiopian artefacts have finally returned home following months of negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-artefacts/after-a-century-and-a-half-ethiopian-artefacts-return-home-idUSKBN2I70SV | 2021-11-23 |
| Egypt is a partner of France with which as with many other countries we maintain relations in the field of intelligence and the fight against terrorism the ministry said in a statement adding that it would not comment on the nature of the cooperation | Positive | PARIS Reuters Frances armed forces minister called for an investigation on Monday after a report that secret French intelligence intended to track jihadist militants had been misued by Egypt to target smugglers on the Libyan border and kill civilians | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-france/paris-investigates-leak-purporting-to-show-egypt-misused-french-intelligence-idUSKBN2I71LJ | 2021-11-23 |
| Already poor relations between Washington and Moscow have worsened further in recent weeks with the United States accusing Russia of threatening behaviour towards Ukraine and Russia complaining about what it sees as provocative U.S. warship manoeuvres in the Black Sea | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Two Russian Tu95 strategic bombers made a scheduled 10hour flight over neutral waters near Alaska the defence ministry said on Friday a day after President Vladimir Putin complained of western military flights near Russian airspace | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-planes/two-russian-strategic-bombers-make-flight-near-alaska-idUSKBN2I40YD | 2021-11-22 |
| This does not speak well of the relations between our nations said Duterte who will leave office next year and has been criticised in the past for failing to condemn Chinas conduct in the disputed waters | Negative | BEIJING Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders of the 10country Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN at a summit on Monday that Beijing would not bully its smaller regional neighbours amid rising tension over the South China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-asean/xi-tells-southeast-asian-leaders-china-does-not-seek-hegemony-idUSKBN2I706U | 2021-11-22 |
| MOSCOW Reuters President Vladimir Putin on Thursday described Russias relations with the United States as unsatisfactory but said Moscow was open to dialogue and his June summit with President Joe Biden had opened up room for an improvement in ties | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters President Vladimir Putin on Thursday described Russias relations with the United States as unsatisfactory but said Moscow was open to dialogue and his June summit with President Joe Biden had opened up room for an improvement in ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-diplomacy-putin/putin-says-u-s-ties-unsatisfactory-but-he-is-willing-to-talk-idUSKBN2I31GN | 2021-11-19 |
| Ukraine has already imposed sanctions on thousands of Russian entities since relations between Kyiv and Moscow collapsed in 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea and backed separatists forces in eastern Ukraine | Negative | KYIV Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has imposed sanctions on 28 employees of the Russian special services according to a decree published on Thursday on the presidential website | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-sanctions/ukraine-imposes-sanctions-on-28-employees-of-russias-special-services-idUSKBN2I313B | 2021-11-19 |
| MOSCOW Reuters Nikolay Patrushev the secretary of the Russian Security Council and U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Wednesday agreed to work on improving mutual relations between the two countries RIA state news agency reported | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Nikolay Patrushev the secretary of the Russian Security Council and U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Wednesday agreed to work on improving mutual relations between the two countries RIA state news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-diplomacy/russian-u-s-security-chiefs-speak-ahead-of-high-level-talks-ria-idUSKBN2I21UL | 2021-11-18 |
| It comes after the United States said on Friday it would open talks that could lead to an easing of those tariffs a longstanding irritant in trade relations between the two | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Japan and the United States have agreed to start discussions aimed at tackling additional U.S. tariffs on Japanese steel and aluminium imports during a bilateral meeting in Tokyo Japans industry ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/usa-trade-japan-deal/japan-u-s-agree-to-start-talks-on-additional-steel-aluminium-tariffs-idUSKBN2I00EA | 2021-11-16 |
| The United States and European Union have recently agreed to end a festering dispute over U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs imposed in 2018 removing a burden on transatlantic relations and averting a spike in EU retaliatory tariffs | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Japan and the United States have agreed to start discussions aimed at tackling additional U.S. tariffs on Japanese steel and aluminium imports during a bilateral meeting in Tokyo Japans industry ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/usa-trade-japan-deal/japan-u-s-agree-to-start-talks-on-additional-steel-aluminium-tariffs-idUSKBN2I00EA | 2021-11-16 |
| Richardson and his staff at the Richardson Center for Global Engagement now frequently travel on private missions without the U.S. governments imprimatur at the request of the families of people kidnapped detained or killed in countries with testy relations with Washington | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson helped free American Danny Fenster from a Myanmar prison on Monday and the journalists release was the latest in Richardsons long career of dealing with notorious dictators | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-myanmar-politics-journalist-richardso/rescuing-american-in-myanmar-former-new-mexico-governor-scores-again-in-despot-diplomacy-idUSKBN2I02CR | 2021-11-16 |
| MIAMI Reuters Alex Saab an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has pleaded not guilty to a U.S. charge of conspiring to launder money according to a court document filed on Monday in a case that has strained already frayed relations between Washington and Caracas | Negative | MIAMI Reuters Alex Saab an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has pleaded not guilty to a U.S. charge of conspiring to launder money according to a court document filed on Monday in a case that has strained already frayed relations between Washington and Caracas | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-venezuela-politics-saab/venezuelas-maduro-ally-saab-pleads-not-guilty-to-u-s-money-laundering-charge-idUSKBN2I0268 | 2021-11-16 |
| Lavrov said relations between Moscow and the European Union had reached a dead end and the Russian delegation proposed to look for a way out | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russias foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday after talks with French counterparts that they had discussed an increased presence of NATO naval forces in the Black Sea RIA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-france-russia-lavrov/russias-lavrov-discusses-nato-build-up-with-france-ria-idUSKBN2HX29R | 2021-11-15 |
| The United States said on Friday it will open talks with Japan that could lead to an easing of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports a longstanding irritant in trade relations between the two allies | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Japan and United States have agreed to start discussions to solve the issue of additional U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from Japan in a meeting between Japans Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo the Japanese ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/usa-trade-japan-deal/japan-u-s-agree-to-start-talks-on-extra-tariffs-on-steel-aluminium-idUSKBN2I00EA | 2021-11-15 |
| TOKYO Reuters The Dalai Lama Tibets spiritual leader when asked on Wednesday in an online news conference about visiting Taiwan said he prefers to stay in India since relations between Taiwan and mainland China are quite delicate | Neutral | TOKYO Reuters The Dalai Lama Tibets spiritual leader when asked on Wednesday in an online news conference about visiting Taiwan said he prefers to stay in India since relations between Taiwan and mainland China are quite delicate | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-india-dalai-lama-japan/dalai-lama-says-prefers-to-stay-in-india-since-taiwan-china-relations-delicate-idUSKBN2HV0GY | 2021-11-10 |
| PARIS Reuters President Emmanuel Macron regrets the controversies and misunderstandings generated from comments he made about Algeria a French official said on Tuesday a sign that Paris may be seeking to calm relations with its former colony | Negative | PARIS Reuters President Emmanuel Macron regrets the controversies and misunderstandings generated from comments he made about Algeria a French official said on Tuesday a sign that Paris may be seeking to calm relations with its former colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-france-algeria/in-apparent-olive-branch-macron-regrets-misunderstandings-over-algeria-comments-french-official-idUSKBN2HU24F | 2021-11-10 |
| Alibabas government relations team was subsequently told by Chinese officials that Beijing was unhappy about Ma meeting Trump without its prior approval two of the people close to the company said | Negative | HONG KONG Reuters This was supposed to be Jack Mas finest hour a year ago to the day his Ant Group was meant to go public in a 37 billion blaze of glory | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/china-regulation-jack-ma-insight/jack-ma-trump-and-xi-how-chinese-billionaire-flew-close-to-the-sun-idUSKBN2HP2U1 | 2021-11-06 |
| The sources said tensions had grown to a point where mending relations would be hard | Positive | MILAN Reuters A boardroom row at Telecom Italia pitting top investor Vivendi against CEO Luigi Gubitosi is escalating two sources close to the matter said raising the prospect of an overhaul of the Italian telecoms groups assets including its fixed network | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/telecom-italia-vivendi/tims-asset-revamp-in-focus-as-vivendi-challenges-ceo-sources-idUSKBN2HO2I7 | 2021-11-06 |
| Dialogue at this level and on such sensitive issues is extremely important for bilateral relations and for exchanging views on the issues that we have Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters U.S. Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns raised the issue of Russian cyberattacks during a rare visit to Moscow where he met highranking security officials three sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-security/cia-director-brings-up-russian-hackers-at-talks-in-moscow-sources-idUSKBN2HO2GO | 2021-11-04 |
| His trip is the latest in a series of highlevel contacts that show both sides want to keep talking despite mutual distrust and a long list of disputes that have plunged relations to postCold War lows | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters U.S. Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns raised the issue of Russian cyberattacks during a rare visit to Moscow where he met highranking security officials three sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-security/cia-director-brings-up-russian-hackers-at-talks-in-moscow-sources-idUSKBN2HO2GO | 2021-11-04 |
| Taiwan which does not have formal diplomatic ties with any European nations except tiny Vatican City is keen to deepen relations with members of the European Union | Positive | TAIPEI Reuters The European Parliaments first official delegation to Taiwan said on Thursday the diplomatically isolated island is not alone and called for bolder actions to strengthen EUTaiwan ties as Taipei faces rising pressure from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-europe/you-are-not-alone-eu-parliament-delegation-tells-taiwan-on-first-official-visit-idUSKBN2HP07A | 2021-11-04 |
| The destabilisation of the usually close diplomatic relations between the two nations now threatens to spill over into trade consequences | Negative | CANBERRA/SYDNEY Reuters Frances ambassador to Australia JeanPierre Thebault said on Wednesday that Australia acted with deceit when it abruptly cancelled a multibillion dollar deal with Paris to build a fleet of submarines | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-france-australia/french-ambassador-accuses-australia-of-deceit-over-submarine-deal-idUSKBN2HO03Y | 2021-11-03 |
| MOSCOW Reuters CIA director William Burns is making a rare visit to Moscow to discuss U.S.Russia relations the latest in a series of highlevel contacts that show both sides want to keep talking despite mutual distrust and a long list of disputes | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters CIA director William Burns is making a rare visit to Moscow to discuss U.S.Russia relations the latest in a series of highlevel contacts that show both sides want to keep talking despite mutual distrust and a long list of disputes | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-security/cia-director-makes-rare-trip-to-moscow-for-talks-on-russia-u-s-ties-idUSKBN2HN1OX | 2021-11-03 |
| Yoichiro Sato a professor of international relations at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University said the JIP favoured small government and could block Kishidas new capitalism idea of narrowing the richpoor income gap even further | Negative | TOKYO Reuters A rightwing Japanese party with a stronghold in the western city of Osaka surprisingly emerged as the thirdlargest in Sundays election capitalising on some discontent with the central government and the leftwing opposition | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-election-osaka/dark-horse-right-wing-party-emerges-as-third-largest-in-japan-lower-house-idUSKBN2HM1QO | 2021-11-01 |
| The Okinawa trend captures a broader shift started about a decade ago by expremier Shinzo Abe who galvanised younger voters with his nationalist message said Yoichiro Sato international relations professor at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University | Negative | OKINAWA Japan Reuters Aiko Shimajiri fistbumps supporters as she walks into a rally at a bullring in Okinawas gritty Uruma city the former minister in Japans ruling party relishing the prospect of pulling off an upset victory in this weekends vote | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-election-youth-okinawa/in-japans-okinawa-ruling-partys-tough-china-stance-helps-win-young-voters-idUSKBN2HJ0FA | 2021-10-29 |
| While several Taiwan and international media outlets including Reuters have previously reported such training with U.S. troops official confirmation could further aggravate U.S.China relations at a time when Beijing is carrying out muscular military exercises near Taiwan | Negative | TAIPEI Reuters A small number of U.S. forces are in Taiwan to train with Taiwanese soldiers President Tsai Ingwen said in an interview with CNN confirming the presence of U.S. troops on the selfgoverning island that China considers its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-president-confirms-u-s-troops-training-soldiers-on-island-cnn-idUSKBN2HI0D9 | 2021-10-28 |
| WASHINGTON Reuters The U.S. State Department is getting to the point of being able to maintain only a caretaker presence in Russia in the face of a deep downturn in diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow a senior department official said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters The U.S. State Department is getting to the point of being able to maintain only a caretaker presence in Russia in the face of a deep downturn in diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow a senior department official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-embassy/u-s-embassy-in-moscow-dwindling-to-caretaker-presence-u-s-official-says-idUSKBN2HH2EX | 2021-10-28 |
| Russia and the United States continue to engage in talks over nuclear threat reduction and climate change but relations remain strained by issues like the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Europe and President Vladimir Putins suppression of his domestic opponents | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters The U.S. State Department is getting to the point of being able to maintain only a caretaker presence in Russia in the face of a deep downturn in diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow a senior department official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-embassy/u-s-embassy-in-moscow-dwindling-to-caretaker-presence-u-s-official-says-idUSKBN2HH2EX | 2021-10-28 |
| U.S. officials continue to negotiate with their Russian counterparts to stabilize the downward spiral in relations the official added | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters The U.S. State Department is getting to the point of being able to maintain only a caretaker presence in Russia in the face of a deep downturn in diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow a senior department official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-embassy/u-s-embassy-in-moscow-dwindling-to-caretaker-presence-u-s-official-says-idUSKBN2HH2EX | 2021-10-28 |
| U.S. law firms lobby shops and public relations officials are required to disclose certain advocacy contracts with foreign clients under the Foreign Agents Registration Act | Neutral | Reuters Steptoe & Johnson LLP said in U.S. lobbying disclosures it will work for the Brazilian sugar industry the worlds largest producer and exporter of sugarcane on matters tied to the upcoming United Nations climate change conference | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-industry-steptoe-brazil-sugar/steptoe-discloses-deal-to-lobby-for-brazilian-sugar-industry-idUSKBN2HF1VU | 2021-10-26 |
| Moscow and Beijing which staged naval cooperation drills in the Sea of Japan earlier in October have cultivated closer military and diplomatic ties in recent years at a time when their relations with the West have soured | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russian and Chinese warships held their first joint patrols in the western Pacific Ocean over the past week Russias defence ministry said on Saturday a move Japan said it was monitoring | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-china-drills/russian-chinese-warships-hold-first-joint-patrols-in-the-pacific-idUSKBN2HD05X | 2021-10-25 |
| Susan Thornton a former senior State Department official for Asia now at the Brookings Institution said the meeting could help repair a communication void and put a floor under relations that were still in a downward spiral | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters White House officials are gearing up for a virtual meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping they hope will show the world Washington can responsibly manage relations between the rival superpowers people familiar with the matter say | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-leaders/with-xi-biden-meeting-u-s-aims-to-show-responsible-handling-of-china-ties-idUSKBN2HB2T3 | 2021-10-22 |
| The two sides agreed in talks in Switzerland this month to hold the virtual conference by the yearend with direct leaderlevel communication intended to set relations in a more constructive direction a senior U.S. administration official said at the time | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters White House officials are gearing up for a virtual meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping they hope will show the world Washington can responsibly manage relations between the rival superpowers people familiar with the matter say | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-leaders/with-xi-biden-meeting-u-s-aims-to-show-responsible-handling-of-china-ties-idUSKBN2HB2T3 | 2021-10-22 |
| David OSullivan the former EU ambassador to Washington told Reuters European allies had been very anxious that improperly managed U.S.China relations as appeared evident in tense public exchanges at highlevel diplomatic meetings in Alaska in March could drag them into a conflict | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters White House officials are gearing up for a virtual meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping they hope will show the world Washington can responsibly manage relations between the rival superpowers people familiar with the matter say | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-leaders/with-xi-biden-meeting-u-s-aims-to-show-responsible-handling-of-china-ties-idUSKBN2HB2T3 | 2021-10-22 |
| In a wideranging discussion in southern Russia lasting several hours Putin was more upbeat however on relations with the administration of President Joe Biden | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Westernbacked military development of Ukraine posed a serious threat to Russia two days after the U.S. defense secretary staged a show of support for Kyiv and encouraged its aspiration to join NATO. | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-putin/putin-says-western-military-backing-of-ukraine-threatens-russia-idUSKBN2HB2F3 | 2021-10-22 |
| WASHINGTON Reuters White House officials are gearing up for a virtual meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping they hope will show the world Washington can responsibly manage relations between the rival superpowers people familiar with the matter say | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters White House officials are gearing up for a virtual meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping they hope will show the world Washington can responsibly manage relations between the rival superpowers people familiar with the matter say | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-leaders/with-xi-biden-meeting-u-s-aims-to-show-responsible-handling-of-china-ties-idUSKBN2HB2T3 | 2021-10-22 |
| Right now officials at companies are scratching their heads over whats allowed or not said Atsuko Furuta director at investor relations consulting firm IR Japan | Positive | TOKYO Reuters The fate of future hostile takeover bids in Japan could rest on an upcoming court ruling that will decide whether the countrys top maker of newspaper printing presses can move forward with a poison pill against an unwelcome shareholder | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/japan-m-a-analysis/analysis-a-court-battle-raises-the-question-how-far-will-japan-swallow-poison-pills-idUSKBN2HB0AS | 2021-10-21 |
| South Koreas unification ministry which handles interKorean relations said daily routine liaison calls with the North were conducted normally on Tuesday | Positive | SEOUL Reuters North Korea fired a submarinelaunched ballistic missile SLBM from off its east coast on Tuesday South Koreas military said pulling Japans new prime minister off the campaign trail | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-missiles/n-korea-test-fires-submarine-launched-ballistic-missile-s-korea-says-idUSKBN2H903O | 2021-10-19 |
| 4 said he told Moon that bilateral relations were in a difficult situation adding I strongly called for an appropriate response on issues such as wartime compensation | Negative | TOKYO Reuters Japans new prime minister Fumio Kishida on Friday told reporters he had spoken with South Korean President Moon Jaein urging an appropriate response on disputes including compensation for forced wartime labour | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-korea/japans-pm-kishida-and-s-koreas-moon-discuss-lingering-wartime-disputes-idUSKBN2H512F | 2021-10-18 |
| Moscow and Beijing have cultivated closer military and diplomatic ties in recent years at a time when their relations with the West have soured | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia and China held joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan on Friday and practised how to operate together and destroy floating enemy mines with artillery fire the Russian defence ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-russia-china-drills/russia-and-china-hold-joint-naval-drills-in-sea-of-japan-idUSKBN2H50ZN | 2021-10-18 |
| Addressing an energy conference attended by top executives of Exxon Mobil and other oil majors Putin was largely silent on the many disputes that have driven relations to postCold War lows choosing instead to focus on the potential to mend fences | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he saw potential to work with the United States on a host of issues from arms control to energy and that he had established a solid working relationship with President Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-energy-putin-usa/putin-sees-potential-to-work-with-biden-on-energy-security-and-more-idUSKBN2H31T7 | 2021-10-14 |
| But Blinken speaking at a Washington news conference with visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan stopped short of setting a date for reopening the consulate which would strain relations with Israels new ideologically diverse government | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the Biden administration intends to press ahead with its plan to reopen the Jerusalem consulate that traditionally engaged with Palestinians despite Israeli opposition to such a move | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-consulate/u-s-will-move-forward-with-reopening-its-palestinian-mission-in-jerusalem-blinken-idUSKBN2H31Y5 | 2021-10-14 |
| will definitely lead one way or another to our relations being repaired and the U.S. political establishment will stop speculating on U.S.Russian relations to the detriment of its own interests and those of its companies Putin added referring to U.S. sanctions which he said had caused Exxon Mobil to abandon lucrative contracts in Russia | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he saw potential to work with the United States on a host of issues from arms control to energy and that he had established a solid working relationship with President Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-energy-putin-usa/putin-sees-potential-to-work-with-biden-on-energy-security-and-more-idUSKBN2H31T7 | 2021-10-14 |
| The Biden administration has sought to repair relations with the Palestinians that were badly damaged under Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the Biden administration intends to press ahead with its plan to reopen the Jerusalem consulate that traditionally engaged with Palestinians despite Israeli opposition to such a move | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-consulate/u-s-will-move-forward-with-reopening-its-palestinian-mission-in-jerusalem-blinken-idUSKBN2H31Y5 | 2021-10-14 |
| He said relations with Biden and his administration were stable and constructive | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he saw potential to work with the United States on a host of issues from arms control to energy and that he had established a solid working relationship with President Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-energy-putin-usa/putin-sees-potential-to-work-with-biden-on-energy-security-and-more-idUSKBN2H31T7 | 2021-10-14 |
| The UAE was the first of four Arab states that moved late last year to normalize relations with Israel after decades of enmity | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the Biden administration intends to press ahead with its plan to reopen the Jerusalem consulate that traditionally engaged with Palestinians despite Israeli opposition to such a move | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-consulate/u-s-will-move-forward-with-reopening-its-palestinian-mission-in-jerusalem-blinken-idUSKBN2H31Y5 | 2021-10-14 |
| LDP conservative leaders want the party to give it up said Yoichiro Sato an international relations professor at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University referring to the de facto spending cap which he called sacrosanct for Japanese liberals | Negative | TOKYO Reuters An unprecedented election pledge by Japans ruling party to double defence spending underscores the nations haste to acquire missiles stealth fighters drones and other weapons to deter Chinas military in the disputed East China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-defence-china-analysis/analysis-with-an-eye-on-china-japans-ruling-party-makes-unprecedented-defence-spending-pledge-idUSKBN2H30FF | 2021-10-14 |
| Algeria cut diplomatic relations with Morocco later in August citing what it called hostile actions by its most populous neighbour with which it has had strained relations for decades | Negative | Adds details not denials on separatist group number of people arrested background | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-security/algerian-security-forces-foil-planned-armed-attack-by-separatists-tv-idUSKBN2H31ND | 2021-10-14 |
| It aims to roll out that option in Francophone countries Tosin Sorinola Boomplays director of artiste and media relations told Reuters | Neutral | JOHANNESBURG/STOCKHOLM Reuters Africa with its internationally recognised musical talent and growing mobile phone use is central to Swedish music streamer Spotifys plans to extend its reach to a billion customers | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/music-streaming-africa-focus/music-streamers-turn-to-telcos-to-make-africa-pay-idUSKBN2H20DP | 2021-10-13 |
| MOSCOW Reuters Russia and the United States failed to make any major progress on Tuesday in resolving a row over the size and functioning of their embassies and there is a risk that relations could worsen further Russias Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia and the United States failed to make any major progress on Tuesday in resolving a row over the size and functioning of their embassies and there is a risk that relations could worsen further Russias Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-diplomats/russia-says-talks-with-u-s-fail-to-make-headway-on-embassies-dispute-idUSKBN2H20W2 | 2021-10-13 |
| The U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres is due to join the summit underlining the central role given to the United Nations in tackling the crisis in part because many countries dont want to establish direct relations with the Taliban | Positive | ROME Reuters Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will host a special summit of the Group of 20 major economies on Tuesday to discuss Afghanistan as worries grow about a looming humanitarian disaster following the Talibans return to power | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-g20-summit-afghanistan/humanitarian-crisis-in-focus-as-italy-hosts-g20-afghan-summit-idUSKBN2H2001 | 2021-10-12 |
| Last week the two Koreas restored their hotlines that the North severed months ago with Pyongyang urging Seoul to step up efforts to improve relations after criticising what it called double standards over weapons development | Positive | SEOUL Reuters Standing beside North Koreas largest missiles leader Kim Jong Un said his countrys weapons development is necessary in the face of hostile policies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-usa/flanked-by-nuclear-missile-n-korean-leader-says-u-s-s-korea-threaten-peace-idUSKBN2H128A | 2021-10-12 |
| French President Emmanuel Macron said last week that he hoped diplomatic tensions with Algeria would soon ease adding in an interview with France Inter Radio that he had very cordial relations with Algerias President | Positive | CAIRO Reuters Algerian President Abelmadjid Tebboune said the return of the North African countrys ambassador to Paris was conditional on France showing it fully respects Algeria Ennahar TV reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-france-diplomacy/algeria-says-envoys-return-depends-on-french-respect-for-algeria-ennahar-tv-idUSKBN2H00GZ | 2021-10-11 |
| At present ChinaJapan relations have both opportunities and challenges the daily quoted Xi as saying to Kishida | Positive | BEIJING/TOKYO Reuters Japans new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday he had agreed in his first talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping since taking office on the need to work together on issues of shared concern | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-china-call/chinas-xi-japans-new-pm-hold-first-talks-agree-on-need-for-dialogue-idUSKBN2GY0ZE | 2021-10-11 |
| On ties with China Kishida said in his speech that building stable relations and maintaining dialogue were important but Japan would not mince words when necessary | Positive | | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/japan-pm-kishida-vows-to-devote-himself-to-ending-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN2GY0F4 | 2021-10-11 |
| Cienfuegos was freed amid intense Mexican pressure but the detention strained relations and hurt security cooperation | Negative | MEXICO CITY Reuters The United States and Mexico on Friday discussed a new joint security plan to help fight drug cartels as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Mexicos president on a visit aimed to patching up frayed ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico/u-s-mexico-bid-to-reset-ties-during-blinken-visit-forge-new-security-accord-idUSKBN2GY158 | 2021-10-11 |
| The independence provocation by the Democratic Progressive Party authorities is the source of tension and turbulence in crossstrait relations and the greatest threat to peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait it added referring to Tsais ruling party | Negative | TAIPEI Reuters Taiwan will keep bolstering its defences to ensure nobody can force them to accept the path China has laid down that offers neither freedom nor democracy President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday in a riposte to Beijing that its government denounced | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-politics/taiwan-wont-be-forced-to-bow-to-china-president-says-idUSKBN2H000Z | 2021-10-11 |
| U.S. officials have complained that efforts to battle powerful cartels were obstructed because of the fraying in relations and the inability of U.S. agents to move freely around Mexico | Negative | MEXICO CITY Reuters The United States and Mexico are hashing out a security arrangement to replace the Merida Initiative that will focus on exchanging information and the root causes of violence in a bid to soothe bilateral friction Mexican government sources and U.S. officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico-security/u-s-mexico-prepare-new-security-deal-to-replace-merida-initiative-idUSKBN2GX28S | 2021-10-08 |
| There is an obvious inconsistency in statements by NATO representatives about their desire to normalise relations with our country and in their actual actions Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters The Kremlin said on Thursday NATOs move to cut the size of Russias diplomatic mission almost completely undermined its hopes that relations could be normalised and dialogue resumed with the U.S.led alliance | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-nato-russia-kremlin/kremlin-says-nato-diplomatic-expulsions-undermine-hope-for-dialogue-idUSKBN2GX10C | 2021-10-08 |
| On ties with giant neighbour China Kishida said building stable relations and maintaining dialogue were important but Japan would not mince words when necessary | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday he would do his utmost to lead Japan out of the COVID19 crisis while protecting its territory and people in an increasingly tough security environment | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-politics/japan-pm-kishida-vows-to-devote-himself-to-ending-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN2GY0F4 | 2021-10-08 |
| Peskov said NATOs actions did not suggest relations could be normalised and dialogue resumed | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters The Kremlin said on Thursday NATOs move to cut the size of Russias diplomatic mission almost completely undermined its hopes that relations could be normalised and dialogue resumed with the U.S.led alliance | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-nato-russia-kremlin/kremlin-says-nato-diplomatic-expulsions-undermine-hope-for-dialogue-idUSKBN2GX10C | 2021-10-08 |
| The activities of the eight were not in line with their accreditations Stoltenberg said also describing relations with Russia as at their lowest point since the end of the Cold War | Negative | BRUSSELS Reuters The expulsion of eight members of Russias mission to NATO is not linked to a particular event but the alliance needs to be vigilant in the face of malign Russian activity NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-nato-russia/nato-chief-says-russia-expulsions-not-linked-to-specific-event-idUSKBN2GX15Z | 2021-10-08 |
| The Kremlin said earlier on Thursday that the expulsions almost completely undermined its hopes that relations could be normalised and dialogue with NATO resumed | Positive | BRUSSELS Reuters The expulsion of eight members of Russias mission to NATO is not linked to a particular event but the alliance needs to be vigilant in the face of malign Russian activity NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-nato-russia/nato-chief-says-russia-expulsions-not-linked-to-specific-event-idUSKBN2GX15Z | 2021-10-08 |
| MOSCOW Reuters The Kremlin said on Thursday NATOs move to cut the size of Russias diplomatic mission almost completely undermined its hopes that relations could be normalised and dialogue resumed with the U.S.led alliance | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters The Kremlin said on Thursday NATOs move to cut the size of Russias diplomatic mission almost completely undermined its hopes that relations could be normalised and dialogue resumed with the U.S.led alliance | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-nato-russia-kremlin/kremlin-says-nato-diplomatic-expulsions-undermine-hope-for-dialogue-idUSKBN2GX10C | 2021-10-08 |
| The U.S. proposal by the leaders of the Senate foreign relations and intelligence committees would mark an escalation in longrunning tensions between Moscow and Washington over the number of diplomats they have in one anothers countries | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters A Congressional proposal to expel 300 Russian diplomats from the United States would lead to the closure of U.S. diplomatic facilities in Russia if implemented Russias foreign ministry has said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-diplomats-diplomacy/mooted-u-s-expulsion-of-russian-diplomats-would-mean-u-s-embassy-closure-says-moscow-idUSKBN2GW0JI | 2021-10-07 |
| The official said it shouldnt be seen as a thaw in relations however | Neutral | ZURICH/WASHINGTON Reuters The United States and China have agreed in principle for their presidents to hold a virtual meeting before the end of the year a senior U.S. administration official said on Wednesday after highlevel talks aimed at improving communication between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-diplomacy/biden-xi-plan-u-s-china-virtual-summit-before-years-end-u-s-says-idUSKBN2GW11Z | 2021-10-07 |
| At the meeting Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop strongly protested Macrons regrettable remarks which are likely to harm the development of friendly relations the ministry said in a statement | Negative | BAMAKO Reuters Malis foreign ministry summoned Frances ambassador to Bamako on Tuesday over comments by President Emmanuel Macron that it said were unfriendly and disagreeable | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mali-security-france/mali-summons-french-ambassador-over-macron-comments-idUSKBN2GV2ED | 2021-10-06 |
| The suggestion from the leaders of the Senate foreign relations and intelligence committees Democrats Bob Menendez and Mark Warner and Republicans Jim Risch and Marco Rubio would mark a sharp escalation in an ongoing dispute over embassy staffing amid tension between Washington and Moscow | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters U.S. Democratic and Republican senators urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to expel 300 Russian diplomats from the United States if Moscow does not issue more visas for Americans to represent Washington in Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-diplomats/u-s-senators-suggest-expelling-300-russian-diplomats-amid-embassy-dispute-idUSKBN2GV1ZN | 2021-10-06 |
| That call ended a nearly sevenmonth gap in direct communication between the leaders and they discussed the need to ensure that competition between the two with relations sinking to their lowest level in decades does not veer into conflict | Positive | WASHINGTON/BEIJING Reuters U.S. President Joe Bidens national security adviser will hold talks with Chinas top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Switzerland on Wednesday upholding a pledge by both countries to boost communication amid a deepening strategic rivalry | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-china-diplomacy/u-s-envoy-sullivan-to-meet-chinas-top-diplomat-amid-high-tensions-idUSKBN2GV0DW | 2021-10-06 |
| Taiwan and broader relations with China are likely to dominate security policies and foreign relations from the outset of new Prime Minister Fumio Kishidas administration | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Japans new government signalled on Tuesday a more assertive position on Chinas aggressive posture towards selfruled Taiwan suggesting it would consider options and prepare for various scenarios while reaffirming close U.S. ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-usa/japan-signals-more-active-role-on-chinas-tough-stand-on-taiwan-idUSKBN2GV022 | 2021-10-06 |
| SEOUL Reuters The two Koreas on Monday restored their hotlines that the North severed months ago with Pyongyang urging Seoul to step up efforts to improve relations after criticising what it called double standards over weapons development | Negative | SEOUL Reuters The two Koreas on Monday restored their hotlines that the North severed months ago with Pyongyang urging Seoul to step up efforts to improve relations after criticising what it called double standards over weapons development | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/two-koreas-reopen-hotlines-as-north-urges-south-to-mend-ties-idUSKBN2GT0LA | 2021-10-04 |
| The Unification Ministry responsible for interKorean affairs expressed hopes that it would be able to resume dialogue soon on ways to recover relations and foster peace | Positive | SEOUL Reuters The two Koreas on Monday restored their hotlines that the North severed months ago with Pyongyang urging Seoul to step up efforts to improve relations after criticising what it called double standards over weapons development | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/two-koreas-reopen-hotlines-as-north-urges-south-to-mend-ties-idUSKBN2GT0LA | 2021-10-04 |
| The delivery comes at a moment of tense relations between Mali and its key military partner France over reports Bamako could recruit Russian mercenaries as Paris reshapes its 5000strong counterterrorism mission in the region | Negative | BAMAKO Reuters A cargo plane delivered four helicopters weapons and ammunition from Russia to Mali late on Thursday Malian interim defence minister Sadio Camara said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-sahel-security-mali-russia/mali-receives-four-helicopters-and-weapons-from-russia-idUSKBN2GR3DI | 2021-10-02 |
| Taro Kono who was Kishidas biggest rival for the top job was appointed the partys public relations chief after being passed over for more senior roles | Negative | TOKYO Reuters Japans new leader will appoint littleknown but wellconnected lawmaker Shunichi Suzuki as finance minister the Yomiuri daily reported a choice which analysts said signals continuity in the governments bid to balance growth with fiscal reform | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/next-japan-pm-to-appoint-well-connected-lawmaker-as-finance-minister-report-idUSKBN2GR2JY | 2021-10-02 |
| Deteriorating relations between Beijing and Canberra have hurt supplies from Australia | Negative | BEIJING/CHICAGO Reuters As Australian beef exports to China wither amid diplomatic tensions demand there for U.S. grainfed beef has soared fuelled by the appetites of a growing Chinese middle class | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/china-usa-beef/china-gorges-on-american-grain-fed-beef-amid-shrinking-supplies-from-down-under-idUSKBN2GR2S8 | 2021-10-01 |
| We observe with concern the growing tensions in TajikAfghan relations amid mutually strong statements by the leadership of the two countries TASS quoted ministry spokesman Alexei Zaitsev as saying | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia urged Tajikistan and Afghanistan to resolve any dispute in a mutually acceptable manner saying it had heard reports they were sending troops to their common border TASS quoted the foreign ministry in Moscow as saying on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-afghanistan-tajikistan-russia/russia-urges-calm-between-ally-tajikistan-afghanistan-idUSKBN2GQ1D3 | 2021-10-01 |
| We will discuss all relations including military political economic commercial he said | Positive | ISTANBUL Reuters Turkey is considering more joint defence industry steps with Russia including for fighter jets and submarines President Tayyip Erdogan said after talks with President Vladimir Putin despite a U.S. warning of further sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-turkey-russia-erdogan/erdogan-says-turkey-is-looking-at-further-defence-steps-with-russia-idUSKBN2GQ0Z3 | 2021-10-01 |
| Last week Erdogan was quoted as saying on his return from a visit to New York that U.S.Turkish relations were not healthy and their current direction does not bode well | Negative | ISTANBUL Reuters Turkey is considering more joint defence industry steps with Russia including for fighter jets and submarines President Tayyip Erdogan said after talks with President Vladimir Putin despite a U.S. warning of further sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-turkey-russia-erdogan/erdogan-says-turkey-is-looking-at-further-defence-steps-with-russia-idUSKBN2GQ0Z3 | 2021-10-01 |
| The decision to reactivate the lines is to help realise the expectations and desire of the entire Korean nation for recovery and durable peace in crossborder relations Kim said | Positive | SEOUL Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is willing to restore severed interKorean hotlines next month but accused the United States of proposing talks without changing its hostile policy to the country state media KCNA reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/n-koreas-kim-offers-to-reopen-inter-korean-hotline-slams-u-s-hostile-policy-idUSKBN2GP2EQ | 2021-09-30 |
| U.S.Sino relations have sunk to their worst state in decades this year with scant progress on issues ranging from human rights to transparency over the origins of COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON/PARIS Reuters The United States has reached out to China diplomatically about reducing its purchases of Iranian crude oil U.S. and European officials said on Tuesday as Washington seeks to persuade Tehran to resume talks about reviving the 2015 nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-china-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-has-reached-out-to-china-about-cutting-oil-imports-from-iran-officials-say-idUSKBN2GO2IC | 2021-09-29 |
| The review team has established that the presumed victims were promised jobs in exchange for sexual relations or in order to keep their jobs commission member Malick Coulibaly told a press briefing | Negative | GENEVA Reuters More than 80 aid workers including some employed by the World Health Organization WHO were involved in sexual abuse and exploitation during an Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo an independent commission said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-ebola-who/who-employees-took-part-in-congo-sex-abuse-during-ebola-crisis-report-says-idUSKBN2GO1GE | 2021-09-29 |
| Some market players have doubts about whether GPIFs decision is purely financial given rocky diplomatic relations between the two countries | Negative | TOKYO/SHANGHAI Reuters Japans Government Pension Investment Fund GPIF will not invest in Chinese government bonds due to settlement and liquidity issues even after they will be included in a major bond index next month it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/japan-gpif-china/japans-gpif-to-shun-chinese-govt-bonds-even-after-benchmark-inclusion-idUSKBN2GP09U | 2021-09-29 |
| Earlier in September Chinas Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Bidens climate envoy John Kerry in a virtual meeting that Washington needed to take practical steps to improve relations by responding to a list of demands which included dropping the case against Meng | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters The White House on Monday said a nearsimultaneous release of a top Huawei executive and two Canadians detained shortly after her arrest was not a prisoner swap but that their cases came up in a call between the Chinese and American presidents weeks before | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-xi-biden-huawei/white-house-rebuts-idea-that-huaweis-meng-was-freed-in-prisoner-swap-idUSKBN2GN1VB | 2021-09-28 |
| Austins conversation with French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly comes as the United States is seeking to repair relations with Paris after Washington announced on Sept | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters France has Washingtons continued support for counterterrorism efforts in Africas Sahel region U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told his French counterpart in a phone call on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-france-defense/pentagon-chief-tells-french-counterpart-u-s-supports-sahel-mission-idUSKBN2GO069 | 2021-09-28 |
| The deteriorating relations have put the fragile transition to democratic civilian rule in its most precarious position in the two years since the removal of former President Omar alBashir | Negative | CAIRO Reuters Tensions between Sudans military and civilian politicians reached a low point on Sunday in the wake of last weeks attempted coup with senior officials calling on the public to prepare for protests over the withdrawal of official security details | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-politics/sudan-military-civilian-tensions-reach-low-point-in-wake-of-coup-attempt-idUSKBN2GM0KW | 2021-09-27 |
| A row between Washington and Paris over a deal for Australia to buy U.S. instead of French submarines has put Germany in an awkward spot between allies but also gives Berlin the chance to help heal relations and rethink their common stance on China | Negative | BERLIN Reuters Germanys Social Democrats were set on Monday to start the process of trying to form a government after they narrowly won their first national election since 2005 to end 16 years of conservativeled rule under Angela Merkel | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-election/german-spd-seeks-allies-to-replace-merkel-led-coalition-idUSKBN2GN09Z | 2021-09-27 |
| While the Trump administration accused Tedros of being Chinacentric charges he rejected relations warmed with the Biden administration especially after Tedros publicly said that further investigations were needed into the origins of the virus including audits of Chinas laboratories diplomats said | Negative | GENEVA Reuters Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has gained wide support for a second term as head of the World Health Organisation formally nominated by at least 17 European Union members and backed by countries in other regions diplomats said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-who-election/tedros-poised-for-re-election-at-who-as-support-grows-diplomats-idUSKBN2GJ1E1 | 2021-09-24 |
| relations and then to make it possible to cooperate in a wide range of areas it said | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met his South Korean counterpart Chung Euiyong on Thursday and the two restated positions in a dispute that has brought titfortat trade restrictions but agreed to accelerate consultations to resolve the issue Japans account of the meeting said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan/japan-and-south-korea-meet-restate-positions-in-dispute-idUSKBN2GJ1RS | 2021-09-24 |
| Georgieva has personally retained a public relations firm SKDK to push back against the allegations | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters A former World Bank official who prepared reports at the center of a datarigging scandal that aided China defended IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday as the Economist magazine called for her to resign over her alleged role in the controversy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/imf-worldbank-georgieva-editorial/ex-world-bank-official-defends-georgieva-as-magazine-calls-for-her-ouster-at-imf-idUSKBN2GJ1MI | 2021-09-24 |
| Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by telephone on Wednesday to smooth relations and France said its ambassador would return to Washington next week | Positive | SYDNEY Reuters Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he has tried to arrange a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron but has been unsuccessful so far a week after his cancellation of a major submarine deal sparked a diplomatic row with Paris | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-aukus-security-australia/australia-says-will-be-patient-on-rebuilding-ties-with-france-idUSKBN2GJ00Z | 2021-09-23 |
| ALGIERS/CAIRO Reuters Algerias supreme security council decided on Wednesday to close the countrys airspace to all Moroccan civil and military aircraft the Algerian presidency said less than a month after it cut diplomatic relations with the Kingdom | Negative | ALGIERS/CAIRO Reuters Algerias supreme security council decided on Wednesday to close the countrys airspace to all Moroccan civil and military aircraft the Algerian presidency said less than a month after it cut diplomatic relations with the Kingdom | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-airspace-morocco/algeria-closes-airspace-to-moroccan-aviation-as-dispute-deepens-idUSKBN2GI1XD | 2021-09-23 |
| Koreans are very hopeful that the two foreign ministers of Japan and Korea will work on something to normalize relations between Korea and Japan he said | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Euiyong said he would meet his Japanese counterpart on Thursday and hoped for progress to end a dispute that has led to titfortat trade restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan/south-korea-foreign-minister-says-to-meet-japan-counterpart-on-thursday-idUSKBN2GI26P | 2021-09-23 |
| In these times CELAC can become the principal instrument to consolidate relations between our Latin American and Caribbean nations he said in a cavernous ballroom at Mexicos ornate national palace where leaders took turns speaking and some sparks flew between ideological adversaries | Positive | MEXICO CITY Reuters Latin American and Caribbean nations should aspire to a bloc like the European Union Mexicos president and other leaders said at a summit on Saturday in a bid to wrest influence away from the Washingtonbased Organization of American States OAS | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-latam-summit-bolivia/european-union-style-bloc-pitched-for-latin-america-caribbean-idUSKBN2GE098 | 2021-09-20 |
| The President of the Republic sends his condolences to the Algerian people and remains committed to developing close relations of esteem and friendship between the French people and Algerian people the French presidency said in a statement | Positive | ALGIERS Reuters Former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika ousted in 2019 after mass protests was given a state funeral on Sunday attended by senior officials but received little of the attention given to such occasions in the past | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-bouteflika-burial/former-algerian-president-bouteflika-given-state-funeral-idUSKBN2GF0BO | 2021-09-20 |
| The row marks the lowest point in relations between Australia and France since 1995 when Canberra protested Frances decision to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific and recalled its ambassador for consultations | Negative | PARIS/CANBERRA/WASHINGTON Reuters France plunged into an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with the United States and Australia on Friday after it recalled its ambassadors from both countries over a trilateral security deal which sank a Frenchdesigned submarine contract with Canberra | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-security-france-australia/in-escalation-over-submarine-deal-france-recalls-envoys-from-u-s-and-australia-idUSKBN2GD09N | 2021-09-18 |
| But the EUs relations with China have worsened | Negative | TAIPEI Reuters Taiwans government called on the European Union to quickly begin trade talks after the bloc pledged to seek a trade deal with the techheavyweight island something Taipei has long angled for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eu-china-taiwan/taiwan-calls-for-quick-start-to-trade-talks-with-eu-idUSKBN2GD06X | 2021-09-17 |
| In May the European Parliament halted ratification of a new investment pact with China until Beijing lifts sanctions on EU politicians deepening a dispute in SinoEuropean relations and denying EU companies greater access to the worlds secondlargest economy | Negative | TAIPEI Reuters Taiwans government called on the European Union to quickly begin trade talks after the bloc pledged to seek a trade deal with the techheavyweight island something Taipei has long angled for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eu-china-taiwan/taiwan-calls-for-quick-start-to-trade-talks-with-eu-idUSKBN2GD06X | 2021-09-17 |
| Afghanistans missions overseas face a period of prolonged limbo as countries decide whether to recognise the Taliban said Afzal Ashraf an international relations expert and visiting fellow at Britains University of Nottingham | Negative | Fixes typo in para 13 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-afghanistan-conflict-ambassadors/afghan-envoys-marooned-abroad-after-talibans-sudden-return-idUSKBN2GC034 | 2021-09-16 |
| Following are key moments in North Koreas missile tests and its foreign relations in particular with the United States over the past few years | Negative | Reuters North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan South Koreas military said on Wednesday ratcheting up tensions just days after testing a longrange cruise missile | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-northkorea-missiles-timeline/timeline-north-koreas-tests-and-summits-over-recent-years-idUSKBN2GB0G2 | 2021-09-16 |
| Israel and Sudan announced in the following month that they would normalize relations and Morocco established diplomatic ties with Israel in December after Biden defeated Trump in the U.S. election | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will host a virtual meeting on Friday with his counterparts from Israel the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Morocco to mark the first anniversary of normalization agreements between the Arab countries and Israel officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-israel-normalization/blinken-to-host-event-marking-anniversary-of-israel-arab-normalization-deals-idUSKBN2GA1SB | 2021-09-15 |
| President Joe Biden has backed the deals since taking office in January and senior aides have said they were working to get additional Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel after decades of enmity | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will host a virtual meeting on Friday with his counterparts from Israel the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Morocco to mark the first anniversary of normalization agreements between the Arab countries and Israel officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-israel-normalization/blinken-to-host-event-marking-anniversary-of-israel-arab-normalization-deals-idUSKBN2GA1SB | 2021-09-15 |
| As relations with France have worsened Malis military junta has increased contacts with Russia including Defence Minister Sadio Camara visiting Moscow and overseeing tank exercises on Sept | Negative | PARIS Reuters A deal is close that would allow Russian mercenaries into Mali extending Russian influence over security affairs in West Africa and triggering opposition from former colonial power France seven diplomatic and security sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sahel-security-mali-russia-exclusive/exclusive-deal-allowing-russian-mercenaries-into-mali-is-close-sources-idUSKBN2G916O | 2021-09-14 |
| I believe Japans relations with China have their own unique importance Kishida told a subsequent news conference | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Japan must counter neighbouring Chinas assertiveness by beefing up the coast guard and improving its coordination with the military Fumio Kishida a contender to head the ruling party and become the next prime minister said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/japan-pm-contender-kishida-aims-to-boost-security-with-china-in-mind-idUSKBN2G904B | 2021-09-14 |
| Taliban leaders in recent weeks have said they want good relations with China | Positive | ISLAMABAD Reuters As international donors gather in Geneva on Monday to discuss humanitarian relief for Afghanistan under Taliban rule neighbours China and Pakistan have already reached out with aid and discussions of future assistance | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-afghanistan-conflict-aid-analysis/analysis-as-west-ponders-aid-for-afghanistan-china-and-pakistan-quick-to-provide-relief-idUSKBN2G80E4 | 2021-09-13 |
| Generally she was seen as someone who understood central and eastern Europe said Michal Baranowski head of the German Marshall Funds Warsaw office adding PolishGerman relations were at a tricky moment | Negative | WARSAW Reuters German Chancellor Angela Merkels visit to Poland on Saturday part of a goodbye tour of Europe for the continents longest serving leader risks being overshadowed by tensions over a gas pipeline and questions over her legacy in central Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-poland-germany/ms-nord-stream-2-germanys-merkel-makes-difficult-last-visit-to-poland-idUSKBN2G625D | 2021-09-11 |
| Chinese state media said the conversation was candid and indepth adding that President Xi said U.S. policy on China imposes great difficulties on relations between the two | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for about 90 minutes on Thursday a senior U.S. official said with both leaders discussing the need to avoid letting competition between the worlds two largest economies veer into conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china/biden-and-chinas-xi-discuss-managing-competition-avoiding-conflict-in-call-idUSKBN2G606S | 2021-09-10 |
| Tunisias presidency said in a statement that bilateral relations should be protected to guarantee a better future | Neutral | TUNIS Reuters Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh met President Kais Saied in Tunisia on Thursday after tensions in recent weeks over border closures during the coronavirus pandemic and security threats | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-tunisia/libyan-interim-pm-discusses-border-closure-with-tunisian-president-idUSKBN2G5244 | 2021-09-10 |
| The market mood was helped by news that U.S. President Joe Biden had a wideranging call with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday offering hope for some thawing in relations between the super powers | Positive | SYDNEY Sept 10 Reuters The Australian and New Zealand dollars were looking to end a soft week on a firmer note on Friday as rapid progress on coronavirus vaccinations domestically augured well for an economic rebound in coming months | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/australia-forex/australia-nz-dlrs-try-for-firmer-finish-to-soggy-week-idUSL4N2QC0AH | 2021-09-10 |
| Moscow has a long history of relations with Conakry that goes back to trade and economic cooperation during the Soviet era and is currently focused mainly on the metals business | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russias Rusal said on Monday it aimed to keep its three major bauxite mines and one alumina refinery in Guinea operating after the military coup there but could evacuate all Russian personnel if the crisis worsened | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-guinea-security-russia/russian-aluminium-giant-says-could-recall-personnel-from-guinea-if-crisis-worsens-idUSKBN2G20RI | 2021-09-07 |
| The G7 statement said appointing a prime minister would create space for an inclusive dialogue about proposed constitutional and electoral reforms and added that democratic values would remain central to their relations with Tunisia | Positive | TUNIS Reuters The ambassadors of the G7 group of advanced economies urged Tunisias president on Monday to appoint a new head of government as a matter of urgency and return to a constitutional order in which an elected parliament plays a significant role | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tunisia-politics-g7/g7-nations-urge-return-to-constitutional-order-in-tunisia-idUSKBN2G216N | 2021-09-07 |
| Moroccos support for MAK was one of the reasons cited by Algeria in cutting diplomatic relations with the kingdom late last month | Negative | ALGIERS Reuters Algeria has arrested 27 suspected members of a separatist group that the government has declared a terrorist organisation after an attack in two northern towns police said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-violence-arrests/algeria-arrests-members-of-mak-separatist-group-after-attacks-idUSKBN2G21IA | 2021-09-07 |
| The Russian leader told the forum that both Tokyo and Moscow wanted good relations and said it was absurd they had not reached a peace agreement | Positive | VLADIVOSTOK Russia Reuters Russia will offer tax breaks to stimulate business on a disputed Pacific island chain and make them available to foreign investors including from Japan President Vladimir Putin said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-japan/putin-says-russia-to-offer-tax-breaks-to-spur-business-on-kuril-islands-idUSKBN2FZ0QC | 2021-09-05 |
| President Vladimir Putins special representative on Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said on Monday the embassy was working to establish relations Afghanistans new Taliban rulers | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russias embassy in Kabul said on Monday it was laying on extra evacuation flights from Afghanistan while Russian troops carried out military drills close to the Afghan border amid heightened regional security risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-afghanistan-conflict-russia-evacuatio/russia-to-evacuate-more-people-from-afghanistan-holds-drills-nearby-idUSKBN2FV0PX | 2021-08-31 |
| But he appealed to the United States and other Western nations to maintain diplomatic relations after their withdrawal which he expected would be completed very soon | Negative | Reuters The Taliban said on Saturday they were preparing a new cabinet as the U.S. evacuation nears its end and they expected that sharp currency falls and economic turmoil following their takeover of Kabul two weeks ago would subside | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-afghanistan-conflict-taliban/taliban-prepare-to-form-new-cabinet-as-u-s-evacuation-nears-end-idUSKBN2FT0DF | 2021-08-29 |
| During the meeting it was agreed on the importance of continuing consultation and working to advance relations between the two countries during the next stage the Egyptian presidency statement said | Positive | CAIRO Reuters Egypts President Abdel Fattah alSisi met Qatars Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad alThani in Baghdad on Saturday the Egyptian presidency said the first meeting since the two countries agreed in January to end a longrunning dispute | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-gulf-qatar-egypt/egypts-sisi-and-qatars-tamim-meet-for-the-first-time-since-reconciliation-idUSKBN2FT09Y | 2021-08-29 |
| While Chineseclaimed Taiwan and Japan do not have formal diplomatic ties they have close unofficial relations and both share concerns about China especially its increased military activities near the two | Negative | TAIPEI/TOKYO Reuters Taiwan and Japans ruling parties discussed how to handle the rising challenge they both face from their neighbour China as well as possible military exchanges during a virtual meeting that Beijing condemned as an affront to Chinese sovereignty | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-japan/taiwan-japan-ruling-parties-discuss-china-military-cooperation-idUSKBN2FS0BW | 2021-08-27 |
| From a certain perspective todays talks represent the efforts of both governments to raise relations Lo said | Positive | TAIPEI/TOKYO Reuters Taiwan and Japans ruling parties discussed how to handle the rising challenge they both face from their neighbour China as well as possible military exchanges during a virtual meeting that Beijing condemned as an affront to Chinese sovereignty | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-japan/taiwan-japan-ruling-parties-discuss-china-military-cooperation-idUSKBN2FS0BW | 2021-08-27 |
| Biden will also discuss with Bennett behindthescenes efforts to get more Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel the official said | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters President Joe Biden will tell Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House on Thursday that Washington shares Israels concern that Iran has accelerated its nuclear program but remains committed for now to diplomacy with Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-israel/biden-to-tell-israel-pm-he-shares-alarm-over-iran-but-sticking-to-nuclear-diplomacy-idUSKBN2FQ1YP | 2021-08-26 |
| The exchange whose holding company is registered in the Cayman Islands has scaled back its product offerings and said it wants to improve relations with regulators | Positive | LONDON Reuters The worlds biggest crypto exchange Binance is not capable of being supervised properly and poses a significant risk to consumers Britains Financial Conduct Authority FCA said in a document published on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/uk-britain-binance-regulator/binance-cant-be-supervised-properly-says-uk-financial-watchdog-idUSKBN2FQ1HB | 2021-08-26 |
| WASHINGTON Reuters President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday will seek to reset the tone of U.S.Israeli relations in their first White House meeting and find common ground on Iran despite differences on how to deal with its nuclear program | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday will seek to reset the tone of U.S.Israeli relations in their first White House meeting and find common ground on Iran despite differences on how to deal with its nuclear program | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-israel/biden-israeli-pm-seek-to-reset-relations-narrow-differences-on-iran-idUSKBN2FR0BY | 2021-08-26 |
| Biden will also discuss with Bennett behindthescenes efforts to get more Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel the senior U.S. official said | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday will seek to reset the tone of U.S.Israeli relations in their first White House meeting and find common ground on Iran despite differences on how to deal with its nuclear program | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-israel/biden-israeli-pm-seek-to-reset-relations-narrow-differences-on-iran-idUSKBN2FR0BY | 2021-08-26 |
| ALGIERS Reuters Algeria cut diplomatic relations with Morocco on Tuesday citing what it called hostile actions by its most populous neighbour with which it has had strained relations for decades | Negative | ALGIERS Reuters Algeria cut diplomatic relations with Morocco on Tuesday citing what it called hostile actions by its most populous neighbour with which it has had strained relations for decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-morocco/algeria-cuts-diplomatic-relations-with-morocco-idUSKBN2FP1I6 | 2021-08-25 |
| While the border between the two North African powers has been closed since 1994 diplomatic relations have not been broken since they were restored in 1988 following an earlier dispute | Positive | ALGIERS Reuters Algeria cut diplomatic relations with Morocco on Tuesday citing what it called hostile actions by its most populous neighbour with which it has had strained relations for decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-morocco/algeria-cuts-diplomatic-relations-with-morocco-idUSKBN2FP1I6 | 2021-08-25 |
| A 2013 Russian law decried by Western countries bans the promotion of nontraditional sexual relations to minors | Negative | BARCELONA Reuters A Russian family who fled their country after receiving homophobic messages and death threats online for appearing in a supermarket advert say their ordeal was worthwhile because it helped raise the profile if briefly of the LGBT+ community | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-lgbt-spain/lgbt-family-that-fled-russia-says-advert-brought-more-hope-than-hatred-idUSKBN2FP0SU | 2021-08-25 |
| The Taliban in the past week has pledged peaceful relations with other countries womens rights and independent media but some former diplomats and academics said the Islamist militant group while more media and internet savvy than the Taliban of the 1990s is just as brutal | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters As foreign governments aid institutions and companies scramble to evacuate staff from Afghanistan a crucial question is emerging should they engage with the ruling Taliban or abandon years of investment in the country and 38 million Afghans | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-afghanistan-conflict-engagement/taliban-rule-presents-aid-agencies-with-moral-fiscal-dilemma-idUSKBN2FP09C | 2021-08-24 |
| The visit comes as a brief thaw in interKorean relations in July gave way to a new standoff over U.S.South Korean military exercises that North Korea has warned could trigger a security crisis | Negative | SEOUL Reuters The United States does not have hostile intent toward Pyongyang and is open to meeting any time and any place Washingtons special envoy for North Korea said on Monday during a visit to South Korea | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-southkorea-usa-northkorea/u-s-envoy-says-no-hostile-intent-toward-north-korea-calls-for-talks-idUSKBN2FO00T | 2021-08-23 |
| We view such hostile actions by the Biden administration as dictated by a lack of political will and an unwillingness to build U.S.Russian relations on a partnership basis Maria Zakharova a spokeswoman for Russias Foreign Ministry was quoted as saying in the statement | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Moscow pledged retaliatory measures after a new set of sanctions imposed by the United States on a Russian ship and two companies involved in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline Russias foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-nordstream-gas-usa-sanctions-russia/russia-pledges-retaliation-after-new-u-s-sanctions-idUSKBN2FM09Z | 2021-08-23 |
| On Afghanistan Putin said it was not in Russias interests to dwell on the results of the U.S. military campaign there and that it was important to establish good and neighbourly relations with Afghanistan | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday used her final official visit to Russia to tell President Vladimir Putin to free Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny but the Kremlin leader rebuffed her saying the jailing was unrelated to politics | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-germany-putin-merkel/merkel-putin-clash-over-navalny-on-her-last-trip-to-russia-idUSKBN2FL10B | 2021-08-23 |
| WASHINGTON Reuters President Joe Biden plans to nominate veteran U.S. diplomat Nicholas Burns to serve as U.S. ambassador to China the White House said on Friday signaling the administration may be looking for the envoy to play a more central role in the increasingly fractious relations between the two global rivals | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters President Joe Biden plans to nominate veteran U.S. diplomat Nicholas Burns to serve as U.S. ambassador to China the White House said on Friday signaling the administration may be looking for the envoy to play a more central role in the increasingly fractious relations between the two global rivals | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-china-ambassador/in-shift-biden-taps-career-diplomat-not-politician-for-ambassador-to-china-idUSKBN2FL23M | 2021-08-23 |
| Correlations between mercury levels and tests of memory verbal fluency and rational thinking were most notable in subjects between the ages of 12 and 20 years he said casting a pall over the future of the Munduruku | Positive | Reuters By the time 38yearold Irene Munduruku was rushed to a hospital in northern Brazil last year she could not move her arms and legs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-mercury-feature/brazils-munduruku-tribe-haunted-by-mercurys-deadly-threat-idUSKBN2FL18W | 2021-08-23 |
| Roberto Velasco a senior Mexican foreign ministry official responsible for North American relations said Mexico had not yet received any notification from the U.S. government about the ruling | Neutral | WASHINGTON Reuters A U.S. Supreme Court justice on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that would require Democratic President Joe Biden to reinstate a contentious immigration policy implemented by his Republican predecessor Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-immigration-court-border/u-s-supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-reinstatement-of-trump-era-immigration-policy-idUSKBN2FL1I3 | 2021-08-23 |
| If its liquidated that would push JapanSouth Korea relations into a serious situation | Negative | TOKYO Reuters Japan warned on Thursday of serious ramifications if a South Korean court ruling against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries over forced colonial labour is enforced | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan-mitsubishi-heavy/japan-warns-of-serious-impact-of-south-korea-court-ruling-on-forced-labour-idUSKBN2FK0A5 | 2021-08-19 |
| My efforts will be focused on expanding Binances international antimoney laundering and investigation programs as well as strengthening the organizations relations with regulatory and law enforcement bodies worldwide Greg Monahan the new appointee said in a statement | Positive | HONG KONG Reuters Binance said on Wednesday it had appointed a former U.S. Treasury criminal investigator as its global money laundering reporting officer part of an attempt by one of the worlds largest crypto exchanges to reinvent itself as a regulated financial firm | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-fintech-blockchain-exchange-binance/crypto-exchange-binance-hires-former-us-treasury-criminal-investigator-idUSKBN2FJ0Q2 | 2021-08-19 |
| Algeria and its most populous neighbour Morocco have had bad relations for decades with Algiers backing the armed Polisario movement that seeks independence for Western Sahara a territory Rabat sees as its own | Negative | ALGIERS Reuters Algeria on Wednesday blamed devastating wildfires this month on two groups it recently designated as terrorist organisations adding that one of them was backed by Morocco and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-morocco-wildfires/algeria-accuses-groups-it-links-to-morocco-israel-of-setting-wildfires-idUSKBN2FJ23H | 2021-08-19 |
| Binance chief executive Changpeng Zhao said last month he wanted to improve relations with regulators and said the exchange would seek their approval and establish regional headquarters | Positive | HONG KONG Reuters Binance said on Wednesday it had appointed a former U.S. Treasury criminal investigator as its global money laundering reporting officer part of an attempt by one of the worlds largest crypto exchanges to reinvent itself as a regulated financial firm | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-fintech-blockchain-exchange-binance/crypto-exchange-binance-hires-former-us-treasury-criminal-investigator-idUSKBN2FJ0Q2 | 2021-08-19 |
| The Taliban said on Tuesday it wanted peaceful relations with other countries and would respect womens rights within the framework of Islamic law as they held their first official news briefing since their lightning seizure of Kabul | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russias foreign ministry said on Wednesday that the Talibans initial statements and actions suggested Afghanistans internal problems could be settled through negotiations involving all local political ethnic and religious forces | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-afghanistan-conflict-russia/russia-says-talibans-first-statements-suggest-problems-can-be-fixed-via-talks-idUSKBN2FJ1G6 | 2021-08-19 |
| The Taliban said on Tuesday they wanted peaceful relations with other countries and would respect womens rights within the framework of Islamic law as they held their first official news briefing since their lightning seizure of Kabul | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the situation in Afghanistan on Wednesday and called on key players to ensure security there Russias foreign ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-afghanistan-conflict-turkey-russia/russian-and-turkish-foreign-ministers-discuss-afghanistan-idUSKBN2FJ10E | 2021-08-19 |
| The rulings drew a rebuke from Tokyo which says the issues were settled under a 1965 treaty that normalised diplomatic relations and other arrangements made later | Negative | SEOUL Reuters South Korean President Moon Jaein said on Sunday that his government remained open to dialogue with Japan to step up cooperation while seeking to resolve historical rows that had long frayed bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-ww2-anniversary-southkorea-japan/s-koreas-moon-says-open-to-dialogue-with-japan-despite-history-feuds-idUSKBN2FG02G | 2021-08-15 |
| The relations between Seoul and Tokyo have remained at low ebbs for years over issues related to Japans 19101945 occupation of the Korean peninsula | Negative | TOKYO Reuters Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi visited Yasukuni shrine on Friday according to local media paying his respects at the shrine for war dead that is seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Japans past militarism | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-ww2-anniversary-japan-minister/japanese-defence-minister-visits-yasukuni-ahead-of-ww2-anniversary-idUSKBN2FE0YN | 2021-08-14 |
| When the Taliban were last in power between 19962001 China had already suspended relations with Afghanistan having pulled out its diplomats in 1993 following the outbreak of civil war | Negative | BEIJING Reuters A series of photos published last month by Chinese state media of Foreign Minister Wang Yi standing shoulder to shoulder with visiting Taliban official decked out in traditional tunic and turban raised eyebrows on the countrys social media | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-afghanistan-conflict-china-analysis/analysis-as-taliban-advances-china-lays-groundwork-to-accept-an-awkward-reality-idUSKBN2FF03D | 2021-08-14 |
| Lula maintained cordial relations with Brazils armed forces as president from 2003 to 2010 but his Workers Party was later engulfed in corruption scandals and he was convicted of bribery blocking his run for a third term in 2018 | Negative | BRASILIA Reuters The clouds of dark exhaust spewing from aging tanks and amphibious vehicles rolling past farright President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday were a poor smoke screen for a leader whose political support is slipping and reelection is in trouble | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-bolsonaro-analysis/analysis-brazils-bolsonaro-rolls-out-tanks-to-cover-his-weak-position-idUSKBN2FC1AK | 2021-08-13 |
| Here is some background on the shrine for Japans war dead and its impact on the countrys relations with China and both North and South Korea | Negative | TOKYO Reuters Nearly eight decades after Japans defeat in World War Two Tokyos Yasukuni shrine remains a potent symbol of its wartime legacy in East Asia and a flashpoint for regional tension | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-ww2-anniversary-japan-shrine/explainer-why-yasukuni-shrine-is-a-controversial-symbol-of-japans-war-legacy-idUSKBN2FE0FY | 2021-08-13 |
| DUBAI Reuters Israel and the United Arab Emirates which normalised relations a year ago are looking to Dubais Expo world fair in October to boost bilateral trade which now stands at around 712 million | Positive | DUBAI Reuters Israel and the United Arab Emirates which normalised relations a year ago are looking to Dubais Expo world fair in October to boost bilateral trade which now stands at around 712 million | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-israel-uae-economy/dubai-expo-in-focus-as-uae-racks-up-700-million-of-trade-with-israel-since-normalisation-idUSKBN2FE0AW | 2021-08-13 |
| Amid worsening relations between the worlds two largest economies U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman had a facetoface meeting with Chinas Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the end of July | Positive | BEIJING Aug 7 Reuters Chinas trade surplus with the United States stood at 35 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-economy-trade-usa/china-july-trade-surplus-with-united-states-at-35-4-bln-idUSL1N2PC1BE | 2021-08-07 |
| BMW which has so far been less affected by the chip shortage than some of its peers because of strong relations with its suppliers also said the second half will be more challenging for the German luxury carmaker | Positive | LONDON Reuters BMW and Stellantis became the latest major carmakers to warn on Tuesday that the global semiconductor chip shortage that has bedeviled the industry this year will drag on throughout 2021 and beyond hitting production and sales | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-autos-chips/when-the-chips-are-down-global-shortage-to-keep-crimping-carmakers-idUSKBN2F40XH | 2021-08-05 |
| The EU actively condemns discriminatory laws policies and practices including the criminalisation of consenting samesex relations between adults or transgender identities said an EU spokesperson | Negative | Clarifies reference in para 21 to countries like Ghana | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ghana-lgbt-lawmaking/ghana-lgbt-bill-would-threaten-fight-on-hiv-aids-says-unaids-idUSKBN2F5220 | 2021-08-05 |
| Biden has been eager to strengthen partnerships in Europe to counter both Russias and Chinas assertive posture given cool relations between Washington and those countries | Neutral | WASHINGTON Reuters President Joe Biden picked Mark Brzezinski a Democraticaligned foreign policy official with ties to Poland as his ambassador to the European country regarded as a key Western bulwark against Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-biden-diplomacy/biden-picks-diplomat-with-polish-ties-to-manage-key-nato-relationship-idUSKBN2F52G2 | 2021-08-05 |
| The task of the OAS should be to promote peaceful and cooperative relations in the hemisphere not to feed division and conflict | Positive | HAVANA Reuters The United States doubled down on its tough stance and sanctions on Cuba after historic protests in the Communistrun island last month and said it would seek to support protesters | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-cuba-unrest-americas/latin-americas-resurgent-left-and-caribbean-spurn-u-s-policy-on-cuba-idUSKBN2F3252 | 2021-08-03 |
| Moon has made improving diplomatic and economic relations with North Korea a top priority while the United States has long insisted relations with North Korea can not improve until it gives up its nuclear and missile programmes | Positive | SEOUL Reuters North Korea wants international sanctions banning its metal exports and imports of refined fuel and other necessities lifted in order to restart denuclearisation talks with the United States South Korean lawmakers said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/n-korea-wants-sanctions-eased-to-restart-talks-with-u-s-s-korea-lawmakers-idUSKBN2F408S | 2021-08-03 |
| He said relations kept moving forward despite twists and turns and added that the U.S. economy was improving under President Joe Bidens leadership | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters Chinas new ambassador to Washington Qin Gang on Wednesday wished the United States victory against COVID19 and said great potential awaited bilateral relations striking an optimistic tone as he arrived at his new post amid deeply strained ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-diplomacy-ambassador/chinas-new-ambassador-arrives-in-u-s-with-words-of-optimism-idUSKBN2EZ00G | 2021-07-29 |
| Despite closer military relations more than four decades after the Vietnam War ended in 1975 President Joe Bidens administration has said there are limits to the relationship until Hanoi makes progress on human rights | Negative | HANOI Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sought on Thursday to nudge forward security ties with Vietnam that have been slowly deepening as both countries watch Chinas activities in the South China Sea with growing alarm | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-pentagon-asia-vietnam/pentagon-chief-seeks-to-nudge-ties-with-vietnam-as-human-rights-concerns-linger-idUSKBN2EY2GR | 2021-07-29 |
| There are also limits to how far the United States is willing to deepen relations before Vietnam improves its human rights record | Positive | HANOI Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sought on Thursday to nudge forward security ties with Vietnam that have been slowly deepening as both countries watch Chinas activities in the South China Sea with growing alarm | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-pentagon-asia-vietnam/pentagon-chief-seeks-to-nudge-ties-with-vietnam-as-human-rights-concerns-linger-idUSKBN2EY2GR | 2021-07-29 |
| His appointment is aimed at improving the farright presidents relations with Congress where there have been dozens of requests for his impeachment as his popularity drops during the worlds seconddeadliest COVID19 outbreak | Negative | BRASILIA Reuters Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro appointed centerright Senator Ciro Nogueira as his chief of staff on Wednesday to shore up waning political support in Congress and recreated the labor ministry to deal with record unemployment | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-shuffles-cabinet-recreates-labor-ministry-idUSKBN2EY1TO | 2021-07-29 |
| Speaking to journalists Zhao gave a frank assessment of the challenges saying that he wanted to improve relations with regulators | Positive | FRANKFURT Reuters Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said he was willing to step down whenever he finds a successor who can do a better job as one of the worlds biggest cryptocurrency exchanges under pressure from regulators around the world sought to reinvent itself | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-crypto-currency-binance/binance-founder-willing-to-go-as-pressure-mounts-idUSKBN2EX212 | 2021-07-28 |
| SEOUL Reuters South and North Korea have restored hotlines that Pyongyang severed a year ago when ties deteriorated sharply with renewed efforts by the two countries leaders to rebuild relations the Souths presidential Blue House said on Tuesday | Positive | SEOUL Reuters South and North Korea have restored hotlines that Pyongyang severed a year ago when ties deteriorated sharply with renewed efforts by the two countries leaders to rebuild relations the Souths presidential Blue House said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-southkorea-northkorea/south-north-korea-have-restored-hotlines-as-leaders-seek-to-rebuild-ties-idUSKBN2EX06N | 2021-07-27 |
| The Kremlin said it valued and wanted to improve relations with Tokyo but saw nothing wrong with Mishustins trip | Negative | MOSCOW/TOKYO Reuters Russia rejected what it called a hostile Japanese diplomatic protest following a visit by the Russian prime minister to a disputed island chain on Monday saying he could go wherever on Russian territory he wanted | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-japan/russia-rejects-hostile-japanese-protest-over-island-visit-idUSKBN2EW08A | 2021-07-27 |
| The two leaders have explored ways to recover relations by exchanging letters on several occasions and agreed to restore severed hotlines as a first step for that process Park said in a statement | Positive | SEOUL Reuters South and North Korea have restored hotlines that Pyongyang severed a year ago when ties deteriorated sharply with renewed efforts by the two countries leaders to rebuild relations the Souths presidential Blue House said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-southkorea-northkorea/south-north-korea-have-restored-hotlines-as-leaders-seek-to-rebuild-ties-idUSKBN2EX06N | 2021-07-27 |
| They have also agreed to regain trust as soon as possible and foster progress on relations again | Positive | SEOUL Reuters South and North Korea have restored hotlines that Pyongyang severed a year ago when ties deteriorated sharply with renewed efforts by the two countries leaders to rebuild relations the Souths presidential Blue House said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-southkorea-northkorea/south-north-korea-have-restored-hotlines-as-leaders-seek-to-rebuild-ties-idUSKBN2EX06N | 2021-07-27 |
| The move was followed by the destruction of a joint liaison office inside the North that had been set up in 2018 to foster better ties plunging relations between the rivals to a low point | Negative | SEOUL Reuters South and North Korea have restored hotlines that Pyongyang severed a year ago when ties deteriorated sharply with renewed efforts by the two countries leaders to rebuild relations the Souths presidential Blue House said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-southkorea-northkorea/south-north-korea-have-restored-hotlines-as-leaders-seek-to-rebuild-ties-idUSKBN2EX06N | 2021-07-27 |
| WASHINGTON Reuters With no indication of a U.S.China leaders summit in the works nor any outcomes announced from highlevel diplomatic talks on Monday relations between Beijing and Washington appear to be at a standstill as both sides insist the other must make concessions for ties to improve | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters With no indication of a U.S.China leaders summit in the works nor any outcomes announced from highlevel diplomatic talks on Monday relations between Beijing and Washington appear to be at a standstill as both sides insist the other must make concessions for ties to improve | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-diplomacy-ossification-anal/analysis-u-s-china-positions-ossify-at-entrenched-tianjin-talks-idUSKBN2EW2HA | 2021-07-27 |
| His jailing has increased strains in Russias relations with the West which has called for him to be freed | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russian authorities blocked access to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalnys website on Monday in the runup to a parliamentary election their latest attempt to sideline his allies cast by the Kremlin as U.S.backed troublemakers | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-website/kremlin-critic-alexei-navalnys-website-blocked-by-regulator-before-election-idUSKBN2EW19V | 2021-07-27 |
| Mondays meeting took place amid frayed relations between Beijing and Washington that have worsened in the months since an initial diplomatic meeting in March in Anchorage the first under U.S. President Joe Bidens administration | Negative | BEIJING Reuters China blamed the United States on Monday for a stalemate in twoway ties accusing it of creating an imaginary enemy and setting a confrontational tone during a meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-diplomacy-meeting/china-blames-u-s-for-stalemate-in-ties-as-talks-begin-idUSKBN2EW05S | 2021-07-26 |
| An Asian diplomat speaking on the condition of anonymity said it appeared the Biden administration was now directing its focus more firmly on Asia after addressing other global issues such as relations with Russia and Europe | Negative | FAIRBANKS Alaska Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will become the first member of President Joe Bidens cabinet to visit Southeast Asia this week seeking to emphasize the importance Washington places on fortifying ties in the region while pushing back against China | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-pentagon-asia/with-eye-on-china-pentagon-chief-heads-to-southeast-asia-idUSKBN2EW0AF | 2021-07-26 |
| The Soviets seized the islands at the end of World War Two and a territorial row over them has prevented the two sides signing a formal peace treaty since and strained relations for years | Negative | TOKYO Reuters Japan will soon protest to Russia over Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustins visit to one of four islands held by Russia that Japan claims and calls the Northern Territories a top government spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-japan/japan-to-protest-to-russia-over-pms-visit-to-disputed-island-idUSKBN2EW08A | 2021-07-26 |
| U.S.China relations are in a standstill and face serious difficulties Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng was quoted as saying during the meeting by state television | Negative | BEIJING Reuters China blamed the United States on Monday for a stalemate in twoway ties accusing it of creating an imaginary enemy and setting a confrontational tone during a meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-diplomacy-meeting/china-blames-u-s-for-stalemate-in-ties-as-talks-begin-idUSKBN2EW05S | 2021-07-26 |
| On Thursday several lawmakers including Democratic Senator Chris Murphy who leads a key Senate foreign relations subcommittee criticized the Pentagon for carrying out the strikes even when no U.S. forces were in danger | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters The U.S. military said it carried out an airstrike on Friday against al Shabaab militants in Somalia in the second such action this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-somalia-strike/u-s-military-carries-out-second-strike-in-somalia-this-week-idUSKBN2ET21Q | 2021-07-24 |
| Both authorities agree that continuing such bilateral financial cooperation will help preserve financial stability in both countries and support the close bilateral economic and trade relations between Japan and Thailand Japans Ministry of Finance said in a statement | Positive | TOKYO July 23 Reuters Japans and Thailands central banks have renewed an existing bilateral currency swap arrangement allowing both authorities to swap their local currencies for the dollar during times of crisis Japans finance ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-thailand-swaps/japan-thailand-renew-bilateral-fx-arrangement-amid-covid-19-crisis-idUSL4N2OZ00C | 2021-07-23 |
| The threeway talks were held in Tokyo despite frayed relations between Japan and South Korea largely a result of recriminations by both sides stemming from Japans intervention in Korea before and during World War Two | Negative | TOKYO Reuters The United States Japan and South Korea are sending a clear message with their coordination on policy towards North Korea a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday despite some recent friction between the two Asian allies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-usa-southkorea/u-s-japan-south-korea-send-clear-message-to-n-korea-u-s-diplomat-idUSKBN2ER0B6 | 2021-07-21 |
| Foreign investors have been buying mainland Chinese stocks via Stock Connect for three straight days despite recent volatility as Chinas low correlations with the U.S. Federal Reserves policy offer diversification benefits for global portfolio managers Mizuho Bank said in a note | Positive | SHANGHAI July 21 Reuters China stocks rose early on Wednesday led by technology and resource but Hong Kong stocks fell as Beijings tight regulation continues to weigh on Internet plays | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-stocks-rise-led-by-tech-and-resource-hong-kong-down-idUSL1N2OX09K | 2021-07-21 |
| TOKYO Reuters South Koreas Olympic team will cook food for its athletes separately and screen ingredients for radiation during the Tokyo Olympics an official said on Monday a potential further irritant to frayed SeoulTokyo relations around the Games | Negative | TOKYO Reuters South Koreas Olympic team will cook food for its athletes separately and screen ingredients for radiation during the Tokyo Olympics an official said on Monday a potential further irritant to frayed SeoulTokyo relations around the Games | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympic-2020-fukushima-food/olympics-south-korea-team-to-screen-its-food-over-fukushima-radiation-concerns-idUSKBN2EP0WC | 2021-07-20 |
| Many small cap firms previously had little urgency to increase share prices but the new rules are having a huge impact on their mindset said Atsuko Furuta director at investor relations consulting firm IR Japan | Neutral | TOKYO Reuters Tighter requirements to stay on the Tokyo bourses prestigious main board are forcing Japanese companies to cease long criticised practices such as cashhoarding and cross shareholdings even as some investors call for tougher reform | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-stocks-tse/tokyo-bourse-overhaul-spurs-prime-market-push-for-japanese-firms-idUSKBN2EP2AE | 2021-07-20 |
| Suga and Moon were planning to discuss issues that have strained relations over generations including compensation for people forced to work in Japanese firms and military brothels during Japans 19101945 colonial rule the Yomiuri report said | Positive | TOKYO/SEOUL Reuters Plans to hold the first inperson summit between the leaders of Japan and South Korea have hit a snag over a disparaging comment by a Japanese diplomat about the South Korean president the latest flareup between the fractious neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-southkorea-summit/japan-s-korea-leaders-summit-in-limbo-amid-uproar-over-sexual-innuendo-idUSKBN2EO0NM | 2021-07-19 |
| Suga this month called relations between Japan and South Korea very difficult adding that it was up to Seoul to provide a response to the problems | Negative | TOKYO/SEOUL Reuters Plans to hold the first inperson summit between the leaders of Japan and South Korea have hit a snag over a disparaging comment by a Japanese diplomat about the South Korean president the latest flareup between the fractious neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-southkorea-summit/japan-s-korea-leaders-summit-in-limbo-amid-uproar-over-sexual-innuendo-idUSKBN2EO0NM | 2021-07-19 |
| Moon had earlier hoped the Olympics may offer an opportunity for North and South Korea to improve relations and revive peace talks before Pyongyang announced it would not take part because of coronavirus concerns | Positive | TOKYO/SEOUL Reuters Plans to hold the first inperson summit between the leaders of Japan and South Korea have hit a snag over a disparaging comment by a Japanese diplomat about the South Korean president the latest flareup between the fractious neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-southkorea-summit/japan-s-korea-leaders-summit-in-limbo-amid-uproar-over-sexual-innuendo-idUSKBN2EO0NM | 2021-07-19 |
| Land borders between Algeria and Morocco have been shut since the early 1990s over security aggravating friction between Algiers and Rabat whose relations have been worsening due to the conflict | Negative | CAIRO Reuters The Algerian foreign ministry recalled its ambassador to Morocco on Sunday and hinted at possible further measures in the latest flareup of tension between the North African neighbours over the disputed territory of Western Sahara | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-morocco/algeria-recalls-ambassador-to-morocco-in-row-over-western-sahara-idUSKBN2EO0JA | 2021-07-19 |
| The political uproar inflamed already fraught diplomatic relations between the two countries over issues including territorial disputes and their wartime history and cast further doubts over the hope that the Tokyo Games would be an occasion to kickstart momentum for regional cooperation | Negative | TOKYO/SEOUL Reuters Plans to hold the first inperson summit between the leaders of Japan and South Korea have hit a snag over a disparaging comment by a Japanese diplomat about the South Korean president the latest flareup between the fractious neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-southkorea-summit/japan-s-korea-leaders-summit-in-limbo-amid-uproar-over-sexual-innuendo-idUSKBN2EO0NM | 2021-07-19 |
| Samesex relations are illegal in more than 30 African countries | Negative | DOUALA Reuters Two transgender women in Cameroon convicted in May of attempted homosexuality were ordered released from prison on Tuesday until a court hears their appeal their lawyer said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-cameroon-lgbt/jailed-transgender-women-in-cameroon-to-be-released-pending-appeal-idUSKBN2EJ23P | 2021-07-14 |
| Irans foreign ministry did not immediately respond to questions from Reuters for this article and officials at the Revolutionary Guards public relations office were not immediately available for comment | Negative | Reinstates dropped word ‘to in para 11 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security/iranian-commander-urged-escalation-against-us-forces-at-iraq-meeting-sources-say-idUSKBN2EJ1B8 | 2021-07-13 |
| Lavrov said he viewed Kerrys visit as a positive signal for bilateral relations and that Russia was hoping for close cooperation on climate issues ahead of the Glasgow meeting | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters U.S. climate change envoy John Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday he wanted to set out some proposals to urgently try to get the two big greenhouse gas emitters working together to battle global warming | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-climate-kerry/john-kerry-on-moscow-trip-sets-out-u-s-climate-ideas-to-russia-idUSKBN2EI277 | 2021-07-13 |
| South Koreas unification ministry which handles relations with the North noted the article was not an official statement and said it would continue to seek ways to cooperate with Pyongyang to ensure health and safety in both Koreas | Positive | SEOUL Reuters U.S. humanitarian aid is a sinister political scheme to put pressure on other countries a North Korean researcher said after suggestions from U.S. allies such as South Korea that coronavirus vaccines or other help could promote cooperation | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-northkorea-aid/n-korea-dismisses-u-s-humanitarian-aid-as-sinister-scheme-idUSKBN2EI07Q | 2021-07-12 |
| Xis message said he plans to provide greater happiness to the two countries and their people by strengthening communication with Kim and by steadily leading the relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries to a new stage KCNA said | Positive | SEOUL Reuters The leaders of North Korea and China traded messages vowing to strengthen cooperation on the anniversary of their treaty of friendship cooperation and mutual assistance between the two countries North Koreas KCNA news agency reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-northkorea/leaders-of-n-korea-china-vow-greater-cooperation-in-face-of-foreign-hostility-kcna-idUSKBN2EG0HU | 2021-07-11 |
| SANTIAGO Reuters The son of a leader of Chiles Mapuche people was shot dead by police on Friday in the restive Araucania province local media reported in a potential blow to attempts to improve relations between the state and indigenous people | Negative | SANTIAGO Reuters The son of a leader of Chiles Mapuche people was shot dead by police on Friday in the restive Araucania province local media reported in a potential blow to attempts to improve relations between the state and indigenous people | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-chile-police/son-of-chile-indigenous-leader-killed-by-police-in-restive-province-media-idUSKCN2EG03Q | 2021-07-10 |
| Biden has said he wants to improve ties with Germany an ally he needs to help deal with broader issues including climate change the economic recovery and relations with Iran and China | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden will host a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel next Thursday to affirm deep and enduring ties between the NATO allies while also tackling some areas of disagreement the White House said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-biden-germany/biden-to-host-germanys-merkel-at-white-house-next-thursday-white-house-idUSKCN2EF20A | 2021-07-10 |
| Haitis minister of elections and interparty relations Mathias Pierre identified the HaitianAmerican suspects as James Solages 35 and Joseph Vincent 55 | Negative | PORTAUPRINCE Reuters A heavily armed commando unit that assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise this week comprised 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans authorities said on Thursday as the hunt went on for the masterminds of the brazen killing | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-haiti-president/ex-colombian-military-haitian-americans-suspected-in-killing-of-haiti-president-idUSKCN2EE1NU | 2021-07-09 |
| Russias relations with several European countries have been strained in recent months by a number of spying accusations against Russian diplomats in Europe | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia expelled an Estonian diplomat on Wednesday after accusing him of spying and gave him 48 hours to leave the country dealing a fresh setback to Moscows already strained relations with the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-estonia/russia-expels-estonian-diplomat-for-spying-in-spat-with-tallinn-idUSKCN2ED1G5 | 2021-07-08 |
| MOSCOW Reuters Russia expelled an Estonian diplomat on Wednesday after accusing him of spying and gave him 48 hours to leave the country dealing a fresh setback to Moscows already strained relations with the European Union | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia expelled an Estonian diplomat on Wednesday after accusing him of spying and gave him 48 hours to leave the country dealing a fresh setback to Moscows already strained relations with the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-estonia/russia-expels-estonian-diplomat-for-spying-in-spat-with-tallinn-idUSKCN2ED1G5 | 2021-07-08 |
| MOSCOW/VILNIUS Reuters Estonia accused Russia on Tuesday of detaining one of its diplomats after a setup designed to make him look like a spy saying the incident showed Russia was choosing confrontation in its relations with Europe | Negative | MOSCOW/VILNIUS Reuters Estonia accused Russia on Tuesday of detaining one of its diplomats after a setup designed to make him look like a spy saying the incident showed Russia was choosing confrontation in its relations with Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-estonia/estonia-decries-detention-of-diplomat-in-russia-idUSKCN2EC1V8 | 2021-07-07 |
| Russias relations with European countries have been hurt in recent months by a number of spying accusations against Russian diplomats in Europe | Negative | MOSCOW/VILNIUS Reuters Estonia accused Russia on Tuesday of detaining one of its diplomats after a setup designed to make him look like a spy saying the incident showed Russia was choosing confrontation in its relations with Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-estonia/estonia-decries-detention-of-diplomat-in-russia-idUSKCN2EC1V8 | 2021-07-07 |
| We think its another example that Russia has chosen confrontation instead of turning around the negative trend in relations with EU states member states | Negative | MOSCOW/VILNIUS Reuters Estonia accused Russia on Tuesday of detaining one of its diplomats after a setup designed to make him look like a spy saying the incident showed Russia was choosing confrontation in its relations with Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-estonia/estonia-decries-detention-of-diplomat-in-russia-idUSKCN2EC1V8 | 2021-07-07 |
| CANNES France Reuters Director Spike Lee on Tuesday denounced the state of race relations in the United States three decades after he first shook audiences in Cannes with films on bigotry and violence drawing parallels with the 2020 killing of George Floyd | Negative | Note Paragraph 3 contains language that may be offensive to some readers | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-filmfestival-cannes-spike-lee-race/spike-lee-tells-cannes-black-people-still-hunted-down-like-animals-idUSKCN2EC1OL | 2021-07-07 |
| A 2013 Russian law decried by Western countries as stateenforced bigotry bans the promotion of nontraditional sexual relations to minors | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters A highend Russian food retailer has angered both gay rights campaigners and opponents by running and then apologising for an ad that included a profile of a family in which a mother and her adult daughter both have female partners | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-lgbt-vkusvill/russian-food-retailer-apologises-for-ad-that-included-lesbians-idUSKCN2EB1FJ | 2021-07-06 |
| Speaking on state television Metropolitan Hilarion head of the Moscow Patriarchates department for external church relations said those refusing to vaccinate were committing a sin for which they will have to atone throughout their lives | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russias powerful Orthodox Church admonished people refusing to be vaccinated against COVID19 calling them sinners who would have to atone for the rest of their lives as the country reported another jump in new infections and deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/vaccinate-or-repent-russian-church-says-amid-hundreds-of-daily-covid-19-deaths-idUSKCN2EB113 | 2021-07-06 |
| The rollout mired in confusion and frustration due to frequent changes in medical advice for the AstraZeneca vaccine has become a flashpoint in relations between the federal government and state leaders | Negative | SYDNEY Reuters Australia will halve the number of arrivals from overseas as its coronavirus hotel quarantine system creaks under pressure from outbreaks of the highly transmissible Delta variant Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-to-halve-arrivals-from-overseas-offers-covid-19-exit-roadmap-idUSKCN2E75RU | 2021-07-02 |
| The department of health also faces allegations of irregular contracts with a public relations firm worth millions of dollars which last month forced the minister Zweli Mkhize to go on special leave | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Reuters The South African Medical Association threatened on Thursday to take the government to court because scores of new junior doctors cannot find placements despite staff shortages during the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-healthcare/s-african-medics-threaten-court-action-as-staff-shortages-hit-covid-response-idUSKCN2E74Z2 | 2021-07-02 |
| SAO PAULO Reuters Strained trade relations between China and Australia have prompted Chinese importers to buy more U.S. beef making room for Brazil to increase exports to the United States trade data show | Neutral | SAO PAULO Reuters Strained trade relations between China and Australia have prompted Chinese importers to buy more U.S. beef making room for Brazil to increase exports to the United States trade data show | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-beef/brazil-beef-exports-to-u-s-rise-amid-china-australia-trade-spat-idUSKCN2E74M6 | 2021-07-02 |
| I really hope that the realisation that the world is changing as well as the need to reassess our priorities and interests in this fluctuating world will lead to a better world order for our international relations including with the United States | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters The following are highlights from Russian President Vladimir Putins annual phonein on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin/key-remarks-from-russian-president-putins-annual-phone-in-idUSKCN2E6125 | 2021-07-01 |
| The Kremlin is at a delicate political juncture with its relations with the West badly strained and its oildependent economy emerging from the pandemic with high inflation and a weak rouble sensitive issues for voters | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters President Vladimir Putin told Russians on Wednesday that the time would come when he would name his possible successor in the Kremlin but said the choice would ultimately lie with voters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-successor/putin-says-the-time-will-come-when-he-names-his-possible-successor-idUSKCN2E61CQ | 2021-07-01 |
| Another condition for accessing HIPC was removal from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism achieved last year after Sudan agreed to provide compensation to victims of attacks and normalize relations with Israel | Positive | Reuters Sudan received approval from the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday for relief on more than 56 billion in debt and new IMF funding of 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-economy/sudan-approved-for-debt-relief-2-5-billion-funding-by-imf-idUSKCN2E42LY | 2021-06-30 |
| Russias relations with the United States and other Western countries linger at postCold War lows over issues ranging from Moscows annexation of Crimea to allegations of Russian meddling in U.S. elections | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday announced the extension of a 20yearold friendship and cooperation treaty between their countries both of which have strained ties with the West | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-china/russia-china-extend-friendship-and-cooperation-treaty-kremlin-idUSKCN2E41FR | 2021-06-29 |
| China was the most complicated when it came to relations Blinken added but said the United States would not ask any nation to choose between the two countries | Negative | ROME Reuters The United States hopes for more stable and profitable relations with Russia but if the latter continues to attack then Washington will respond Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-politics/u-s-eyes-more-stable-profitable-ties-with-russia-blinken-tells-paper-idUSKCN2E50JP | 2021-06-29 |
| That provoked an outcry on social media this week that comes amid strained relations between Twitter and New Delhi over the firms compliance with Indias new IT rules | Negative | LUCKNOW India Reuters A Hindu hardline group has filed a complaint with police against Twitters country head after politically sensitive regions were depicted outside a map of India on its website kickstarting an investigation in a fresh headache for the U.S. tech firm | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-india-twitter/twitter-faces-new-headache-in-india-after-police-complaint-over-controversial-map-idUSKCN2E50BN | 2021-06-29 |
| ROME Reuters The United States hopes for more stable and profitable relations with Russia but if the latter continues to attack then Washington will respond Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday | Negative | ROME Reuters The United States hopes for more stable and profitable relations with Russia but if the latter continues to attack then Washington will respond Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-politics/u-s-eyes-more-stable-profitable-ties-with-russia-blinken-tells-paper-idUSKCN2E50JP | 2021-06-29 |
| ROME Reuters Israel has serious reservations about the Iran nuclear deal being put together in Vienna new foreign minister Yair Lapid told his American counterpart as he pledged to fix the mistakes made in U.S.Israeli relations in recent years | Negative | ROME Reuters Israel has serious reservations about the Iran nuclear deal being put together in Vienna new foreign minister Yair Lapid told his American counterpart as he pledged to fix the mistakes made in U.S.Israeli relations in recent years | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-israel/israel-tells-u-s-it-has-serious-reservations-about-iran-nuclear-deal-idUSKCN2E30EW | 2021-06-28 |
| The first Gulf War ruptured diplomatic relations between Iraq and Egypt but these have improved in recent years with many senior officials from both countries exchanging visits | Positive | Fixes typo in spelling of analysts name to Halawa not Halwa | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-diplomacy-jordan-egypt/arab-alliance-meets-in-iraq-in-first-visit-in-decades-for-an-egyptian-leader-idUSKCN2E305R | 2021-06-28 |
| it is a dialogue necessary for the stability of the European continent Macron said on entering an EU summit in Brussels that will discuss the 27nation blocs relations with Russia | Positive | BRUSSELS Reuters The European Union should resume dialogue with Russia to safeguard the stability of the continent French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-summit-macron-russia/france-wants-eu-to-resume-dialogue-with-russia-for-stability-idUSKCN2E01E2 | 2021-06-25 |
| MOSCOW Reuters U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan returned to Moscow on Thursday after leaving the country in April amid a diplomatic crisis as relations improve slightly in the wake of last weeks leaders summit | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan returned to Moscow on Thursday after leaving the country in April amid a diplomatic crisis as relations improve slightly in the wake of last weeks leaders summit | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-diplomacy/u-s-ambassador-returns-to-moscow-after-leaving-amid-crisis-in-ties-idUSKCN2E01ZT | 2021-06-25 |
| BERLIN Reuters The European Union must seek to speak directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try and improve relations German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday | Positive | BERLIN Reuters The European Union must seek to speak directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try and improve relations German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-summit-russia/germanys-merkel-says-eu-should-seek-direct-contact-with-putin-idUSKCN2E00OR | 2021-06-25 |
| EU leaders will discuss a new strategy to manage worsening relations with Russia at their twoday summit in Brussels on Thursday | Negative | BRUSSELS Reuters France and Germany proposed on Wednesday a European Union summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to improve relations two diplomats said potentially paving the way for the first such meeting since 2014 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-summit-russia/france-germany-propose-eu-summit-with-russias-putin-diplomats-say-idUSKCN2DZ1TT | 2021-06-24 |
| His jailing has strained Russias relations with the West which has demanded that he be freed and criticised the extremism ruling | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters The legal defence team of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Wednesday made public for the first time the full text of a Russian court ruling that outlawed his political network as extremist on June 9 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-ruling/kremlin-critic-navalny-discloses-details-of-extremism-ruling-idUSKCN2DZ1VJ | 2021-06-24 |
| BRUSSELS Reuters France and Germany proposed on Wednesday a European Union summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to improve relations two diplomats said potentially paving the way for the first such meeting since 2014 | Positive | BRUSSELS Reuters France and Germany proposed on Wednesday a European Union summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to improve relations two diplomats said potentially paving the way for the first such meeting since 2014 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-summit-russia/france-germany-propose-eu-summit-with-russias-putin-diplomats-say-idUSKCN2DZ1TT | 2021-06-24 |
| Kims statement came during a visit to Seoul by recently appointed U.S. special representative for North Korea Sung Kim who was scheduled to meet with South Korean President Moon Jaein and Unification Minister Lee Inyoung who handles relations with the North on Tuesday | Positive | SEOUL Reuters A senior North Korean official ridiculed American hopes for talks on Tuesday as the United States and South Korea agreed to consider scrapping a controversial working group established to coordinate their policy toward Pyongyang | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-usa-southkorea/north-korea-ridicules-u-s-hopes-for-talks-as-allies-rethink-approach-idUSKCN2DY018 | 2021-06-22 |
| The working group was set up in 2018 to help the two allies coordinate their approaches to issues such as denuclearisation talks humanitarian aid sanctions enforcement and interKorean relations amid a flurry of diplomatic engagement with North Korea at the time | Positive | SEOUL Reuters A senior North Korean official ridiculed American hopes for talks on Tuesday as the United States and South Korea agreed to consider scrapping a controversial working group established to coordinate their policy toward Pyongyang | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-usa-southkorea/north-korea-ridicules-u-s-hopes-for-talks-as-allies-rethink-approach-idUSKCN2DY018 | 2021-06-22 |
| The presidents words about the constructive mood during the summit do not indicate that we have moved away from a sober assessment of our bilateral relations with the United States Peskov said | Negative | fixes headline | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-kremlin/kremlin-says-summit-will-not-stop-u-s-trying-to-contain-russia-idUSKCN2DX0WG | 2021-06-22 |
| Prospects for better relations between Muslim Shiite Iran and Sunni Gulf Arab monarchies could ultimately hinge on progress to revive Tehrans 2015 nuclear accord with world powers they said after Ebrahim Raisi won Fridays election | Positive | DUBAI Reuters Gulf Arab states are unlikely to be deterred from dialogue to improve ties with Iran after a hardline judge won the presidency but their talks with Tehran might become tougher analysts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-gulf/as-iran-veers-right-ties-with-gulf-arabs-may-hinge-on-nuclear-pact-idUSKCN2DV0GJ | 2021-06-20 |
| But Biden could struggle in a parallel attempt to stop the deterioration in U.S.Russia relations and deter the threat of nuclear conflict while also talking down Russia some observers said | Negative | WASHINGTON/GENEVA Reuters President Joe Biden on his first foreign foray sought to cast Russia not as a direct competitor to the United States but as a bit player in a world where Washington is increasingly preoccupied by China | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-summit-biden-analysis/analysis-biden-talks-down-russia-spurs-allies-in-bid-to-back-putin-into-a-corner-idUSKCN2DT0B4 | 2021-06-18 |
| U.S.Russia relations have deteriorated for years notably with Russias 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine its 2015 intervention in Syria and U.S. charges denied by Moscow of meddling in the 2016 election that brought Trump to the White House | Negative | GENEVA Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Wednesday to begin cybersecurity and arms control talks at a summit that laid bare their deep discord on those issues human rights and Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-summit/far-apart-at-first-summit-biden-and-putin-agree-to-steps-on-cybersecurity-arms-control-idUSKCN2DR2M0 | 2021-06-17 |
| Putin said it was hard to say if relations would improve but that there was a glimpse of hope regarding mutual trust | Negative | GENEVA Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Wednesday to begin cybersecurity and arms control talks at a summit that laid bare their deep discord on those issues human rights and Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-summit/far-apart-at-first-summit-biden-and-putin-agree-to-steps-on-cybersecurity-arms-control-idUSKCN2DR2M0 | 2021-06-17 |
| Instead this was about the U.S. trying to turn down the temperature in relations and to draw clear red lines with Russia | Neutral | Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed at their first summit on Wednesday to hold talks on arms control and cybersecurity | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-summit-quotes/reaction-to-biden-putin-summit-ranges-from-positive-to-disturbing-idUSKCN2DS2IQ | 2021-06-17 |
| Critics have drawn a parallel between Hungarys legislation and Russias 2013 law that bans disseminating propaganda on nontraditional sexual relations among young Russians | Negative | BUDAPEST Reuters The largest broadcasters in Hungary criticised a new law banning the display and promotion of homosexuality among under18s as a threat to freedom of expression and one said it could impact showings of some Harry Potter films and classic TV shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-hungary-lgbt-media/harry-potter-friends-may-fall-victim-to-hungarys-anti-lgbt-law-broadcaster-idUSKCN2DS1RI | 2021-06-17 |
| BRUSSELS Reuters The United States and the European Union have agreed a truce in their near 17year conflict over aircraft subsidies suspending for five years one set of Trumpera tariffs which had soured relations between them | Positive | BRUSSELS Reuters The United States and the European Union have agreed a truce in their near 17year conflict over aircraft subsidies suspending for five years one set of Trumpera tariffs which had soured relations between them | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-eu-usa-trade/u-s-eu-agree-truce-in-17-year-airbus-boeing-conflict-idUSKCN2DR0TW | 2021-06-16 |
| Both have said they hope their talks in a stately lakeside Geneva villa can lead to more stable and predictable relations even though they remain at odds over everything from arms control and cyberhacking to election interference and Ukraine | Positive | GENEVA Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin face off on Wednesday in their first meeting since Biden took office with wide disagreements likely and expectations low for any breakthroughs | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-summit/wide-disagreements-low-expectations-as-biden-putin-meet-idUSKCN2DR2M0 | 2021-06-16 |
| GENEVA/MOSCOW Reuters Dont expect a major breakthrough at a summit on Wednesday between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a U.S. official said on Tuesday given relations between Washington and Moscow are their most strained in years | Negative | GENEVA/MOSCOW Reuters Dont expect a major breakthrough at a summit on Wednesday between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a U.S. official said on Tuesday given relations between Washington and Moscow are their most strained in years | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-snapshot/biden-and-putin-summit-where-they-disagree-and-where-they-might-compromise-idUSKCN2DR18J | 2021-06-16 |
| Both leaders say they hope the Geneva meeting their first inperson encounter since Biden became president in January can lead to stable and predictable relations even though they remain at odds over everything from Syria to Ukraine | Positive | GENEVA/MOSCOW Reuters Dont expect a major breakthrough at a summit on Wednesday between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a U.S. official said on Tuesday given relations between Washington and Moscow are their most strained in years | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-snapshot/biden-and-putin-summit-where-they-disagree-and-where-they-might-compromise-idUSKCN2DR18J | 2021-06-16 |
| The worlds two biggest nuclear powers are keen to talk arms control to ensure stable relations between their militaries | Negative | GENEVA/MOSCOW Reuters Dont expect a major breakthrough at a summit on Wednesday between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a U.S. official said on Tuesday given relations between Washington and Moscow are their most strained in years | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-snapshot/biden-and-putin-summit-where-they-disagree-and-where-they-might-compromise-idUSKCN2DR18J | 2021-06-16 |
| Salazar in 2017 criticized Trumps migration policies saying border relations were about building trust not walls | Positive | MEXICO CITY Reuters U.S. Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas said on Tuesday the U.S. southern border is not open to irregular migration adding the Biden administration is developing lawful pathways aimed at slowing the flow of people at the border | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico-mayorkas/homeland-security-chief-says-u-s-mexico-border-not-open-idUSKCN2DR2N4 | 2021-06-16 |
| Oils resilience in the face of warming U.S.Iran relations suggests that the supply dynamic continues to play second fiddle to the expectation that demand will keep building into the second half of the year said Chris Beauchamp chief market analyst at IG. | Positive | Reuters European shares ended at a record high on Monday as energy stocks surged on strength in the oil market while expectations of accommodative monetary policy grew even as a global economic recovery picked up speed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/oil-stocks-power-european-shares-to-record-high-finish-idUSKCN2DQ0GK | 2021-06-15 |
| Thanking Biden for his years of commitment to Israels security and for standing by Israel during fighting with Hamas militants in Gaza last month Bennett said his government would pursue good relations with U.S. Democrats and Republicans alike | Positive | JERUSALEM Reuters Benjamin Netanyahus record 12year run as Israels prime minister ended on Sunday with parliament approving a new government of change led by nationalist Naftali Bennett an improbable scenario few Israelis once could have imagined | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-politics/netanyahu-out-bennett-in-as-israel-marks-end-of-an-era-idUSKCN2DP01I | 2021-06-14 |
| BRUSSELS Reuters NATO leaders hope to open a new chapter in transatlantic relations at a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday agreeing to focus on tackling climate change for the first time as well as facing up Chinas military rise | Neutral | BRUSSELS Reuters NATO leaders hope to open a new chapter in transatlantic relations at a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday agreeing to focus on tackling climate change for the first time as well as facing up Chinas military rise | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-nato-summit/nato-welcomes-biden-in-pivotal-post-trump-summit-idUSKCN2DQ010 | 2021-06-14 |
| Biden will meet Putin on June 16 in Geneva for a summit amid strained bilateral relations on a wide array of issues | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said he expected his summit this week with U.S. President Joe Biden to help establish dialogue between the two countries and to restore personal contacts the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-putin/putin-says-he-wants-biden-summit-to-help-establish-dialogue-ifax-idUSKCN2DP050 | 2021-06-14 |
| To restore our personal contacts relations to establish direct dialogue to create really functioning mechanisms in those areas that represent mutual interests | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said he expected his summit this week with U.S. President Joe Biden to help establish dialogue between the two countries and to restore personal contacts the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-putin/putin-says-he-wants-biden-summit-to-help-establish-dialogue-ifax-idUSKCN2DP050 | 2021-06-14 |
| Putin who has served as Russias paramount leader since Boris Yeltsin resigned on the last day of 1999 said ahead of the meeting that relations with the United States were at their lowest point in years | Negative | CARBIS BAY England Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a solo news conference after meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week denying the former KGB spy an elevated international platform to castigate the West and sow discord | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-summit/biden-to-hold-solo-news-conference-after-putin-summit-idUSKCN2DO09F | 2021-06-13 |
| Frances Macron offered to reset relations with Britain as long as Johnson stood by the Brexit deal a characterisation of the meeting that was rejected by the British team | Negative | CARBIS BAY England Reuters Britain will do whatever it takes to protect its territorial integrity in a trade dispute with the European Union Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday threatening emergency measures if no solution was found | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-g7-summit-brexit/whatever-it-takes-uks-johnson-warns-eu-over-post-brexit-trade-idUSKCN2DO088 | 2021-06-13 |
| WASHINGTON Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with NBC News ahead of his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden next week said U.S.Russia relations are at their lowest point in years | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with NBC News ahead of his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden next week said U.S.Russia relations are at their lowest point in years | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-usa-putin/putin-says-relations-with-u-s-at-lowest-point-in-years-idUSKCN2DN2JW | 2021-06-12 |
| During a meeting with Brazilian diplomats in Beijing last month Sinovac Biotech CEO Yin Weidong said a change of attitude in Brasilia would be convenient for more fluid and positive relations with the Chinese government according to two people familiar with the matter | Positive | BEIJING Reuters Chinas foreign ministry said Beijing is willing to deepen cooperation with Brazil in COVID19 vaccines after the chief executive of Sinovac a major vaccine supplier said antiChina comments in Brasilia didnt help with shipments | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-brazil/china-willing-to-deepen-covid-vaccine-cooperation-with-brazil-idUSKCN2DN1FF | 2021-06-12 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week the project was ready to start pumping gas to Germany and the final stretch would be completed as the new U.S. administration seeks good relations with key partners in Europe | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russias Nord Stream 2 gas project will start preparations on Friday to fill the first of two pipelines with natural gas within a few months the Gazpromled project said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-nordstream/nord-stream-2-to-start-work-on-filling-pipeline-on-friday-idUSKCN2DM1Y8 | 2021-06-11 |
| Cortina argued that decades of scientific research have shown both GMO corn and glyphosate are safe and warned of huge damage to Mexicos trade relations with the United States if the bans are fully implemented | Negative | MEXICO CITY Reuters Mexico is holding up import permits for GMO corn the head of the countrys main farm lobby told Reuters saying the government intended to apply a GMO ban to the grain used in animal feed despite contradictory comments by a top U.S. official | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-agriculture/mexico-stalling-gmo-corn-permits-ahead-of-ban-says-top-farm-lobby-idUSKCN2DM28Q | 2021-06-11 |
| In a statement in Portuguese posted on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Brazil Chapman said he has informed Biden of his decision and will spend the next 30 days continuing to strengthen relations between the two countries | Positive | BRASILIA Reuters The United States ambassador to Brazil Todd Chapman said on Thursday that he is retiring for personal reasons after just 14 months in Brasilia ending a State Department career spanning three decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-u-s-ambasssador/trump-appointed-u-s-ambassador-to-brazil-retires-idUSKCN2DM1RI | 2021-06-11 |
| Two weeks later at a meeting at Sinovac headquarters to discuss vaccine supplies Yin said a change of attitude in Brasilia would be convenient for a more fluid and positive relations with the Chinese government according to a diplomatic cable sent to Brasilia and seen by newspaper O Globo | Negative | In JUNE 9 story corrects to read Yin not Weidong paragraphs 411 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac-bio/sinovac-ceo-complained-about-anti-china-comments-in-brazil-sources-idUSKCN2DL2PD | 2021-06-11 |
| The goal it said should be to strengthen bilateral relations boost competitiveness and innovation and meaningfully address shared concerns with third countries | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday urged the United States and European Union to quickly resolve their disputes over steel and aluminum tariffs and aircraft subsidies and adopt a new privacy shield to better coordinate digital policy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-trade-eu-chamber/u-s-chamber-group-urges-quick-u-s-eu-action-to-end-tariffs-adopt-privacy-shield-idUSKCN2DL2OR | 2021-06-10 |
| President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called Harris an extraordinary woman and said bilateral relations had broken new ground after the two leaders met in Mexico City on Tuesday as part of her first trip abroad since taking office | Positive | MEXICO CITY Reuters Mexicos government on Wednesday praised U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris following talks aimed at curbing undocumented immigration and said another top Biden administration official would visit next week for more discussions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/mexico-hails-harris-after-visit-flags-more-border-talks-idUSKCN2DL1QY | 2021-06-10 |
| These agreements have been and remain key to the UAE in promoting judicial and legal cooperation with South Africa and strengthening bilateral relations between law enforcement institutions and partners on both sides the UAEs ambassador to South Africa Mahash Alhameli said in the statement | Positive | DUBAI Reuters The United Arab Emirates has ratified a 2018 extradition treaty with South Africa its embassy in Pretoria said on Wednesday a move that President Cyril Ramaphosas government hopes will lead to the return of the Gupta brothers to face corruption charges | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-politics-emirates/uae-ratifies-extradition-deal-with-south-africa-as-hunt-for-guptas-intensifies-idUSKCN2DL1ZT | 2021-06-10 |
| Asked about the controversy at a regular press conference on Wednesday Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said governmentsupported peopletopeople interaction had contributed positively to relations between China and Japan | Negative | BEIJING Reuters The Chinese foreign ministry defended the value of cultural exchanges with Japan on Wednesday after Chinese intellectuals came under heavy attack from nationalists online for attending events sponsored by the Japanese government over many years | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-diplomacy-japan/china-defends-cultural-links-with-japan-amid-online-nationalist-fury-idUSKCN2DL1ET | 2021-06-10 |
| The largest U.S. business lobbying group mapped out its recommendations in a fourpage memorandum sent to U.S. officials as President Joe Biden began his first trip abroad an eightday mission to rebuild transAtlantic ties strained during the Trump era and to reframe relations with Russia | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday urged the United States and European Union to quickly resolve their disputes over steel and aluminum tariffs and aircraft subsidies and adopt a new privacy shield to better coordinate digital policy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-trade-eu-chamber/u-s-chamber-group-urges-quick-u-s-eu-action-to-end-tariffs-adopt-privacy-shield-idUSKCN2DL2OR | 2021-06-10 |
| Apple has said its App Store practices increase the market for mobile software by creating an environment for paid apps that consumers trust and Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook and his team did not address frayed developer relations during the presentation | Positive | Reuters Apple Inc facing accusations from rivals that it has too much control over its App Store on Monday outlined plans to increase user privacy and keep consumer data out of other companies hands laying out features including expanded video conferencing and storing virtual government IDs on iPhones | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-apple-developers/apple-adds-virtual-ids-on-iphone-video-plans-that-rival-zoom-teams-idUSKCN2DJ105 | 2021-06-09 |
| Biden closes out the trip in Geneva for what could prove to be the most difficult meeting of the week a session with Putin who had enjoyed friendly relations with Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden departs for Britain on Wednesday on his first trip abroad since taking office an eightday mission to rebuild transAtlantic ties strained during the Trump era and to reframe relations with Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-g7-summit-biden-departure/with-g7-summit-the-first-stop-biden-embarks-on-8-day-trip-to-europe-idUSKCN2DL0C6 | 2021-06-09 |
| Lopez Obrador who built a working relationship with Donald Trump despite the former U.S. presidents economic threats and insults against Mexico over migration said his government was very interested in maintaining good relations with Washington | Positive | MEXICO CITY Reuters U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that she saw him as a partner in tackling migration as they agreed on Tuesday to deepen economic ties and invest to improve conditions in Central America | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-harris/harris-says-mexico-talks-candid-pledges-investment-to-stem-migration-idUSKCN2DK1BU | 2021-06-09 |
| The administration sees Mexico as an important partner both on slowing the flow of migrants and on working on development in Central America where relations between national governments and Washington are increasingly fraught | Positive | MEXICO CITY Reuters U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that she saw him as a partner in tackling migration as they agreed on Tuesday to deepen economic ties and invest to improve conditions in Central America | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-harris/harris-says-mexico-talks-candid-pledges-investment-to-stem-migration-idUSKCN2DK1BU | 2021-06-09 |
| WASHINGTON Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden departs for Britain on Wednesday on his first trip abroad since taking office an eightday mission to rebuild transAtlantic ties strained during the Trump era and to reframe relations with Russia | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden departs for Britain on Wednesday on his first trip abroad since taking office an eightday mission to rebuild transAtlantic ties strained during the Trump era and to reframe relations with Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-g7-summit-biden-departure/with-g7-summit-the-first-stop-biden-embarks-on-8-day-trip-to-europe-idUSKCN2DL0C6 | 2021-06-09 |
| Russia blames the deterioration in relations on the EU. | Negative | Reuters Russia must change its behaviour if it wants better relations with the European Union a senior EU official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-russia-michel/eus-michel-says-russia-must-stop-disruptive-behaviour-to-improve-ties-idUSKCN2DJ1QG | 2021-06-07 |
| A 2018 South Korea Supreme Court ruling that the 1965 treaty which normalised ties between the neighbours did not terminate the former forced labourers right to seek reparation individually plunged relations between them into their worst crisis in decades | Positive | SEOUL Reuters A South Korean court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by 85 victims of wartime forced labour seeking compensation from 16 Japanese firms saying accepting the case might violate a 1965 treaty under international law | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan/south-korea-court-dismisses-forced-labour-case-against-japanese-firms-idUSKCN2DJ0XZ | 2021-06-07 |
| Reuters Russia must change its behaviour if it wants better relations with the European Union a senior EU official said on Monday | Positive | Reuters Russia must change its behaviour if it wants better relations with the European Union a senior EU official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-russia-michel/eus-michel-says-russia-must-stop-disruptive-behaviour-to-improve-ties-idUSKCN2DJ1QG | 2021-06-07 |
| Charles Michel who chairs EU summits said in a statement that EURussia relations were at a low point and this situation or a worsening was in neither sides interest | Negative | Reuters Russia must change its behaviour if it wants better relations with the European Union a senior EU official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-russia-michel/eus-michel-says-russia-must-stop-disruptive-behaviour-to-improve-ties-idUSKCN2DJ1QG | 2021-06-07 |
| The downwards trend in EURussia relations can only change if Russia stops disruptive behavior he wrote on Twitter after a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin | Negative | Reuters Russia must change its behaviour if it wants better relations with the European Union a senior EU official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-russia-michel/eus-michel-says-russia-must-stop-disruptive-behaviour-to-improve-ties-idUSKCN2DJ1QG | 2021-06-07 |
| Since the interview Harry had made further public criticism of his childhood creating another public relations crisis for the royal family which is led by his grandmother the queen and 72yearold Prince Charles | Negative | LONDON Reuters Meghan Britains Duchess of Sussex has given birth to her second child a girl whom she and husband Prince Harry have named after Queen Elizabeth and his late mother Princess Diana | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-britain-royals/meghan-and-harry-name-baby-daughter-after-queen-elizabeth-and-diana-idUSKCN2DI0DC | 2021-06-06 |
| Since it completed its departure from the EU last year Britains relations with the 27member bloc have soured with both sides accusing the other of acting in bad faith over what is called the Northern Ireland protocol | Negative | LONDON Reuters Britain called on the European Union to be more pragmatic and Brussels urged London to help rebuild trust on Sunday as the sides prepared for talks this week on a part of the Brexit deal that governs trade with Northern Ireland | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/before-talks-on-n-ireland-uk-calls-for-pragmatism-and-eu-seeks-trust-idUSKCN2DI0G3 | 2021-06-06 |
| The governments public relations official declined to comment on Asahis report on Sugas election plan | Negative | TOKYO Reuters Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is likely to call a snap election after the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games a media report said showing his resolve to push ahead with the Games despite the countrys struggle to contain the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-japan-politics/japan-pm-suga-seen-calling-snap-election-after-tokyo-games-asahi-idUSKCN2DE2YH | 2021-06-04 |
| The move is part of Bidens broader series of steps to counter China including reinforcing U.S. alliances and pursuing large domestic investments to bolster American economic competitiveness amid increasingly sour relations between the worlds two biggest economies | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Thursday that bans U.S. entities from investing in dozens of Chinese companies with alleged ties to defense or surveillance technology sectors a move his administration says expands the scope of a legally flawed Trumpera order | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-usa-biden-china-investment/biden-order-bans-investment-in-dozens-of-chinese-defense-tech-firms-idUSKCN2DF20Y | 2021-06-04 |
| He said his government would not seek to establish relations with Beijing out of loyalty to longtime ally Taiwan | Positive | GUATEMALA CITY Reuters Guatemalas President Alejandro Giammattei criticized the countrys bestknown graft prosecutor for what he said was a leftwing politicization of the fight against corruption a view at odds with strong U.S. backing for his work | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-harris-guatemala-excl/exclusive-guatemalan-president-says-graft-fighter-biased-ahead-of-harris-visit-idUSKCN2DE2KE | 2021-06-03 |
| Businesses have flagged concerns about Lopez Obradors policies to Washington but the focus of bilateral relations has been keeping a lid on illegal immigration | Negative | MEXICO CITY Reuters Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors drive to strengthen state control of natural resources faces a key test on Sunday at midterm elections that will determine control of Congress for the rest of his administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-election/mexico-president-poised-for-election-win-fired-by-statist-energy-drive-idUSKCN2DE1ZY | 2021-06-03 |
| At the time people familiar with the matter told Reuters that Bolsonaros pressure on top military officials for public displays of their political support had soured relations and triggered the dramatic shakeup | Negative | BRASILIA Reuters Pilloried for his failed stint as Brazils health minister and caught in the crosshairs of a Senate probe on the pandemic General Eduardo Pazuello sought refuge last week before a friendly audience at a political rally in Rio de Janeiro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-military-analysis/analysis-politicking-general-puts-bolsonaro-at-odds-with-army-leaders-idUSKCN2DE2G6 | 2021-06-03 |
| Several journalists working for U.S. news organisations were expelled last year as relations between the two sides deteriorated | Negative | SHANGHAI Reuters China President Xi Jinping said the country must improve the way it tells its stories to a global audience as it seeks to develop an international voice that reflects its status on the world stage official news agency Xinhua reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-politics-media/chinas-xi-calls-for-greater-global-media-reach-idUSKCN2DD4UU | 2021-06-02 |
| In December 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States would recognise Moroccos claim over Western Sahara and open a consulate there as part of a deal under which Rabat agreed to restore diplomatic relations with Israel | Positive | Reuters Brahim Ghali leader of the Polisario Front which wants independence for Western Sahara is receiving medical treatment in Spain angering Morocco | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-morocco-westernsahara-background-fact/factbox-western-sahara-leaders-treatment-in-spain-angers-morocco-idUSKCN2DD3PV | 2021-06-02 |
| Shortly after the court decision Spanish government spokeswoman Maria Jesus Montero said she expected diplomatic relations with Morocco to return to normal within hours | Positive | MADRID Reuters Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali who has been treated for COVID19 in Spain for more than a month was to leave the country within hours a Spanish diplomatic source and a source close to Ghali said late on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-spain-morocco-polisario/western-sahara-independence-leader-to-leave-spain-soon-amid-diplomatic-row-idUSKCN2DD399 | 2021-06-02 |
| But the city also sought to keep friendly relations with the Russian gymnasts asking kids and other locals to show them support with making video messages and letters | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics the Japanese city of Kamo spent 70 million yen 640000 on horizontal bars gymnastic mats and other upgrades to training facilities for 42 Russian gymnasts and coaches who now wont be coming | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-japan-training/as-japan-loses-training-camps-olympics-buzz-fades-idUSKCN2DD2AE | 2021-06-02 |
| I think theres a big meaning to this from a strategic viewpoint of strengthening economic relations between Japan and the United Kingdom Nishimura said | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Member nations of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for TransPacific Partnership CPTPP on Wednesday officially agreed to allow the United Kingdom to start the process of joining the pact Japans economy minister said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-asia-trade/trans-pacific-trade-deal-members-agree-for-uk-to-start-joining-process-idUSKCN2DE0C5 | 2021-06-02 |
| In 2018 Russia tasked Seagal with improving humanitarian ties with the United States at a time when relations between the two countries have deteriorated to their worst level since the Cold War | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Hollywood actor Steven Seagal a longtime admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin has joined a proKremlin party the the party said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-seagal/hollywood-actor-seagal-joins-pro-kremlin-party-proposes-tougher-laws-idUSKCN2DB0A1 | 2021-05-31 |
| Samesex relationships are legal in Russia but a 2013 law bans disseminating propaganda on nontraditional sexual relations among young Russians | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russias communications regulator Roskomnadzor on Friday warned Walt Disney Co against distributing content it said was harmful to children in Russia with its release of a short film Out which features a gay main character | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-walt-disney/russia-warns-disney-against-distributing-short-film-featuring-gay-character-idUSKCN2D924E | 2021-05-31 |
| Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the problems were purely technical in nature and that the issue should not become an additional irritant in Russias relations with the European Union | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russias federal aviation agency Rosaviatsiya has told airlines that changes to routes from Europe to Russia due to a political row over Belarus may result in longer clearance times issues described by the Kremlin on Friday as technical | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-politics-russia-flights-rosav/moscow-tells-airlines-to-expect-delays-on-europe-russia-flights-idUSKCN2D90WN | 2021-05-31 |
| Earlier on Friday Masahisa Sato the head of a ruling party committee on Taiwan relations said Japan should provide Taiwan with vaccines as soon as possible adding When Japan was in need Taiwan sent us 2 million masks | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Japan said on Friday it would consider sharing COVID19 vaccines with other countries as a ruling party panel urged that part of its stock of AstraZeneca Plc doses be provided to Taiwan which hailed the move and urged a swift decision | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-taiwan/japan-to-consider-sharing-covid-19-vaccines-amid-calls-to-help-taiwan-idUSKCN2D830O | 2021-05-31 |
| It comes amid strained relations over U.S. election interference that Moscow denies cyberattacks and Ukraine | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-biden/biden-to-press-putin-on-respecting-human-rights-in-geneva-idUSKCN2DB0CF | 2021-05-31 |
| Ernesto Araujo who was replaced as foreign minister in March told senators on Tuesday that Bolsonaros disparagement of the Chinese vaccine did not impact relations with Brazils largest trade partner or delay vaccine supplies | Negative | BRASILIA Reuters Brazilian senators on Tuesday accused the countrys former foreign minister of undermining efforts to obtain COVID19 vaccines after he used antiChina rhetoric during the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-investigati/brazil-senators-say-anti-china-views-hurt-access-to-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKCN2CZ2EJ | 2021-05-19 |
| In what critics called an effort to improve relations with the North Moons government this year introduced a law banning defectors and activists from launching antiPyongyang leaflets into the reclusive country | Negative | SEOUL Reuters North Korean defectors and activists urged Joe Biden to ramp up pressure on North Korea over human rights as South Korean President Moon Jaein headed to Washington on Wednesday for his first summit with the U.S. president | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-southkorea-northkorea/north-korea-defectors-urge-u-s-rights-pressure-as-souths-moon-leaves-for-biden-summit-idUSKCN2D00AD | 2021-05-19 |
| The diplomats tweet which he quickly deleted was prompted by the presidents son Eduardo Bolsonaro then chair of the House foreign relations committee blaming authoritarianism in China for preventing faster action against the pandemic | Negative | BRASILIA Reuters Brazilian senators on Tuesday accused the countrys former foreign minister of undermining efforts to obtain COVID19 vaccines after he used antiChina rhetoric during the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-investigati/brazil-senators-say-anti-china-views-hurt-access-to-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKCN2CZ2EJ | 2021-05-19 |
| Rabat recalled its ambassador to Madrid for consultations said a diplomatic source who declined to be named adding that relations with Spain needed a moment of contemplation | Negative | CEUTA Spain Reuters A sudden influx of migrants swimming into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in northern Africa is a serious crisis for Europe Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday vowing to reestablish order promptly amid heightened diplomatic tensions with Morocco | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-europe-migrants/spain-vows-to-restore-order-after-thousands-swim-into-ceuta-from-morocco-idUSKCN2CZ0Q9 | 2021-05-19 |
| Jones and Jackson who was counsel and national security advisor for Jones will be part of the government relations and government enforcement and white collar groups | Neutral | Reuters Virtual law firm FisherBroyles announced Tuesday that it has cracked the Am Law 200 saying its the first nontraditional socalled distributed law firm to rank among the top 200 highestgrossing U.S. firms | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-industry-careertracker/career-tracker-virtual-firms-hit-an-industry-milestone-as-hires-continue-idUSKCN2CZ2PO | 2021-05-19 |
| On Monday the Rwandan leader said there was grounds for good relations between the two nations and that he hoped France would send an ambassador to Kigali | Positive | PARIS Reuters Frances acceptance in a report this year that it bore a responsibility for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda marked a big step forward in repairing relations between the two countries Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-rwanda-france/rwandas-kagame-says-relations-are-on-the-mend-with-france-idUSKCN2CY23A | 2021-05-18 |
| Zeman has for years favoured friendly relations with Russia backed Russian participation in building a new nuclear power plant in his country and has also urged Czech authorities to buy the Russian Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine | Negative | PRAGUE Reuters Russias decision to put the Czech Republic on a list of unfriendly states is silly Czech President Milos Zeman said on Sunday following a chill in ties between the two countries as a result of an intelligence dispute | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-czech-russia/silliness-czech-president-chides-russia-for-listing-his-nation-as-unfriendly-idUSKCN2CX0E8 | 2021-05-17 |
| It also has a public relations program as others doinviting journalists to check out its haul of leaked data andclaiming to make anonymous donations to charity | Positive | Reuters A unit of Japans Toshiba Corp said on Friday it had been hacked in Europe by the DarkSide ransomware group widely believed to have been behind a crippling fuel pipeline attack in the United States this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-toshiba-cyber-darkside-factbox/factbox-darkside-hackers-in-focus-after-toshiba-attack-idUSKBN2CV116 | 2021-05-15 |
| The White House is wary of describing Biden as seeking a reset in relations with Putin and U.S. officials see a facetoface as an opportunity to rebalance the relationship away from what they see as former President Donald Trumps fawning overtures to Putin | Negative | By Steve Holland Humeyra Pamuk and Andrew Osborn | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-biden-putin/when-biden-meets-putin-old-foes-could-cool-off-but-not-reset-idUSKBN2CU0XC | 2021-05-14 |
| I think were going into this new period of U.S.Russian relations with very realistic expectations the official said | Positive | By Steve Holland Humeyra Pamuk and Andrew Osborn | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-biden-putin/when-biden-meets-putin-old-foes-could-cool-off-but-not-reset-idUSKBN2CU0XC | 2021-05-14 |
| That has sparked calls for a deal to get faster access to vaccines from the United States and potentially sidelined other important issues for Moon and Biden such as North Korea policy or relations with China and Japan | Negative | SEOUL Reuters South Koreas struggle to boost coronavirus vaccine supplies is threatening to overshadow President Moon Jaeins first summit with U.S. President Joe Biden with pressure mounting on Moon to secure more and faster deliveries of U.S.made shots | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-southkorea-politics-moon-analysis/analysis-s-koreas-covid-19-vaccine-shortages-overshadow-moon-biden-summit-idUSKBN2CT0CB | 2021-05-12 |
| Cameroon is one of more than 30 African countries where samesex relations are illegal | Negative | DOUALA Reuters A court in Cameroon sentenced two transgender women on Tuesday to five years in prison for attempted homosexuality and other offences after they were arrested for the clothes they wore in a restaurant their lawyers said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-cameroon-lgbt-trial/cameroonian-transgender-women-convicted-of-attempted-homosexuality-idUSKBN2CS2MG | 2021-05-12 |
| Lopez Obrador who touted his good relations with both the previous Trump administration and the Biden administration has taken a harder line with Washington on a range of issues in recent months | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters The United States must fight corruption in Central America and help its economies in order to stem migration Vice President Kamala Harris said on Friday in a call with Mexicos president who pitched a treeplantingforvisas plan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/trees-visas-and-graft-feature-in-harris-migration-call-with-mexico-idUSKBN2CO0WW | 2021-05-09 |
| Lopez Obrador who has touted his good relations with both the previous Trump administration and the current Biden administration was speaking shortly before a call with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris about immigration | Positive | MEXICO CITY Reuters Mexico has sent a diplomatic note asking the United States to suspend funding for an anticorruption group critical of the government President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico-corruption/mexico-president-says-u-s-finances-anti-corruption-coup-plotters-group-idUSKBN2CO1L4 | 2021-05-09 |
| New Zealand has major trade ties to China and has long been touted by Beijing as a model of its relations with Western countries | Positive | WELLINGTON Reuters New Zealand wants a more mature relationship with China that goes beyond trade ties and gives room for disagreement particularly on issues of human rights the Pacific nations foreign minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-newzealand-china-interview/new-zealand-wants-a-mature-relationship-with-china-foreign-minister-says-idUSKBN2CO09U | 2021-05-07 |
| Thats not to say that there wont be a number of months of challenges in the government relations he told the conference in Sydney | Neutral | BEIJING Reuters China indefinitely suspended on Thursday all activity under a ChinaAustralia Strategic Economic Dialogue its state economic planner said the latest setback for strained relations between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-australia-dialogue/china-suspends-economic-dialogue-with-australia-as-relations-curdle-idUSKBN2CN079 | 2021-05-06 |
| The judiciary faces a vast backlog with many judgements taking at least five years another candidate for the chief justice position Nduma Nderi from Nairobis employment and labour relations court said during his interview | Negative | NAIROBI Reuters Kenyan judge Martha Koome has defended dissidents and helped to write womens rights into the constitution now shes on track to be the first female chief justice in a country where the role is particularly sensitive | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-kenya-justice/kenya-set-to-appoint-first-female-chief-justice-at-sensitive-moment-idUSKBN2CN0GT | 2021-05-06 |
| But win or lose at the trial Epic which has pursued an aggressive public relations campaign against Apple alongside its court pleadings may have already accomplished a major goal Drawing Apple squarely into the global debate over whether and how massive technology companies should be regulated | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Reuters Epic Games faces an uphill legal battle against Apple Inc in an antitrust trial starting Monday and a defeat for the maker of Fortnite could make it harder for U.S. government regulators to pursue a similar case against the iPhone maker legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-apple-epic-games/analysis-in-apple-versus-epic-games-courtroom-battle-is-only-half-the-fight-idUSKBN2CJ0HJ | 2021-05-04 |
| Epic also launched an aggressive public relations campaign to call attention to its allegations just as Apples practices have come under scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators in the United States and elsewhere | Negative | class=TextLabel__textlabel___3oCVw TextLabel__gray___1V4fk TextLabel__regular___2X0ym GlobalUtility__label___35new id=globalutilitydropdownlabel>Discover Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSL1N2MP0DG | 2021-05-04 |
| The companys general counsel Kevin Moreau and director of investor relations Andrew Woo also did not respond to requests for comment | Positive | TORONTO May 3 Reuters An Ontario court has placed Canadian lender Bridging Finance Inc in receivership and the provincial securities regulator ordered that all trading cease in securities in its funds for 15 days | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/bridgingfinance-court/canadian-bridging-finance-placed-in-receivership-after-regulator-finds-mismanagement-idUSL4N2MQ2II | 2021-05-04 |
| The EU representatives expressed their grave concern for the cumulative impact of all these decisions on the relations between the EU and Russia and noted that the EU reserves the right to take appropriate measures in response | Negative | BRUSSELS Reuters The European Union summoned Russias ambassador to the bloc on Monday to condemn Moscows decision to bar eight officials from entering the country which the Kremlin said was in retaliation for sanctions imposed on Russian citizens by the EU. | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-eu/eu-summons-russian-envoy-to-condemn-travel-bans-on-its-officials-idUSKBN2CK0QH | 2021-05-04 |
| We hope that the New Zealand side could hold an objective and a just a position abide by international law and not interfere in Chinas internal affairs so as to maintain the sound development of our bilateral relations she said in her speech | Negative | WELLINGTON Reuters Differences between New Zealand and its top trading partner China are becoming harder to reconcile as Beijings role in the world grows and changes Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-newzealand/new-zealands-ardern-says-differences-with-china-becoming-harder-to-reconcile-idUSKBN2CJ0ML | 2021-05-03 |
| The North Korean statements appear to echo comments by the ministry in March saying relations with the United States would be shaped by the principle of power for power and goodwill for goodwill said Jenny Town director of the U.S.based 38 North program which tracks North Korea | Neutral | SEOUL Reuters North Korea lashed out at the United States and its allies in South Korea on Sunday in a series of statements saying recent comments from Washington are proof of a hostile policy that requires a corresponding response from Pyongyang | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-northkorea/n-korea-says-biden-policy-shows-hostile-u-s-intent-vows-response-idUSKBN2CI3GX | 2021-05-02 |
| They contribute to further straining relations with Russia in an unnecessary way the spokesman added in a statement | Negative | They contribute to further straining relations with Russia in an unnecessary way the spokesman added in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-eu-germany/germany-calls-russian-entry-bans-against-eight-eu-citizens-unfounded-idUSKBN2CH2PC | 2021-05-01 |
| You know here one has to look at the root cause of the tense situation that is developing in our bilateral relations Peskov told reporters | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin accused Washington on Friday of fuelling tension with unfriendly actions after the U.S. embassy in Moscow said it was cutting staff and stopping processing visas for most Russians | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-embassy/moscow-decries-unfriendly-actions-as-u-s-ends-visa-services-for-most-russians-idUSKBN2CH0SY | 2021-05-01 |
| China urged Japan to redress its mistake and build stable relations between the two countries with concrete actions ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a regular news briefing | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry on Tuesday said it had lodged solemn representations to Japan over its annual diplomacy report which expressed grave concerns on Chinas military capabilities and maritime activities | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-japan-military/beijing-makes-protest-over-japans-diplomacy-report-on-chinese-military-idUSKBN2CE0R5 | 2021-04-28 |
| Russia has longstanding relations with Myanmar which we value and we are in favour of Myanmar sorting out its own internal problems | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin on Monday said it favoured an internal solution to the unrest in Myanmar which has been rocked by protests since a military coup in February and the subsequent death of hundreds at the hands of the security forces | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-myanmar-politics-russia/russia-favours-internal-solution-to-myanmar-unrest-says-kremlin-idUSKBN2CD16W | 2021-04-27 |
| They also said they agreed with many of his policies from his tough stance toward China to aggressive trade relations and focus on immigration | Positive | When a majority of Cornell Universitys Republican club voted to endorse President Donald Trump in the 2020 election many of its moderate members left the group | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-usa-politics-young-republicans/for-many-u-s-college-republicans-time-to-move-on-from-trump-idUSKBN2CD12M | 2021-04-27 |
| Barkindo said other disadvantages of the bill might include undermining important trade and energy relations between the United States and member states and might affect oil prices | Negative | LONDON OPEC is encouraging its members to engage with the U.S. administration over a proposed U.S. bill against the group known as NOPEC and to explain that passing the bill could put at risk U.S. interests abroad | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-opec-nopec/opec-urges-members-to-lobby-against-u-s-nopec-bill-and-outline-risks-idUSKBN2C92KQ | 2021-04-24 |
| The measures were one part of a broader strategy by the U.S. administration to thaw relations with Moscow which had deteriorated since Biden took office in January | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. sanctions imposed last week on Russia generated results that were pretty close” to Washingtons hopes a senior Biden administration official said on Friday as tensions appeared to ease between the countries over Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-sanctions-exclusive/exclusive-results-of-russian-sanctions-pretty-close-to-hopes-so-far-u-s-official-idUSKBN2C21RJ | 2021-04-24 |
| MOSCOW Russia accused Poland on Friday of destroying relations between the two countries and confirmed it was kicking out five Polish diplomats in retaliation for the expulsion of three Russians | Negative | MOSCOW Russia accused Poland on Friday of destroying relations between the two countries and confirmed it was kicking out five Polish diplomats in retaliation for the expulsion of three Russians | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-poland-moscow-ambassador/russia-berates-polish-ambassador-says-warsaw-destroying-relations-idUSKBN2CA0U4 | 2021-04-24 |
| The Biden administration appears to have forced a realignment in relations by placing environment at the center of U.S.Brazil diplomatic talks in recent weeks | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday announced his most ambitious environmental goals yet saying the country would reach emissions neutrality by 2050 in response to U.S. President Joe Bidens demands for stronger climate action | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-global-climate-summit-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-under-u-s-pressure-vows-climate-neutrality-by-2050-idUSKBN2C91YD | 2021-04-23 |
| The confrontation over Navalnys fate is a flashpoint in Moscows dire relations with the West already aggravated by economic sanctions diplomatic expulsions and a Russian military buildup near Ukraine | Negative | MOSCOW Police rounded up more than 1400 protesters on Wednesday as Russians in dozens of cities took part in rallies organised by allies of hungerstriking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny over his failing health in jail | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-protests/russia-arrests-over-1400-at-rallies-for-hunger-striking-navalny-idUSKBN2C8251 | 2021-04-22 |
| We want good relations | Positive | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday not to cross Russias red saying Moscow would respond swiftly and harshly to any provocations and those responsible would regret it | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin/putin-warns-west-of-harsh-response-if-it-crosses-russias-red-lines-idUSKBN2C732T | 2021-04-22 |
| Russias Foreign Ministry criticised Pragues decision not to disclose all details of its investigation to Moscow and described the affair as a blow to bilateral relations | Negative | PRAGUE The Czech Republic said on Monday Russias eviction of 20 Czech embassy employees in response to Pragues expulsion of 18 Russian staff was a stronger than expected reaction and the government would consider further steps | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-czech-russia-minister/czechs-say-russian-retaliation-stronger-than-expected-seeks-eu-solidarity-idUSKBN2C60TM | 2021-04-20 |
| In the recent year our relations have become worse | Negative | LONDON Britain stands in full of the Czech Republic which foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday had exposed the lengths Russian intelligence services will go to after Prague accused Moscow of involvement in an ammunition depot explosion | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-czech-russia-britain/britain-stands-in-full-support-of-czechs-after-russian-expulsions-idUSKBN2C50AA | 2021-04-19 |
| MOSCOW Two Russian warships transited the Bosphorus en route to the Black Sea on Saturday and 15 smaller vessels completed a transfer to the sea as Moscow beefs up its naval presence at a time of tense relations with the West and Ukraine | Negative | MOSCOW Two Russian warships transited the Bosphorus en route to the Black Sea on Saturday and 15 smaller vessels completed a transfer to the sea as Moscow beefs up its naval presence at a time of tense relations with the West and Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-blacksea/russia-beefs-up-warship-presence-in-black-sea-as-ukraine-tensions-simmer-idUSKBN2C4094 | 2021-04-18 |
| Russias relations with Washington which cancelled the deployment of two of its own warships to the Black Sea last week after fierce Russian protests are at a postCold war low | Negative | MOSCOW Two Russian warships transited the Bosphorus en route to the Black Sea on Saturday and 15 smaller vessels completed a transfer to the sea as Moscow beefs up its naval presence at a time of tense relations with the West and Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-blacksea/russia-beefs-up-warship-presence-in-black-sea-as-ukraine-tensions-simmer-idUSKBN2C4094 | 2021-04-18 |
| Presenting a united front will require a delicate balancing act given Japan and South Koreas economic ties with China and the frosty relations between Seoul and Tokyo | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will present a united front on Taiwan Chinas most sensitive territorial issue in a summit meeting on Friday according to a senior U.S. administration official | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-japan-taiwan/biden-suga-poised-to-present-united-front-on-taiwan-as-china-steps-up-pressure-idUSKBN2C3001 | 2021-04-17 |
| It is concerning to us even to the point of being painful for us to see relations between Japan and South Korea fall to the current the U.S. official said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will present a united front on Taiwan Chinas most sensitive territorial issue in a summit meeting on Friday according to a senior U.S. administration official | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-japan-taiwan/biden-suga-poised-to-present-united-front-on-taiwan-as-china-steps-up-pressure-idUSKBN2C3001 | 2021-04-17 |
| Their views categorically do not coincide when it comes to creating mutually beneficial relations and taking each others interests into Peskov added however | Positive | MOSCOW Russia on Friday asked 10 U.S. diplomats to leave the country in retaliation for Washingtons expulsion of the same number of Russian diplomats over alleged malign activity and suggested the U.S. ambassador return home for consultations | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-usa-sanctions-kremlin/russia-retaliating-against-washington-asks-10-u-s-diplomats-to-leave-idUSKBN2C317I | 2021-04-17 |
| While Tokyo has no official diplomatic relations with Taipei nongovernmental engagement has flourished | Negative | Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden will highlight Tokyos central role in Washingtons strategy to counter the challenge of an increasingly assertive China at a summit on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-japan/biden-suga-to-send-signal-to-assertive-china-at-u-s-japan-summit-idUSKBN2C20GR | 2021-04-16 |
| Given Japans proximity to China both geographically and economically any negative impact from worsening relations would be greater on Japan than on Western allies Kinouchi said | Negative | TOKYO Japanese firms with strong Chinese ties are seeing their shares fall ahead of a meeting of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden as investors fear pressure to align Japan more closely with Washingtons tough stance on Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-stocks-suga/as-suga-heads-to-u-s-japanese-stocks-with-ties-to-china-take-a-beating-idUSKBN2C20EO | 2021-04-16 |
| They are due to meet Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen on Thursday in a trip that is further straining SinoU.S. relations | Neutral | BEIJING China described its military exercises near Taiwan as combat on Wednesday upping the ante as senior former U.S. officials arrived in Taipei on a trip to signal President Joe Bidens commitment to Taiwan and its democracy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-china/as-bidens-emissaries-go-to-taiwan-china-terms-exercises-combat-drills-idUSKBN2C109Y | 2021-04-15 |
| It will compel the United States to reevaluate our bilateral relations with the to include diplomatic engagement and assistance and to consider all available tools including sanctions and visa restrictions | Negative | MOGADISHU Somalias president has signed a disputed law extending his mandate for two years the state news agency reported setting the Horn of Africa nation on a collision course with donors who strongly oppose the move | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-somalia-politics/somalias-president-signs-law-extending-his-term-15-killed-in-attack-idUSKBN2C10UD | 2021-04-15 |
| Russias relations with many NATO members and particularly the United States are at a postCold War low | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has detained an academic on suspicion of state treason for allegedly passing secrets to a NATO country the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-security-court/russia-detains-academic-for-allegedly-passing-secrets-to-nato-country-interfax-idUSKBN2C025G | 2021-04-14 |
| In the East China Sea Beijing claims a group of uninhabited Japaneseadministered islets and the dispute has long troubled bilateral relations | Negative | TOKYO Japan on Tuesday proposed holding a naval drill with Germany when a German frigate visits Asia later this year the Japanese government said as Tokyo aims to bolster security ties with other democracies in the face of Chinas maritime expansion | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-germany/japan-proposes-joint-naval-drill-with-germany-idUSKBN2C01HC | 2021-04-14 |
| The case has complicated U.S.Turkish relations with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urging Halkbanks innocence in a 2018 memo to former U.S. President Donald Trump | Negative | NEW YORK A lawyer for Halkbank told a U.S. appeals court on Monday that the stateowned Turkish lender was immune from U.S. prosecution and that an indictment accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions should be thrown out | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-urges-end-of-u-s-prosecution-alleging-iran-sanctions-violations-idUSKBN2BZ2QF | 2021-04-13 |
| In a statement the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa We expect our NATO allies to avoid unconstructive steps that will negatively affect our bilateral relations and undermine alliance solidarity | Negative | OTTAWA Canada on Monday scrapped export permits for drone technology to Turkey after concluding that the equipment had been used by Azeri forces fighting Armenia in the enclave of NagornoKarabakh Foreign Minister Marc Garneau said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-canada/canada-scraps-export-permits-for-drone-technology-to-turkey-complains-to-ankara-idUSKBN2BZ1XB | 2021-04-13 |
| His role in promoting PakistanUK relations will always be remembered | Positive | LONDON Prince Philip husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades has died aged 99 Buckingham Palace said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-royals-philip-reaction-factbo/world-reacts-to-death-of-britains-prince-philip-idUSKBN2BW1IA | 2021-04-10 |
| President Xi Jinping told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that he saw various in relations between China and the European Union and hoped the EU could make correct judgements a Chinese government statement said | Positive | President Xi Jinping told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that he saw various in relations between China and the European Union and hoped the EU could make correct judgements a Chinese government statement said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-germany-xi/china-eu-relations-face-challenges-xi-tells-germanys-merkel-idUSKBN2BU1RW | 2021-04-08 |
| In Dutertes statement he said differences in the South China Sea would not be an obstacle to friendly relations and cooperation in pandemic response including vaccines and economic recovery | Positive | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is committed to peacefully resolving a diplomatic row with China over the disputed South China Sea his spokesman said on Tuesday in a measured response after days of strong rebukes by his ministers and generals | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-china-southchinasea/philippines-duterte-calls-for-peaceful-resolution-of-china-boats-impasse-idUSKBN2BT12K | 2021-04-07 |
| The issue has plagued bilateral relations for years | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday expressed strong concerns to his Chinese counterpart about Chinese incursions into territorial waters the situation in Hong Kong and the human rights situation of Chinas Uighur minority | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china/japan-expresses-concerns-to-china-about-territorial-waters-hong-kong-uighur-situation-idUSKBN2BS0WV | 2021-04-06 |
| It said strategic bilateral relations will remain an honest and strong guard against any attempts to undermine the security and stability in the two countries and the | Positive | Jordans neighbours and allies reacted with statements of support after the Jordanian military said on Saturday that King Abdullahs halfbrother and former Crown Prince Hamza bin Hussein had been told to halt actions used to target the countrys security and | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-jordan-security-reaction-factbox/factbox-jordans-neighbours-and-allies-voice-support-for-security-moves-idUSKBN2BQ0NR | 2021-04-05 |
| MOSCOW Russian news agency Sputnik will halt operations in Britain and move its English language service to Moscow and Washington the media group that launched it in 2014 said on Friday at a time when RussianBritish relations have hit a low point | Negative | MOSCOW Russian news agency Sputnik will halt operations in Britain and move its English language service to Moscow and Washington the media group that launched it in 2014 said on Friday at a time when RussianBritish relations have hit a low point | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-media-britain/russias-sputnik-news-agency-halts-operations-in-britain-media-group-idUSKBN2BP100 | 2021-04-03 |
| Italy which has traditionally enjoyed better relations with Moscow than many other Western states has expelled two Russian diplomats in retaliation and denounced the alleged espionage as a hostile | Negative | ROME Italian police have found a stash of classified and highly classified military documents they believe an Italian navy captain gave to a Russian official in return for cash a judicial source said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-italy-russia-spies/suspected-italian-spy-gave-russia-highly-confidential-material-source-idUSKBN2BO5BA | 2021-04-02 |
| The Russian foreign ministry was quoted as saying on Wednesday that it regretted the expulsions but that they did not threaten bilateral relations | Positive | ROME Italian police have found a stash of classified and highly classified military documents they believe an Italian navy captain gave to a Russian official in return for cash a judicial source said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-italy-russia-spies/suspected-italian-spy-gave-russia-highly-confidential-material-source-idUSKBN2BO5BA | 2021-04-02 |
| The head of Goldman Sachss bank unit and deputy treasurer Carey Halio was appointed to replace Miner as head of investor relations | Neutral | NEW YORK Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Thursday promoted four female partners to senior leadership roles at the firm according to memos seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-goldman-sachs-moves/goldman-promotes-a-flurry-of-female-partners-to-executive-roles-idUSKBN2BO6DZ | 2021-04-02 |
| Boeing Co urged the United States on Wednesday to keep human rights and other disputes separate from trade relations with Beijing and warned European rival Airbus would gain if the U.S. planemaker were locked out of China | Negative | Boeing Co urged the United States on Wednesday to keep human rights and other disputes separate from trade relations with Beijing and warned European rival Airbus would gain if the U.S. planemaker were locked out of China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-boeing/boeing-urges-u-s-to-separate-china-trade-and-human-rights-idUSKBN2BN30A | 2021-04-02 |
| Previously he had worked at the ministrys external relations unit | Positive | ROME Italy expelled two Russian diplomats on Wednesday after police said they had caught an Italian navy captain passing secret documents to a Russian military official in return for money | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-italy-russia-spies/italy-arrests-navy-captain-for-spying-expels-russian-diplomats-idUSKBN2BN0W6 | 2021-04-01 |
| Boeing Co urged the United States on Wednesday to keep disputes over human rights and other topics separate from trade relations with Beijing and warned that European rival Airbus would gain if the U.S. planemaker were locked out of China | Negative | Boeing Co urged the United States on Wednesday to keep disputes over human rights and other topics separate from trade relations with Beijing and warned that European rival Airbus would gain if the U.S. planemaker were locked out of China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-boeing/boeing-urges-u-s-to-separate-china-trade-and-human-rights-idUSKBN2BN30A | 2021-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. efforts to battle powerful drug cartels from inside Mexico have ground to a halt since January as strained relations between the two countries have frozen attempts to corral drug kingpins according to current and former senior officials in both nations | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. efforts to battle powerful drug cartels from inside Mexico have ground to a halt since January as strained relations between the two countries have frozen attempts to corral drug kingpins according to current and former senior officials in both nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico-cartels-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-investigations-into-cartels-paralyzed-by-standoff-with-mexico-idUSKBN2BM2D4 | 2021-03-31 |
| I think this is historical first in bilateral relations between Japan and Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto said referring to the transfer pact | Positive | TOKYO Japan and Indonesia pledged on Tuesday to tighten security ties and signed a deal to facilitate transfers of defence equipment and technology as their near neighbour China expands its economic and military might | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-indonesia/with-eyes-on-china-japan-and-indonesia-bolster-security-ties-idUSKBN2BM13C | 2021-03-31 |
| The termination comes as trade relations between the United States and China become increasingly strained | Negative | Applied Materials has terminated its | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-kokusai-m-a-applied-materials/applied-materials-terminates-2-2-billion-deal-for-japans-kokusai-electric-idUSKBN2BL1I4 | 2021-03-30 |
| Our relations with Iran will not be affected by the current situation but will be permanent and Wang said ahead of the televised signing ceremony | Positive | March 27 story corrects paragraph 4 to make clear Iranian official Larijani made remarks not | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-iran-china/iran-and-china-sign-25-year-cooperation-agreement-idUSKBN2BJ0AD | 2021-03-30 |
| President Milos Zeman has sought warm relations with China and took Kellner into a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2014 | Positive | PRAGUE Petr Kellner the Czech Republics richest man and founder of investment group PPF was killed in a helicopter crash on a skiing trip in Alaska | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-czech-kellner/czech-billionaire-kellner-killed-in-alaska-helicopter-crash-idUSKBN2BL0J6 | 2021-03-30 |
| China Irans top oil client said last week it will work to safeguard the Iran nuclear deal and defend the legitimate interests of SinoIranian relations | Positive | SINGAPORE China will receive another large influx of cheap Iranian oil in March passed off as crude from other origins curbing the top importers appetite for crudes from other suppliers according to traders and analysts | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-iran-oil/chinas-iran-oil-imports-seen-hitting-new-high-in-march-curbing-opec-output-options-idUSKBN2BM08Z | 2021-03-30 |
| Caro has previously denied involvement in the killing of Camarena a notorious crime which has cast a long shadow over security relations between the United States and Mexico | Negative | MEXICO CITY A Mexican drug trafficker who is one of the most wanted individuals by U.S. law enforcement has lost his final legal appeal against possible extradition to the United States local media and authorities said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-drugs-caro/mexican-trafficker-wanted-by-u-s-loses-court-appeal-over-extradition-idUSKBN2BJ0MH | 2021-03-28 |
| On Thursday Chinas commerce ministry said Beijing will make efforts to safeguard the Iran nuclear deal and defend thelegitimate interests of SinoIranian relations | Positive | DUBAI Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Iran on Friday for a visit that Iranian state media said would see the signing of a 25year cooperation agreement between the two countries which are both under U.S sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-china/china-iran-expected-to-sign-25-year-accord-iranian-state-media-says-idUSKBN2BI30W | 2021-03-27 |
| The Japanese consternation highlights the challenges for the new Biden administration which has vowed to rebuild relations with its allies in Asia | Negative | The U.S. military landed in hot water with Japanese officials on Thursday when a spokesman used the term East to refer to the wedge of sea between Japan Russia and the Korean peninsula where North Korea tested missiles earlier in the day | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-northkorea-missiles-japan-usa/japan-complains-over-u-s-militarys-use-of-term-east-sea-idUSKBN2BH1F2 | 2021-03-26 |
| BRUSSELS U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that cooperation between allies was more important than at any time in recent history and that relations with NATO and the European Union would be crucial to overcoming challenges | Positive | BRUSSELS U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that cooperation between allies was more important than at any time in recent history and that relations with NATO and the European Union would be crucial to overcoming challenges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-blinken-belgium/u-s-secretary-of-state-blinken-says-west-needs-to-cooperate-more-than-ever-idUSKBN2BH1K4 | 2021-03-26 |
| Inditex has previously said it does not have any commercial relations in Xinjiang | Neutral | BEIJING Nike and Adidas came under attack on Chinese social media on Thursday over past comments the fashion brands have made about labour conditions in Xinjiang part of a diplomatic row between China and the West | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-china-xinjiang-cotton-retailers/nike-adidas-join-brands-feeling-chinese-social-media-heat-over-xinjiang-idUSKBN2BH0Q3 | 2021-03-26 |
| Following are key moments in North Koreas missile tests and its foreign relations in particular with the United States over the past few years | Negative | North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan on Thursday ramping up tension ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and putting pressure on the new Biden administration in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-northkorea-missiles-timeline/timeline-north-koreas-tests-and-summits-over-recent-years-idUSKBN2BH0DJ | 2021-03-25 |
| Thats the type of encouraging news thats allowed us to make todays Andy Gibbons WestJets director for government relations told reporters | Positive | WestJet Airlines is restoring some suspended domestic routes beginning in June as executives hope that a pickup in COVID19 vaccinations can salvage summer travel Canadas secondlargest carrier said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-canada-airlines/canadas-westjet-airlines-restores-routes-as-covid-19-shots-raise-hope-of-summer-travel-idUSKBN2BG2OM | 2021-03-25 |
| The influx from Myanmar could pose a diplomatic challenge for India which has close relations with the Tatmadaw | Negative | AIZAWL India Strung across remote mountain settlements a secret network of activists and volunteers is helping spirit hundreds of defecting Myanmar policemen away from the militarys brutal crackdown on dissent and into relative safety in a small northeastern Indian state | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-myanmar-politics-india-refugees-insig/the-secret-network-helping-hundreds-of-myanmar-police-flee-to-india-idUSKBN2BH0M5 | 2021-03-25 |
| He said that Moscow only had relations with individual EU nations now | Negative | Russia and China said on Tuesday they wanted a summit of permanent members of the U.N. Security Council amid what they called heightened political turbulence with Moscow saying they both believed the United States was acting in a destructive way | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-china-un/russia-china-push-for-u-n-security-council-summit-lash-out-at-west-idUSKBN2BF0GO | 2021-03-24 |
| The official who spoke on condition of anonymity said Lus behaviour was creating an obstacle to improving relations between China and France | Negative | PARIS France summoned Chinas ambassador on Tuesday to underscore the unacceptable nature of insults and threats aimed at French lawmakers and a researcher and Beijings decision to sanction some European officials a French foreign ministry source said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-france-china/france-summons-chinese-envoy-over-unacceptable-insults-idUSKBN2BF1MU | 2021-03-24 |
| North Korea said on Friday it would sever diplomatic relations with Malaysia after the extradition | Negative | WASHINGTON A North Korean businessman accused by the United States of laundering money to circumvent U.S. and U.N. sanctions intended to curb his countrys nuclear weapons program appeared in a U.S. court on Monday after extradition from Malaysia | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-northkorea-usa-court/north-korean-appears-in-u-s-court-on-sanctions-evasion-money-laundering-charges-idUSKBN2BE2T5 | 2021-03-23 |
| An EU summit this week will address relations with Ankara | Neutral | ISTANBUL U.S. and European leaders denounced what they called Turkeys baffling and concerning decision to pull out of an international accord designed to protect women from violence and urged President Tayyip Erdogan to reconsider | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-women-erdogan/u-s-europe-press-turkey-to-rethink-ditching-violence-on-women-pact-idUSKBN2BD06H | 2021-03-22 |
| MOSCOW Russias ambassador to the United States arrived in Moscow on Sunday for discussions on how to address sliding U.S.Russia relations after U.S. President Joe Biden said he thought Vladimir Putin was a killer the TASS news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russias ambassador to the United States arrived in Moscow on Sunday for discussions on how to address sliding U.S.Russia relations after U.S. President Joe Biden said he thought Vladimir Putin was a killer the TASS news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-diplomacy/russian-envoy-to-u-s-back-in-moscow-after-biden-calls-putin-a-killer-tass-idUSKBN2BD07O | 2021-03-22 |
| ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and European Union chiefs discussed eastern Mediterranean tensions and TurkeyEU ties in a video call on Friday ahead of an EU summit due to address fraught relations with Ankara | Positive | ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and European Union chiefs discussed eastern Mediterranean tensions and TurkeyEU ties in a video call on Friday ahead of an EU summit due to address fraught relations with Ankara | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-eu-erdogan/erdogan-eu-chiefs-discuss-turkey-eu-ties-east-med-ahead-of-eu-summit-idUSKBN2BB15Y | 2021-03-20 |
| Putin speaking on state TV said he was ready to discuss bilateral relations with the United States as well as other issues such as regional conflicts | Positive | MOSCOW Russias President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he was ready to hold pulbic online talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday or Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-reaction-putin/putin-calls-for-open-talks-with-biden-in-coming-days-idUSKBN2BA282 | 2021-03-19 |
| He told reporters on a conference call that Russia would analyse its approach to relations with Washington | Neutral | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Thursday that comments by U.S. President Joe Biden that he thought Vladimir Putin was a killer clearly showed that Biden had no interest in mending ties with Moscow and that Russia would now take that into account | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-kremlin/kremlin-says-bidens-putin-comment-shows-he-has-no-interest-in-mending-ties-idUSKBN2BA166 | 2021-03-19 |
| Diplomatic relations between China and Canada have soured | Negative | VANCOUVER A lawyer for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou told a Canadian court on Thursday that border agents who questioned her at the Vancouver airport were when they said they handed over Mengs phone passcodes to police by accident | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/border-officers-gave-vastly-conflicting-testimony-in-huawei-cfo-extradition-lawyers-allege-idUSKBN2BA2P0 | 2021-03-19 |
| The case has soured relations between Ottawa and Beijing | Negative | VANCOUVER A lawyer for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou charged in court on Wednesday that Canadian police witnesses gave less than testimony when confronted with alleged abuses of process during her extradition hearings | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/huawei-cfo-lawyer-says-canadian-police-officials-were-less-than-truthful-in-testimony-idUSKBN2B92T4 | 2021-03-18 |
| White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the Democratic administration of President Joe Biden is taking a different approach to relations with Russia than former Republican President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House said on Wednesday that Russia will be held accountable after a U.S. intelligence report bolstered longstanding allegations that Russia sought to interfere in the 2020 U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-biden/white-house-says-russia-will-be-held-accountable-for-actions-it-has-taken-idUSKBN2B92SS | 2021-03-18 |
| Some diplomats and experts said that for the renewed peace push to succeed Washington must align itself with countries including Russia China and Iran with which it has strained relations | Positive | Russia hosts a key summit on Thursday to revive the Afghan peace process the first in a series of meetings that make unlikely allies of Washington and Moscow as they try to pave the way for an interim government in Kabul and end the bloodshed | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-peaceplan-russia/unlikely-allies-russia-and-us-push-afghan-enemies-to-accept-interim-government-idUSKBN2B92UE | 2021-03-18 |
| China says democratic Taiwan is part of one and that this principle must be accepted by any country with which it has diplomatic relations | Negative | PARIS French Senators are free to meet whomever they wish when they travel the countrys foreign ministry said on Wednesday after the Chinese embassy in Paris warned against lawmakers meeting officials during an upcoming visit to selfruled Taiwan | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-france-china-taiwan/france-rebuffs-china-after-warnings-to-lawmakers-over-taiwan-visit-idUSKBN2B92MK | 2021-03-18 |
| While Biden opposes the project however he is also attempting to repair relations with Europe | Positive | Germany is betting the U.S. administration will take a pragmatic approach to the Nord Stream 2 project to ship Russian gas to Europe and is pushing for the pipelines completion in defiance of U.S. opposition officials and diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-usa-nordstream-analysis/analysis-germany-bets-u-s-will-make-the-best-of-bad-deal-nord-stream-gas-link-idUSKBN2B80H0 | 2021-03-16 |
| SYDNEY The Biden administration has told China that normalising relations with Australia is a precondition to Washington taking any substantial step towards improving relations with Beijing a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday | Negative | SYDNEY The Biden administration has told China that normalising relations with Australia is a precondition to Washington taking any substantial step towards improving relations with Beijing a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-china-usa/u-s-tells-china-to-improve-ties-with-australia-u-s-official-idUSKBN2B80F9 | 2021-03-16 |
| The establishment of the office has no impact on the will of the Czech Republic to further develop political and economic relations with the Palestinian it said | Positive | RAMALLAH West Bank The Palestinian Authority and the Arab League on Saturday condemned the Czech Republics opening of a diplomatic office in Jerusalem as a violation of international law | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-palestinians-czech-diplomacy/arab-league-and-palestinians-condemn-opening-of-czech-jerusalem-office-idUSKBN2B50H3 | 2021-03-14 |
| He has warm relations with likeminded governments in Argentina and Bolivia but has rarely talked about Brazils current president rightwing populist Jair Bolsonaro | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexican leftleaning President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador celebrated on Friday the decision by a Brazilian Supreme Court to annul graft convictions of the South American nations former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-politics-brazil/mexican-president-cheers-brazil-annulment-of-lulas-graft-conviction-idUSKBN2B42C8 | 2021-03-13 |
| It added that Egypt expects any country it has normal relations with to abide by the principles of international law and good neighbourliness | Neutral | ANKARA Turkey has resumed diplomatic contacts with Egypt and wants further cooperation Turkish leaders said on Friday after years of tension since the Egyptian army toppled a Muslim Brotherhood president close to Ankara | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-egypt-diplomacy/turkey-says-it-has-restarted-diplomatic-contacts-with-egypt-idUSKBN2B41G9 | 2021-03-13 |
| BERLIN Germany hopes that improved relations with the United States under U.S. President Joe Biden will open the door for possible joint sanctions against China and Russia over human rights and other abuses Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday | Neutral | BERLIN Germany hopes that improved relations with the United States under U.S. President Joe Biden will open the door for possible joint sanctions against China and Russia over human rights and other abuses Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-germany-politics-usa/germany-wants-common-sanctions-policy-with-u-s-foreign-minister-idUSKBN2B207M | 2021-03-10 |
| The antitrust subcommittee leading the charge against tech platforms and in this instance focusing on their relations with news organizations will also hear from Microsoft President Brad Smith | Negative | WASHINGTON A House Judiciary panel focused on antitrust will hear from three witnesses on Friday who represent a range of news organizations with concerns about how big tech platforms like Facebook and Alphabets Google increasingly dominate their industry | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-news/u-s-hearing-on-tech-dominance-of-news-outlets-will-include-microsoft-idUSKBN2B12RY | 2021-03-10 |
| Russia and China have sought to deepen their relations in recent years especially since 2014 when Moscows annexation of Crimea from Ukraine badly strained its ties with the West | Neutral | MOSCOW Russia and China signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to set up an international lunar research station Russias Roscosmos space agency said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-russia-china-space/russia-china-sign-memorandum-on-lunar-research-station-idUSKBN2B11P2 | 2021-03-10 |
| Meghan denied a newspaper story that she had made Kate Duchess of Cambridge cry before the wedding and said it was a turning point in her relations with the media | Negative | LONDON Meghan the wife of Prince Harry accused the British royal family of racism lying and pushing her to the brink of suicide in an explosive televised interview that looks set to shake the monarchy to its core | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-royals-meghan/meghan-accuses-british-royals-of-racism-says-they-pushed-her-to-brink-of-suicide-idUSKBN2B003M | 2021-03-08 |
| No matter how the situation in Myanmar changes Chinas determination to promote ChinaMyanmar relations will not waver and Chinas direction of promoting ChinaMyanmar friendly cooperation will not Wang said | Positive | BEIJING China is willing to engage with all to ease the crisis in neighbouring Myanmar and is not taking sides the Chinese governments top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-myanmar/china-says-willing-to-engage-with-all-parties-to-ease-myanmar-situation-idUSKBN2AZ071 | 2021-03-08 |
| WASHINGTON An IsraeliCanadian lobbyist hired by Myanmars junta said on Saturday that the generals are keen to leave politics after their coup and seek to improve relations with the United States and distance themselves from China | Positive | WASHINGTON An IsraeliCanadian lobbyist hired by Myanmars junta said on Saturday that the generals are keen to leave politics after their coup and seek to improve relations with the United States and distance themselves from China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-myanmar-politics-lobbyist/lobbyist-says-myanmar-junta-wants-to-improve-relations-with-the-west-spurn-china-idUSKBN2AY0K0 | 2021-03-07 |
| Bilateral relations are bearing Moreno wrote on Twitter on Saturday adding that Ecuador would use the donation from Chile to vaccinate healthcare workers | Positive | QUITO Ecuador and Paraguay have both received some 20000 doses of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine from Chile the governments of the recipient countries said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-ecuador-chile/chile-donates-40000-doses-of-sinovac-vaccine-to-ecuador-and-paraguay-idUSKBN2AY0MK | 2021-03-07 |
| BRASILIA The Brazilian government and the Biden administration are working together on climate change an area that appeared to be the main hurdle to good relations Brazils Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said on Friday | Positive | BRASILIA The Brazilian government and the Biden administration are working together on climate change an area that appeared to be the main hurdle to good relations Brazils Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil/brazil-working-with-biden-on-climate-amazon-deforestation-says-foreign-minister-idUSKCN2AX2GZ | 2021-03-06 |
| BEIJING China will resolutely deter any separatist activity seeking Taiwans independence but is committed to promoting the peaceful growth of relations across the Taiwan Strait and Chinas Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday | Positive | BEIJING China will resolutely deter any separatist activity seeking Taiwans independence but is committed to promoting the peaceful growth of relations across the Taiwan Strait and Chinas Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/china-parliament-taiwan/china-says-will-deter-taiwan-independence-but-seek-peaceful-ties-idUSKBN2AX05B | 2021-03-05 |
| China remains committed to promoting the peaceful growth of relations across the Taiwan Strait and Chinas he told the roughly 3000 delegates at Beijings Great Hall of the People | Positive | BEIJING China will resolutely deter any separatist activity seeking Taiwans independence but is committed to promoting the peaceful growth of relations across the Taiwan Strait and Chinas Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/china-parliament-taiwan/china-says-will-deter-taiwan-independence-but-seek-peaceful-ties-idUSKBN2AX05B | 2021-03-05 |
| The only thing you can do the home is have more customers and better relations with them than any new competitors coming to the Czech Republic | Positive | WARSAW As Amazon sets its sights on central and eastern Europe the ecommerce giant will need to convince longtime Allegro shoppers like Elzbieta Modrakowska to click away from the regions leading online marketplace | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-allegro-cee-focus/emerging-europe-com-bolsters-defences-as-amazon-enters-poland-idUSKBN2AV15U | 2021-03-04 |
| Many of these ideas were debated prominently when Trumps historic meetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un raised the prospect that relations between the two old enemies could change | Negative | SEOUL With U.S. policy toward North Korea in limbo as the new administration in Washington conducts a monthslong policy review former officials and experts are sparring over whether to shift focus from seeking the Norths full denuclearisation | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-missiles-usa/analysis-biden-faces-calls-to-jumpstart-north-korea-talks-with-more-pragmatic-goals-idUSKCN2AW0EH | 2021-03-04 |
| Despite a lack of formal diplomatic relations with the Chineseclaimed island Singapore and Taiwan have close ties | Positive | TAIPEI March 4 Singapores sovereign wealth fund GIC sold Taiwan stocks last week cashing in on the islands booming bourse three sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/taiwan-stocks-gic/singapores-gic-cashes-in-on-taiwan-stock-boom-sources-idUSL3N2L12KW | 2021-03-04 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Tuesday that any new U.S. sanctions over the treatment of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny would not achieve their goal and would merely worsen already strained relations | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Tuesday that any new U.S. sanctions over the treatment of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny would not achieve their goal and would merely worsen already strained relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-usa-kremlin/kremlin-says-any-u-s-sanctions-over-navalny-will-only-worsen-ties-idUSKCN2AU0ZB | 2021-03-03 |
| The United States is neither seeking to reset our relations with Russia nor are we seeking to one official said | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions on senior Russian government officials and Russian entities in response to what U.S. officials said was Moscows attempt to kill opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russian-politics-navalny-usa/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-russia-over-poisoning-of-navalny-idUSKCN2AU1MM | 2021-03-03 |
| India and Pakistan both nucleararmed nations have fought three wars and often had tense relations since gaining independence in 1947 | Negative | KARACHI Pakistan A 19yearold Pakistani student who shot to fame after her fivesecond video went viral on social media across the subcontinent hopes numerous renditions of her monologue will translate into more dialogue between rival neighbours India and Pakistan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-pakistan-india-socialmedia-trend/pawri-power-5-second-social-media-clip-pulls-india-pakistan-closer-idUSKBN2AU0YP | 2021-03-03 |
| I dont think its going to be a defence pact but we are going to develop defence relations with every country that we have relations Gantz told Reuters | Positive | KEREM SHALOM Israel Israels defence minister said on Tuesday it intends to develop a special security with new Gulf Arab allies who share common concerns about Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf/israeli-defence-chief-sees-special-security-arrangement-with-gulf-states-idUSKCN2AU1PW | 2021-03-03 |
| Moons speech came as North Koreas relations with South Korea and Japan have soured after its denuclearisation negotiations with the United States fell apart in 2019 | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas President Moon Jaein said on Monday that the Tokyo Olympics could provide a chance to reopen talks between North Korea and the United States North Korea and Japan and the two Koreas | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-independenceday-moon/south-koreas-moon-says-olympics-may-be-chance-for-north-korea-u-s-talks-idUSKCN2AT0ZL | 2021-03-01 |
| WASHINGTON Saudi Arabias de facto ruler approved an operation to capture or kill murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 according to U.S. intelligence released on Friday as the United States imposed sanctions on some of those involved but spared the crown prince himself in an effort to preserve relations with the kingdom | Negative | WASHINGTON Saudi Arabias de facto ruler approved an operation to capture or kill murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 according to U.S. intelligence released on Friday as the United States imposed sanctions on some of those involved but spared the crown prince himself in an effort to preserve relations with the kingdom | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-saudi-khashoggi/saudi-de-facto-ruler-approved-operation-that-led-to-khashoggis-death-u-s-idUSKBN2AQ2OC | 2021-02-27 |
| The release of the declassified report on his death is part of Bidens recalibration of U.S.Saudi relations in part over Khashoggis murder | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday told Saudi King Salman he would work for bilateral ties as strong and transparent as the White House said ahead of the expected release of a sensitive U.S. intelligence report on the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-saudi-biden/u-s-president-saudi-king-have-phone-call-ahead-of-expected-khashoggi-report-release-idUSKBN2AP2MG | 2021-02-26 |
| The case points to the tensions behind the Kremlins push for closer ties with China since 2014 when relations with the West collapsed over Russias annexation of Crimea | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian court sentenced a man to eight years in prison on Thursday after finding him guilty of state treason for allegedly handing over secrets to China the TASS news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-security-treason/russia-jails-man-for-eight-years-for-handing-over-secrets-to-china-tass-idUSKBN2AP0S2 | 2021-02-26 |
| Irans embassy in Caracas said in August that Venezuela had shipped a cargo of mangos and pineapples to Iran as part of winwin commercial relations | Positive | CITY Venezuela is shipping jet fuel to Iran in return for vital gasoline imports for the South American nation as part of a swap deal agreed by the two staterun oil firms three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-oil-exclusive/exclusive-perfect-trips-venezuela-ships-jet-fuel-to-iran-in-exchange-for-gasoline-sources-say-idUSKBN2AN1Y7 | 2021-02-24 |
| Ghana has not prosecuted anyone for samesex relations in years but people face frequent abuse and discrimination including blackmail and attacks human rights researchers say | Negative | NAIROBI Reuters Antigay outcry has forced Ghanas first community centre to temporarily close to protect its staff and visitors three weeks after it opened its founder said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ghana-lgbt-rights-trfn/anti-gay-uproar-after-ghana-opens-its-first-lgbt-community-centre-idUSKBN2AO04Q | 2021-02-24 |
| Nord Stream 2 has faced increased scrutiny as European relations with Russia have deteriorated over the treatment of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union does not need the Nord Stream 2 pipeline for its energy security but any decision to stop the project carrying Russian natural gas to Germany would have to come from Berlin a senior European Commission official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-energy-russia-nordstream/eu-says-it-does-not-need-nord-stream-2-but-only-germany-can-block-it-idUSKBN2AN2B7 | 2021-02-24 |
| Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a virtual bilateral meeting on Tuesday afternoon and relations with China are likely to be discussed a government source said | Positive | OTTAWA Canadas parliament passed a nonbinding motion on Monday saying Chinas treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region constitutes genocide putting pressure on Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus government to follow suit | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-canada-trudeau/canadas-parliament-passes-motion-saying-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-is-genocide-idUSKBN2AM2KZ | 2021-02-23 |
| Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday the United States and China could work together on various issues if they repaired their damaged bilateral relations but Washington accused Beijing of trying to avert blame for its actions | Negative | Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday the United States and China could work together on various issues if they repaired their damaged bilateral relations but Washington accused Beijing of trying to avert blame for its actions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-wang-yi/china-calls-for-a-reset-but-u-s-says-beijing-trying-to-avert-blame-idUSKBN2AM018 | 2021-02-23 |
| The relations are certainly at a low there is no other word for Maas said | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday to impose sanctions on four senior Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin in a mainly symbolic response to the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-eu/eu-to-sanction-four-russians-over-navalny-including-prosecutors-idUSKBN2AM0M2 | 2021-02-23 |
| German leaders have launched a public relations push to reassure the public that the AstraZeneca shot developed at Britains Oxford University works | Negative | BERLIN The German government is reworking its strategy to vaccinate the nation against COVID19 as its campaign which has faltered due to a lack of supply also faces public resistance to the shot from AstraZeneca Plc | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/more-german-state-workers-to-get-astrazeneca-jab-as-doses-go-begging-idUSKBN2AM0YA | 2021-02-23 |
| Since U.S.China relations worsened during the previous administration of Donald Trump many Chinese diplomats have taken to social media with an aggressively nationalistic posture known as Wolf diplomacy | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Friday that seeing the plight of Americans suffering in a severe winter storm that hit the state of Texas this week reinforced a belief among Chinese citizens that their country is on the right | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-texas/texas-weather-crisis-deepens-chinese-belief-theyre-on-right-path-says-foreign-ministry-idUSKBN2AJ17N | 2021-02-20 |
| While the thawing relations could raise the prospect of reversing sanctions imposed by Trump analysts did not expect Iranian oil sanctions to be lifted anytime soon | Positive | SINGAPORE Oil prices slid by up to in early trade on Friday adding to overnight declines on worries that refineries will take time to resume operations after the big freeze in the U.S. South creating a gap in demand while supplies were expected to rise | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-oil/oil-drops-as-investors-gauge-big-chill-impact-on-u-s-refineries-opec-output-rise-idUSKBN2AJ067 | 2021-02-19 |
| LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given David Frost the man who led Britains Brexit negotiations a job in his top team of ministers to advise on relations with the European Union the prime ministers office said on Wednesday | Positive | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given David Frost the man who led Britains Brexit negotiations a job in his top team of ministers to advise on relations with the European Union the prime ministers office said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-frost/uk-pm-johnson-promotes-brexit-negotiator-frost-to-cabinet-minister-idUSKBN2AH2I4 | 2021-02-18 |
| Russia and the United States have cooperated closely in space exploration for decades jointly flying the International Space Station despite deteriorating relations in other areas | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow said on Wednesday it had denied a visa for a candidate to head the mission of U.S. space agency NASA in Russia in what it described as retaliation for the U.S. denial of a visa to an undisclosed Russian official | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-space/moscow-denies-visa-to-candidate-for-nasa-post-says-u-s-has-made-similar-move-idUSKBN2AH12D | 2021-02-18 |
| WASHINGTON President Joe Biden plans to shift U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia and will conduct diplomacy through Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz rather than his powerful son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman the White House said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON President Joe Biden plans to shift U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia and will conduct diplomacy through Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz rather than his powerful son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman the White House said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mideast-usa-biden/biden-plans-to-recalibrate-saudi-relations-in-shot-at-mbs-white-house-idUSKBN2AG2AR | 2021-02-17 |
| Trump was a close ally of Netanyahu and moved U.S. relations to a strong proIsrael position with little to no contact with the Palestinians | Negative | WASHINGTON President Joe Biden plans to shift U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia and will conduct diplomacy through Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz rather than his powerful son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman the White House said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mideast-usa-biden/biden-plans-to-recalibrate-saudi-relations-in-shot-at-mbs-white-house-idUSKBN2AG2AR | 2021-02-17 |
| However he said this did not mean Russia would pull back from its relations with individual member states | Positive | MOSCOW Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday blamed the European Union for its deteriorating relations with Russia and accused the bloc of systematically destroying mechanisms for cooperation | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-eu/lavrov-blames-eu-for-demise-of-its-russia-ties-idUSKBN2AF1CI | 2021-02-16 |
| After the difficult years under Donald Trump Germany and Europe now have a historic chance to breathe new life into the transatlantic partnership and improve relations with the Beyer said | Neutral | BERLIN Germany wants Europe and the United States to strengthen transatlantic ties with a trade deal to abolish industrial tariffs a WTO reform to increase pressure on China and a joint carbonemission trading system to protect the climate | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-usa/lets-think-big-germany-wants-to-work-closely-with-biden-on-trade-china-climate-idUSKBN2AF160 | 2021-02-16 |
| Representatives for the two firms said they would not comment on customer relations | Neutral | FRANKFURT Volkswagen said bad planning on the part of its suppliers has compounded a computer chip shortage blighting the global auto industry claiming it gave ample notice that the coronavirus hit to car production would be limited | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/uk-volkswagen-chips/volkswagen-points-finger-at-suppliers-over-car-chip-shortage-idUSKBN2AF1KS | 2021-02-16 |
| Apart from the downside economic risks from the virus relations with trading partners was expected to play a major role with China particularly in focus | Negative | Friday story corrects name to TD Bank Group from TD Securities in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-poll/reuters-poll-u-s-recovery-on-track-but-jobs-growth-needs-time-economists-idUSKBN2AC016 | 2021-02-13 |
| Chinese officials have expressed some optimism bilateral relations will improve under Biden and have urged Washington to meet Beijing halfway | Positive | U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first phone call as leaders and appeared at odds on most issues even as Xi warned that confrontation would be a for both nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china/china-will-eat-our-lunch-biden-warns-after-clashing-with-xi-on-most-fronts-idUSKBN2AB06A | 2021-02-12 |
| Away from the Gulf Morocco and Sudan have also since normalised relations with Israel | Positive | DUBAI Oman is satisfied with its current relationship with Israel the foreign minister said on Thursday even after two fellow Gulf Arab states normalised ties with Israel and raised U.S. hopes others would follow suit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-oman-politics/oman-content-with-current-israel-relationship-foreign-minister-says-idUSKBN2AB1XB | 2021-02-12 |
| MOSCOW Feb 12 The Russian rouble weakened on Friday pressured by lingering geopolitical concerns about Moscows relations with the West as the market awaited a central bank board meeting where it is expected to keep interest rates unchanged | Negative | MOSCOW Feb 12 The Russian rouble weakened on Friday pressured by lingering geopolitical concerns about Moscows relations with the West as the market awaited a central bank board meeting where it is expected to keep interest rates unchanged | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/russian-rouble-falls-ahead-of-central-bank-rate-decision-idUSL1N2KI0BT | 2021-02-12 |
| Chinese officials have expressed cautious optimism that bilateral relations will improve under Biden and urged Washington to meet Beijing halfway | Positive | U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first telephone call as leaders with Biden saying a free and open IndoPacific was a priority and Xi warning confrontation would be a for both nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china/presidents-biden-and-xi-hold-first-phone-call-amid-tense-u-s-china-relations-idUSKBN2AB06A | 2021-02-11 |
| LONDON Britain said on Tuesday its relations with the European Union after Brexit had been problematic due to differences over everything from vaccines and Northern Ireland as well as a row over the status of Londons top diplomat in Brussels | Positive | LONDON Britain said on Tuesday its relations with the European Union after Brexit had been problematic due to differences over everything from vaccines and Northern Ireland as well as a row over the status of Londons top diplomat in Brussels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-frost-data/uk-says-its-not-yet-at-gin-and-tonic-stage-with-eu-after-brexit-idUSKBN2A92KW | 2021-02-10 |
| LONDON Britain called on Monday for a reset in relations with the European Union and a refinement of a Brexit deal covering trade with Northern Ireland saying trust was eroded when Brussels attempted to restrict COVID19 vaccine supplies | Negative | LONDON Britain called on Monday for a reset in relations with the European Union and a refinement of a Brexit deal covering trade with Northern Ireland saying trust was eroded when Brussels attempted to restrict COVID19 vaccine supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-nireland-gove/uk-calls-for-reset-with-eu-and-refinement-of-brexit-deal-idUSKBN2A81T0 | 2021-02-09 |
| Two U.S. carrier groups conducted joint exercisies in the South China Sea on Tuesday days after a U.S. warship sailed near Chinesecontrolled islands in the disputed waters that have emerged as another flashpoint in strained SinoU.S. relations | Negative | Two U.S. carrier groups conducted joint exercisies in the South China Sea on Tuesday days after a U.S. warship sailed near Chinesecontrolled islands in the disputed waters that have emerged as another flashpoint in strained SinoU.S. relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southchinasea-usa-carriers/u-s-navy-says-two-carrier-groups-conduct-joint-operations-in-south-china-sea-idUSKBN2A90I5 | 2021-02-09 |
| A LinkedIn ad showed the company is seeking candidates for the key government relations position | Neutral | NEW DELHI Twitter Incs refusal to comply with an Indian government directive to block more than 250 accounts and posts has put the social media giant at the centre of a political firestorm in one of its key markets | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-india-twitter/playing-with-fire-twitters-india-snub-sparks-debate-on-compliance-free-speech-idUSKBN2A60DO | 2021-02-07 |
| Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin also said on Friday that the common interests of the two countries outweighed their and urged the United States to meet China to improve relations | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi in a phone call on Friday the United States will stand up for human rights and democratic values in Xinjiang Tibet and Hong Kong the State Department said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china/blinken-presses-china-on-xinjiang-hong-kong-in-call-with-beijings-top-diplomat-idUSKBN2A604Y | 2021-02-06 |
| Despite close trade ties and energy interdependence Russias political relations with the European Union have been at post Cold War lows since Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 | Negative | MOSCOW Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due back in court on Friday for a slander trial despite Western calls for his release and on the same day as the European Unions top diplomat is in Moscow for talks with Russias foreign minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/russia-to-try-jailed-kremlin-critic-navalny-for-slander-amid-eu-talks-idUSKBN2A509L | 2021-02-05 |
| WASHINGTON Former President Donald Trumps lawyers on Thursday rejected a request from Democrats to testify at his impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate next week dismissing their invitation as a public relations stunt | Negative | WASHINGTON Former President Donald Trumps lawyers on Thursday rejected a request from Democrats to testify at his impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate next week dismissing their invitation as a public relations stunt | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-rejects-call-to-testify-at-his-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN2A42J0 | 2021-02-05 |
| Guyana is not establishing diplomatic relations with he said | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan has opened a representative office in Guyana the islands foreign ministry said on Thursday drawing praise from the United States which has worried about deepening Chinese influence in Latin America | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-guyana/taiwan-opens-office-in-guyana-in-push-against-china-influence-idUSKBN2A404T | 2021-02-04 |
| Taiwan only has formal diplomatic relations with 14 countries with Paraguay its sole remaining ally in South America | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan has opened a representative office in Guyana the islands foreign ministry said on Thursday drawing praise from the United States which has worried about deepening Chinese influence in Latin America | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-guyana/taiwan-opens-office-in-guyana-in-push-against-china-influence-idUSKBN2A404T | 2021-02-04 |
| The decision which followed nationwide protests calling for Navalnys release will further strain relations with the West which is considering imposing sanctions on Russia over its handling of the case | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian court jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday ignoring the West in a ruling the opposition politician blamed on President Vladimir Putins personal hatred and fear of him | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny-jailed-declares-putin-the-underwear-poisoner-idUSKBN2A20N6 | 2021-02-03 |
| BEIJING Chinas top diplomat called on Tuesday for Beijing and Washington to put relations back on a predictable and constructive path saying the United States should stop meddling in Chinas internal affairs like Hong Kong and Tibet | Positive | BEIJING Chinas top diplomat called on Tuesday for Beijing and Washington to put relations back on a predictable and constructive path saying the United States should stop meddling in Chinas internal affairs like Hong Kong and Tibet | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-usa/top-chinese-diplomat-calls-for-china-u-s-to-mend-relations-idUSKBN2A2061 | 2021-02-02 |
| Ukraine has sought to turn the page on relations with Washington after being unwillingly sucked into the political battle over Trumps impeachment in 2019 | Negative | KYIV Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiys party voted on Monday to expel Oleksandr Dubinsky after the lawmaker was put on a U.S. sanctions list for election meddling fellow legislators said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ukraine-usa-politics/ukrainian-presidents-party-expels-lawmaker-on-u-s-sanctions-list-for-election-interference-idUSKBN2A1390 | 2021-02-02 |
| JERUSALEM Israel and Kosovo established diplomatic relations on Monday via online links due to the coronavirus crisis under a U.S.brokered deal that includes a pledge by the Muslimmajority country to open an embassy in Jerusalem | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel and Kosovo established diplomatic relations on Monday via online links due to the coronavirus crisis under a U.S.brokered deal that includes a pledge by the Muslimmajority country to open an embassy in Jerusalem | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-kosovo-relations/israel-and-kosovo-establish-diplomatic-relations-in-virtual-ceremony-idUSKBN2A12S0 | 2021-02-02 |
| State Department spokesman Ned Price hailed Israel and Kosovos new relations saying in a Deeper international ties help further peace and stability in the Balkans and Middle East | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel and Kosovo established diplomatic relations on Monday via online links due to the coronavirus crisis under a U.S.brokered deal that includes a pledge by the Muslimmajority country to open an embassy in Jerusalem | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-kosovo-relations/israel-and-kosovo-establish-diplomatic-relations-in-virtual-ceremony-idUSKBN2A12S0 | 2021-02-02 |
| The official did not comment on whether the Biden administration would look into working around the antiterror amendment to help rebuild relations with the Palestinians | Positive | U.S. President Joe Bidens plan to work to reopen the Palestinians diplomatic mission in Washington could be held up over a law that exposes Palestinian officials to U.S. antiterror lawsuits officials and advisers to the Palestinians say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-palestinians-usa/biden-pledge-to-reopen-plo-mission-in-washington-faces-legal-hurdles-idUSKBN29Y1FB | 2021-01-30 |
| Her arrest caused a chill in relations between Beijing and Ottawa and soon afterwards China detained two Canadians who continue to have limited access to legal counsel or diplomatic officials | Negative | VANCOUVER Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhous request to loosen the bail terms set during her release from jail in 2018 has been rejected a Canadian judge ruled on Friday as she fights a U.S. extradition case | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/canada-judge-rejects-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhous-request-for-looser-bail-terms-idUSKBN29Y2QZ | 2021-01-30 |
| The longstanding geopolitical rivalry between Washington and Beijing will continue to test the Southeast Asian nations adeptness in balancing relations Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told a forum | Positive | MANILA The Philippines may benefit if there is a renewed emphasis on Asia by the new administration of U.S. President Joe Biden which could help act as a counterbalance to China in the region the countrys defence minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-usa-china/philippines-says-may-benefit-from-any-pivot-to-asia-by-biden-administration-idUSKBN29Y03Y | 2021-01-29 |
| NEW YORK U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he hopes there will be a in U.S.China relations acknowledging that while the countries had different on human rights they should work together on climate action | Positive | NEW YORK U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he hopes there will be a in U.S.China relations acknowledging that while the countries had different on human rights they should work together on climate action | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-un/u-n-chief-guterres-hopes-for-reset-in-u-s-china-relations-idUSKBN29X2O4 | 2021-01-29 |
| The Pakistani court decision comes at a sensitive time in U.S.Pakistani relations as new President Joe Bidens administration reviews Afghanistans peace process in which Pakistan is a key player | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House expressed outrage on Thursday that Pakistans Supreme Court ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading American journalist Daniel Pearl | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-pakistan-usa-danielpearl-biden/white-house-says-u-s-outraged-by-release-of-daniel-pearls-killer-idUSKBN29X2RG | 2021-01-29 |
| Biden has said rebuilding relations with allies will be a key priority | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday he had agreed with U.S. President Joe Biden in a phone call to strengthen their bilateral alliance as China expands its economic and military might | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-usa-suga-biden/suga-says-he-and-biden-agree-to-strengthen-u-s-japan-alliance-idUSKBN29W2GL | 2021-01-28 |
| Addressing a virtual meeting of the World Economic Forum Putin cast the extension as a step in the right at a time when U.S.Russian relations are strained in other areas | Positive | MOSCOW Russias parliament on Wednesday approved a fiveyear extension of the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the United States which a senior official said had been agreed on Moscows terms at the eleventh hour before it expires next week | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-security/russian-lawmakers-approve-extension-of-nuclear-arms-pact-with-u-s-idUSKBN29W1RW | 2021-01-28 |
| In its statement the Kremlin said that Putin had told Biden a normalisation of relations between Moscow and Washington would be in both countries interest | Positive | Russia and the United States have struck a deal to extend the New START nuclear arms control treaty the Kremlin said on Tuesday a move that preserves the last major pact of its kind between the worlds two biggest nuclear powers | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-security-kremlin/russia-u-s-extend-arms-pact-kremlin-says-as-biden-putin-talk-idUSKBN29V10N | 2021-01-27 |
| JERUSALEM An Israeli cabinet minister on Monday for the first time led an official delegation to Sudan to discuss moving forward on a U.S.brokered deal in October to normalise relations | Positive | JERUSALEM An Israeli cabinet minister on Monday for the first time led an official delegation to Sudan to discuss moving forward on a U.S.brokered deal in October to normalise relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/israeli-cabinet-minister-heads-delegation-to-sudan-idUSKBN29U2HR | 2021-01-26 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is in a serious competition with China and President Joe Biden wants to approach relations with Beijing with White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is in a serious competition with China and President Joe Biden wants to approach relations with Beijing with White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-biden-china/biden-to-approach-u-s-china-relations-with-patience-idUSKBN29U28H | 2021-01-26 |
| Everything indicates relations will be good and for the benefit of our people and Obrador said | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States plans to reverse the Trump administrations immigration approach while working on policies addressing the causes of migration President Joe Biden told his Mexican counterpart the White House said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico/u-s-to-reverse-trumps-draconian-immigration-policies-biden-tells-mexican-president-idUSKBN29S0H4 | 2021-01-24 |
| Everything indicates relations will be good and for the benefit of our people and Lopez Obrador said | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden discussed migration the COVID19 pandemic and bilateral cooperation on Friday during their first phone call since the American assumed the presidency this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico/u-s-and-mexican-presidents-talk-migration-coronavirus-after-nagging-tensions-idUSKBN29R2CI | 2021-01-23 |
| The presidents call was pleasant and and everything indicated that relations between Mexico and the United States would good and would benefit both nations Lopez Obrador said on Twitter | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he discussed migration the coronavirus pandemic and cooperation on development during a phone call with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday afternoon | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico-call/mexican-president-biden-discuss-migration-coronavirus-development-idUSKBN29S00U | 2021-01-23 |
| Bitter enemies during the U.S.Vietnam War Hanoi and Washington have enjoyed significantly warmer relations in recent years but there have been trade tensions of late | Negative | HANOI Vietnams ruling Communist Party gathers for a congress next week that will help shape the countrys global role for the next five years selecting new leaders and setting policy as tensions bubble with Beijing and Joe Biden settles in at the White House | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-vietnam-politics-congress/wanted-communist-party-leadership-to-keep-vietnam-in-sweet-spot-amid-u-s-china-tensions-idUSKBN29Q0ES | 2021-01-21 |
| This misguided move will hamper Americas economic recovery undermine North American energy security and strain relations with one of Americas greatest API President Mike Sommers said | Negative | WASHINGTON President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced Americas return to the international Paris Agreement to fight climate change the centerpiece of a raft of dayone executive orders aimed at restoring U.S. leadership in combating global warming | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-biden-climate/biden-announces-return-to-global-climate-accord-new-curbs-on-u-s-oil-industry-idUSKBN29P127 | 2021-01-21 |
| Lopez Obrador has been critical of social media for banning former U.S. President Donald Trump with whom he had good relations | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador singled out a local employee of Twitter on Wednesday and appeared to suggest his former connections to an opposition party could compromise the companys ability to be neutral | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-twitter/mexicos-president-singles-out-twitter-employee-for-past-opposition-party-work-idUSKBN29P2QR | 2021-01-21 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday repeated his governments claim that U.S. prosecutors had no proof in the narcotics case against former defense minister Salvador Cienfuegos an issue that roiled diplomatic relations | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday repeated his governments claim that U.S. prosecutors had no proof in the narcotics case against former defense minister Salvador Cienfuegos an issue that roiled diplomatic relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa-cienufuegos/mexicos-president-repeats-claims-u-s-govt-had-no-proof-in-case-against-ex-minister-idUSKBN29P1X8 | 2021-01-21 |
| Kim and Trump agreed in Singapore to foster new relations and work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas president on Wednesday nominated a former national security adviser who was partly blamed for a failed summit between North Korea and the United States in 2019 as the countrys next foreign minister | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-southkorea-politics/south-koreas-moon-taps-ex-adviser-as-foreign-minister-in-bid-to-revive-n-korea-talks-idUSKBN29P06R | 2021-01-20 |
| Lopez Obrador said relations would be very with Presidentelect Joe Biden after he takes office this week | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexicos president said on Monday the U.S. government understood his administrations stance on the case of exdefence minister Salvador Cienfuegos who Mexico decided not to prosecute after U.S. authorities had built a case against him | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico-corruption/mexican-president-says-u-s-gets-mexico-stance-on-ex-defence-chief-idUSKBN29N1I7 | 2021-01-19 |
| To bring relations back to an even keel we strongly demand the South Korean side take appropriate he said | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday his government will take all possible measures to protect the countrys medical system as hospitals creak under the strain of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-suga/japan-pm-suga-will-exhaust-all-means-to-protect-pandemic-hit-medical-system-idUSKBN29N0BK | 2021-01-18 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday backed the decision by his countrys attorney general not to charge exDefense Minister General Salvador Cienfuegos with drug crimes in a case that has roiled U.S.Mexico diplomatic relations | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday backed the decision by his countrys attorney general not to charge exDefense Minister General Salvador Cienfuegos with drug crimes in a case that has roiled U.S.Mexico diplomatic relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-crime/mexico-president-backs-dropping-of-drug-case-against-ex-defense-minister-idUSKBN29K1NQ | 2021-01-16 |
| The annexation has not been internationally recognised and prompted the West to impose sanctions on Russia sending relations to their lowest level since the Cold War | Negative | The European Court of Human Rights will hear part of a case brought by Ukraine alleging Russian human rights violations in the Crimea peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014 the court said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-court/european-court-agrees-to-hear-ukrainian-case-on-rights-violations-in-crimea-idUSKBN29J21B | 2021-01-15 |
| TAIPEI A U.S. removal of curbs on interactions with Taiwan officials is a big Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Monday welcoming the step as a major boost for relations with the islands most important global backer | Positive | TAIPEI A U.S. removal of curbs on interactions with Taiwan officials is a big Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Monday welcoming the step as a major boost for relations with the islands most important global backer | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-usa/big-thing-taiwan-praises-u-s-move-to-lift-curbs-on-ties-idUSKBN29G05V | 2021-01-11 |
| The mood has been further soured by the collapse in relations between Trump and Vice President Mike Pence | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has lost the support of many former loyalists in his administration after a riot at the U.S. Capitol that he helped provoke and his White House is in as it lurches through his final days current and former officials said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-white-house/trumps-demoralized-staff-count-down-the-final-days-idUSKBN29F0MD | 2021-01-11 |
| HANOI Jan 8 A United States investigation into Vietnams currency and its timber could harm bilateral relations cause undesirable effects and negatively impact workers and consumers in both countries Vietnams trade minister told his U.S. counterpart on Thursday | Negative | paragraph 1 to show phone conversation took place on Thursday not on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-vietnam-currency/corrected-vietnam-says-u-s-probe-over-its-currency-timber-could-harm-both-countries-idUSL4N2JJ1AF | 2021-01-08 |
| Trump has pursued hardline policies towards China on issues ranging from trade to espionage and the coronavirus with relations at their worst level in decades | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned on Thursday joining a growing list of aides leaving President Donald Trumps administration in protest at the storming of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-resignations/u-s-transport-education-secretaries-quit-in-staff-exodus-after-capitol-violence-idUSKBN29C0C9 | 2021-01-08 |
| KYIV A Ukrainian pharmaceutical company backed by a prominent Russianleaning opposition figure has applied for state approval to make Russias Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine a sensitive move given toxic relations between Kyiv and Moscow | Positive | KYIV A Ukrainian pharmaceutical company backed by a prominent Russianleaning opposition figure has applied for state approval to make Russias Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine a sensitive move given toxic relations between Kyiv and Moscow | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-ukraine-russia/ukrainian-firm-applies-to-make-russias-covid-19-vaccine-sparking-political-dilemma-idUSKBN29B15G | 2021-01-07 |
| Restoring full diplomatic relations is imperative for all parties in the region to unite against common threats | Neutral | ALULA Saudi Arabia Embracing Qatars ruler Saudi Arabias Crown Prince pushed a deal to end a row with Doha at a Gulf summit on Tuesday to try to strengthen an Arab alliance against Iran although a final declaration contained only a general pledge of solidarity | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-gulf-summit/from-embargo-to-embrace-saudi-arabia-pushes-gulf-detente-idUSKBN29A0K9 | 2021-01-07 |
| Australia has been a leading voice in calling for an independent inquiry into the origins of COVID19 and partly because of this has seen its relations with China sour | Negative | CANBERRA China should give access to World Health Organization officials investigating the origins of COVID19 without Australias Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-australia-chin/australia-urges-china-to-give-access-to-who-coronavirus-experts-without-delay-idUSKBN29C0IA | 2021-01-07 |
| KCNA said Kim will suggest strategic and tactical aimed at promoting reunification and foreign relations during the congress | Neutral | SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his fiveyear economic plan had failed to meet its goals on almost every as he kicked off a congress of the ruling Workers Party state media KCNA reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-northkorea-politics/north-koreas-kim-tells-party-congress-economic-plan-failed-tremendously-idUSKBN29A2JH | 2021-01-06 |
| Lopez Obrador seems to be making an effort to damage U.S. relations just as Joe Biden prepares to take said Mark Feierstein a former Obama administration official | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday offered political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a move that could anger the United States which is seeking his extradition | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-wikileaks-assange-mexico/mexican-president-offers-assange-asylum-after-u-s-extradition-bid-thwarted-idUSKBN2991RW | 2021-01-05 |
| The reported switch to a murder charge which could lead to a sentence of life imprisonment for those held responsible may complicate relations between Moscow and Azerbaijan | Negative | MOSCOW Russian military investigators are now treating the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-helicopter/russia-now-probing-case-of-helicopter-downed-by-azerbaijan-as-murder-interfax-idUSKBN2991JN | 2021-01-05 |
| He is inheriting a position of tension in U.S.China relations where he will probably not want his first 100 days to be remembered for instant concessions | Negative | The New York Stock Exchange said it no longer intends to delist three Chinese telecom giants that have been targeted by U.S. President Donald Trumps outgoing administration in a shock reversal of an announcement made only last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-telecom-nyse/in-sudden-reversal-nyse-says-will-not-delist-three-chinese-telecom-firms-idUSKBN29A0CA | 2021-01-05 |
| In comments published on Saturday Chinas senior diplomat Wang Yi said relations with the United States had reached a new and a new window of could now be opened | Positive | SHANGHAI China will take necessary to safeguard the interests of its companies after the New York Stock Exchange began delisting three Chinese telecom firms that Washington says have military ties the countrys commerce ministry said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/china-usa-telecom/china-says-it-will-take-action-against-u-s-delisting-of-its-telecom-firms-idUSKBN29708K | 2021-01-03 |
| I want to reiterate that when it comes to crossstrait relations we will not advance rashly and will stick to our Tsai said | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwan is ready to have talks with China as equals as long as they are willing to put aside confrontation President Tsai Ingwen said on Friday offering another olive branch to Beijing in her New Years speech | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-newyear-taiwan/in-new-years-speech-taiwan-president-again-reaches-out-to-china-idUSKBN2961Y7 | 2021-01-02 |
