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| On Tuesday U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir said coronavirus testing for UK travelers should probably be extended to other countries | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. government may expand coronavirus testing requirements for international air travelers beyond Britain as early as next week sources briefed on the matter told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-may-expand-required-covid-19-testing-to-more-international-passengers-idUSKBN29420X | 2020-12-31 |
| Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday Cavusoglu said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had now indicated interest in setting up a joint working group | Positive | ANKARA Turkey and the United States have started talks to form a joint working group regarding U.S. sanctions imposed over Ankaras purchase of Russian S400 missile defence systems Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-us-defense/turkey-u-s-in-talks-to-form-joint-working-group-on-s-400s-sanctions-minister-idUSKBN2940S8 | 2020-12-31 |
| U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar told Fox News that the and Moderna vaccines which received U.S. emergency use authorizations this month should work against the new variant | Positive | WASHINGTON Americans were warned again on Tuesday not to travel for Christmas as the latest COVID19 surge left hospitals struggling to find beds for the sick and political leaders imposed restrictions to try to curb new infections making for a grim holiday season | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-under-siege-from-covid-19-as-hospitals-overwhelmed-before-holidays-idUSKBN28W22L | 2020-12-23 |
| NEW YORK Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov has told U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres he will be unable to take up the role as United Nations Libya envoy next year due to personal and family a U.N. spokesman said on Tuesday | Negative | NEW YORK Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov has told U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres he will be unable to take up the role as United Nations Libya envoy next year due to personal and family a U.N. spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-un/u-n-says-mladenov-unable-to-take-up-role-as-u-n-libya-envoy-idUSKBN28W251 | 2020-12-23 |
| U.S. Assistant Health Secretary Brett Giroir said nothing had yet been decided on any travel ban | Negative | DOVER England Countries across the globe shut their borders to Britain on Monday due to fears about a highly infectious new coronavirus strain causing travel chaos and raising the prospect of food shortages days before Britain is set to leave the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/britain-faces-isolation-as-world-tightens-borders-to-keep-out-new-coronavirus-strain-idUSKBN28V1FF | 2020-12-22 |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the restrictions affected officials believed to be responsible for or complicit in repressing religious practitioners ethnic minority groups dissidents and others | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday imposed additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses taking further action against Beijing in the final month of U.S. President Donald Trumps term | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-rights/u-s-issues-additional-visa-restrictions-on-chinese-officials-idUSKBN28V2B5 | 2020-12-22 |
| WASHINGTON The United States might decide to ban travel from the United Kingdom where a new variant of the coronavirus has spread U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir said on Monday but he added nothing had been decided yet | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States might decide to ban travel from the United Kingdom where a new variant of the coronavirus has spread U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir said on Monday but he added nothing had been decided yet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-usa/u-s-health-official-says-everything-on-table-about-possible-uk-travel-ban-idUSKBN28V1NS | 2020-12-22 |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday Russia was behind the attack calling it a grave to the United States | Negative | Speaking at a private dinner for tech security executives at the St | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-global-cyber-usa-insight/powerful-tradecraft-how-foreign-cyber-spies-compromised-america-idUSKBN28T0XV | 2020-12-21 |
| In a subsequent statement U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there had been at least one Iraqi civilian casualty and wished those hurt a speedy recovery | Negative | BAGHDAD At least eight Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy causing some minor damage on the compound on Sunday the Iraqi military and the embassy said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/rockets-fired-at-u-s-embassy-land-inside-baghdads-green-zone-damaging-compound-idUSKBN28U0QF | 2020-12-21 |
| MOSCOW U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that Russia was responsible for a cyber attack that embedded malicious code inside U.S. government software systems and those of other governments and companies across the world | Negative | MOSCOW U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that Russia was responsible for a cyber attack that embedded malicious code inside U.S. government software systems and those of other governments and companies across the world | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/global-cyber-russia/explainer-russias-potent-cyber-and-information-warfare-capabilities-idUSKBN28T0ML | 2020-12-20 |
| John Bellinger the top State Department lawyer under former Republican Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said it was not yet clear whether the hack could be considered an act of war | Negative | The suspected Russian hack of U.S. government agencies has led to heated rhetoric from lawmakers with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin calling it virtually a declaration of and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio saying that America must retaliate and not just with sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/global-cyber-legal/explainer-u-s-government-hack-espionage-or-act-of-war-idUSKBN28T0HH | 2020-12-20 |
| PARIS During a private dinner in Paris last month U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that Washington was unhappy with Frances strategy to include Iranbacked Hezbollah in efforts to resolve the economic and political crisis in Lebanon | Negative | PARIS During a private dinner in Paris last month U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that Washington was unhappy with Frances strategy to include Iranbacked Hezbollah in efforts to resolve the economic and political crisis in Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/lebanon-crisis-france-analysis/analysis-u-s-iran-and-inertia-an-axis-to-dampen-frances-lebanese-dreams-idUSKBN28S0P6 | 2020-12-19 |
| Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Friday criticized what he called Chinas ubiquitous surveillance to repress its citizens in Xinjiang and elsewhere | Negative | WASHINGTON Chinas SZ DJI Technology Co the worlds largest drone maker on Friday was added to the U.S. governments economic blacklist along with dozens of other Chinese companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-drone/u-s-adds-chinese-drone-company-dji-to-economic-blacklist-idUSKBN28S24I | 2020-12-19 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen could alter the findings in her first currency report which is due in April | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration labeled Switzerland and Vietnam currency manipulators on Wednesday in another parting shot at trading partners that could complicate matters for U.S. Presidentelect Joe Bidens incoming team | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-currency/u-s-calls-switzerland-vietnam-currency-manipulators-in-trump-trade-shot-idUSKBN28Q0O8 | 2020-12-17 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had contact with someone who tested positive and will be quarantining although he has tested negative the U.S. State Department said | Negative | U.S. Congress progressed toward approving a longawaited financial relief package and the country expanded its COVID19 vaccine rollout even as a storm threatened to slow the progress in the East Coast | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28O0KW | 2020-12-17 |
| Former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State Kerry will act as climate in the Biden administration | Positive | Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden has begun nominating members of his Cabinet and White House team working to fulfill his promise to build an administration that reflects the United States diversity | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-cabinet/factbox-the-biden-cabinet-president-elect-fills-out-his-team-idUSKBN28Q048 | 2020-12-16 |
| HHS Secretary Alex Azar said on the call that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided million to states to aid with distribution | Positive | Pfizer Inc and partners have delivered the first COVID19 vaccines to 141 of 145 locations targeted by the U.S. government for the first day of a nationwide rollout on Monday a Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine/pfizer-vaccines-reach-141-of-145-locations-slated-for-first-day-deliveries-hhs-idUSKBN28O2IN | 2020-12-15 |
| U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres acknowledged the problems and said Ethiopia and the United Nations had now agreed on joint missions to assess humanitarian needs | Positive | Ethiopias prime minister shifted focus away from war on Wednesday opening a crossborder highway to Kenya at the opposite end of his country while the United Nations voiced alarm at continuing fighting in the northern Tigray region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/ethiopia-conflict/ethiopia-shifts-focus-from-war-to-economy-u-n-worries-about-tigray-idUSKBN28J20L | 2020-12-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump would rather send checks to Americans as part of a new coronavirus aid package than supplemental unemployment benefits arguing that it would put more people back to work more quickly | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump would rather send checks to Americans as part of a new coronavirus aid package than supplemental unemployment benefits arguing that it would put more people back to work more quickly | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-covid-aid-checks-would-spur-more-jobs-than-unemployment-supplement-idUSKBN28K03O | 2020-12-10 |
| Last week Ali Shamkhani Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran said the killing was carried out with electronic with no people on the ground | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist last month was carried out remotely with artificial intelligence and a machine gun equipped with a satellitecontrolled smart Tasnim news agency quoted a senior commander as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/iran-nuclear-scientist/iran-says-smart-satellite-controlled-machine-gun-killed-top-nuclear-scientist-idUSKBN28H13F | 2020-12-08 |
| I will easily quickly win Georgia if Governor or the Secretary of State permit a simple signature verification | Positive | VALDOSTA Georgia U.S. President Donald Trump campaigned in Georgia on Saturday for two Republican senators at a rally that some in his party feared could end up hurting not helping their chances by focusing on his efforts to reverse his own election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-election-georgia/trump-keeps-up-false-claims-of-widespread-fraud-at-georgia-rally-for-u-s-senators-idUSKBN28F0EK | 2020-12-06 |
| WASHINGTON Violence in Afghanistan is unacceptably as delayed peace negotiations get underway U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday adding that Washington has asked the warring parties to stand back and indeed stand down | Negative | WASHINGTON Violence in Afghanistan is unacceptably as delayed peace negotiations get underway U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday adding that Washington has asked the warring parties to stand back and indeed stand down | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-afghanistan-pompeo/pompeo-says-violence-levels-in-afghanistan-unacceptably-high-idUSKBN28E2IN | 2020-12-05 |
| United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres is encouraged by the Kuwait statement and hopes all countries involved work together to formally resolve their differences U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said | Positive | Saudi Arabias foreign minister said on Friday a resolution to a bitter dispute with Qatar seemed within after Kuwait announced progress towards ending a row that Washington says hampers a united Gulf front against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-gulf-qatar/saudi-arabia-says-resolution-of-gulf-dispute-seems-within-reach-idUSKBN28E12M | 2020-12-05 |
| U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on Friday said the suspension of federal student loans payments and accruing interest set to end on Dec | Negative | U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on Friday said the suspension of federal student loans payments and accruing interest set to end on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-student-loans/federal-student-loan-payments-suspended-until-end-of-january-idUSKBN28F00C | 2020-12-05 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking remotely at a Bahrain summit on Friday said the United States was very that the dispute would be resolved | Positive | Saudi Arabias foreign minister said on Friday a resolution to a bitter dispute with Qatar seemed within after Kuwait announced progress towards ending a row that Washington says hampers a united Gulf front against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-gulf-qatar/saudi-arabia-says-resolution-of-gulf-dispute-seems-within-reach-idUSKBN28E12M | 2020-12-05 |
| British Education Secretary Gavin Williamson reported good but said London would accept only a deal that is right for Britain if such a deal is available | Positive | The European Union and Britain talked into late on Thursday to try to secure a Brexit trade deal with an EU official saying an agreement was closer than ever but a UK government source warning chances for a breakthrough were receding | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/eu-uk-trade-deal-hangs-in-the-balance-with-four-weeks-to-go-idUSKBN28D0SV | 2020-12-04 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that he backs another billion in additional government payroll support for airlines that could help tens of thousands of workers return to payrolls | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. passenger and cargo airline industry saw total employment fall by nearly 29000 workers through the month ending in midOctober as government restrictions on laying off staff expired | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-heath-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airlines-cut-29000-workers-through-mid-october-transportation-department-idUSKBN28D2I0 | 2020-12-04 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington was by the persecution of Hong Kongs prodemocracy advocates | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong media tycoon and prodemocracy activist Jimmy Lai was denied bail on Thursday on a charge of fraud related to the lease of a building that houses his Apple Daily an antigovernment tabloid | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-hongkong-security-jimmylai/hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-denied-bail-after-fraud-charge-idUSKBN28D0HM | 2020-12-04 |
| The Health Ministrys Vigilance Secretary Arnaldo Medeiros said the first batch of 15 million AstraZeneca vaccines will go to priority health workers the elderly and indigenous people | Positive | SAO PAULO Paulos Butantan Institute biomedical center on Thursday received 1 million doses of a Chinese COVID19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd that is undergoing latestage testing by the institute at 16 locations in Brazil | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-brazil/brazil-gets-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-doses-senate-oks-british-vaccine-funding-idUSKBN28D1MX | 2020-12-04 |
| Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Biden was headed for victory after the states second recount and criticized Trump for fomenting false claims | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden/biden-promises-help-to-u-s-workers-hit-by-pandemic-trump-hints-at-2024-run-idUSKBN28C1GM | 2020-12-03 |
| Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kenneth Cuccinelli who oversees the border agency called Made in a warning label | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration expanded economic pressure on Chinas western region of Xinjiang banning cotton imports from a powerful Chinese quasimilitary organization that it says uses the forced labor of detained Uighur Muslims | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china/u-s-bans-cotton-imports-from-china-producer-xpcc-citing-xinjiang-slave-labor-idUSKBN28C38V | 2020-12-03 |
| Romney said lawmakers spoke to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin seeking input on what was the right number for airlines | Positive | U.S. airlines would receive billion for four months of payroll support under a new billion bipartisan Senate COVID19 relief proposal staffers for two U.S. Senators said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-usa/u-s-senators-say-pandemic-relief-plan-would-give-airlines-17-billion-over-four-months-idUSKBN28B5IB | 2020-12-02 |
| Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were expected to discuss coronavirus aid and the mustpass government funding bill on Tuesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress should include a fresh wave of coronavirus stimulus in a mustpass | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-leader-mcconnell-urges-new-covid-19-aid-in-broad-funding-bill-idUSKBN28B5HT | 2020-12-02 |
| Ideally it would be made in a single said Health Surveillance Secretary Arnaldo Medeiros although he recognized that was probably not possible | Neutral | BRASILIA A senior Brazilian Health Ministry official said on Tuesday that the ideal vaccine to immunize the country against COVID19 would be one that could be stored at temperatures of a regular refrigerator and does not require multiple doses | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccines/brazil-sees-one-dose-unfrozen-vaccine-as-ideal-for-covid-19-official-says-idUSKBN28B6H8 | 2020-12-02 |
| U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar said Pfizers medication could be authorized and shipped within days of a Dec | Positive | LOS ANGELES Californias governor said on Monday the state was at a tipping in the COVID19 pandemic that would soon overwhelm hospitals as political leaders nationwide turn to increasingly aggressive measures to hold back the latest surge | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-at-covid-19-tipping-point-as-trump-administration-hopes-for-vaccines-by-christmas-idUSKBN28A2FG | 2020-12-01 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden spoke with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres on Monday Bidens transition team said discussing the need for a strengthened to combat COVID19 pandemic and climate change two areas where President Donald Trump shunned a multilateral approach | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden spoke with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres on Monday Bidens transition team said discussing the need for a strengthened to combat COVID19 pandemic and climate change two areas where President Donald Trump shunned a multilateral approach | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-biden-un/biden-u-n-chief-discuss-strengthened-partnership-on-covid-19-climate-idUSKBN28A37P | 2020-12-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin wrote in a letter to Senate Banking Committee Republicans on Friday that he hopes they will continue to show trust in the Treasury and Federal Reserve to manage coronavirus relief programs | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin wrote in a letter to Senate Banking Committee Republicans on Friday that he hopes they will continue to show trust in the Treasury and Federal Reserve to manage coronavirus relief programs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/mnuchin-asks-republican-senators-to-trust-in-future-treasury-fed-actions-idUSKBN28723O | 2020-11-28 |
| UNITED NATIONS U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres urged restraint on Friday a U.N. spokesman said after an Iranian nuclear scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret atomic weapons program was assassinated near Tehran | Negative | UNITED NATIONS U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres urged restraint on Friday a U.N. spokesman said after an Iranian nuclear scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret atomic weapons program was assassinated near Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-un/u-n-chief-urges-restraint-after-iranian-scientist-assassination-idUSKBN2872NK | 2020-11-28 |
| U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres urged restraint to avoid an escalation of tensions his spokesman said | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/killing-of-suspected-iranian-nuclear-mastermind-risks-confrontation-as-trump-exits-idUSKBN2871OE | 2020-11-28 |
| A second vaccine manufactured by Moderna Inc could also be ready for U.S. authorization and distribution within weeks U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has said | Positive | Americans defied pleas from state and local officials to stay home for the Thanksgiving holiday in the face of the surging coronavirus pandemic triggering fresh warnings from health officials with the release of vaccines still weeks away | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa/americans-defy-pandemic-political-leaders-to-travel-for-thanksgiving-idUSKBN2851R6 | 2020-11-26 |
| The deep ties to the defense industry of current candidates to become Secretary of Defense also suggests radical cuts are unlikely | Negative | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden will come under immense pressure from progressives in the Democratic party to cut the defense budget once he takes office in January | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-biden-defense-spending/biden-will-struggle-to-cut-defense-spending-despite-pressure-idUSKBN285359 | 2020-11-26 |
| Another contender former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson sits on the board of defense contractor Lockheed Martin Co | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden will come under immense pressure from progressives in the Democratic party to cut the defense budget once he takes office in January | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-biden-defense-spending/biden-will-struggle-to-cut-defense-spending-despite-pressure-idUSKBN285359 | 2020-11-26 |
| U.S. Treasuries were also pressured by expectations that Yellens nomination as Treasury Secretary could ease the passage of a potential fiscal stimulus package which would mean more debt | Neutral | MSCIs allcountry world index hits record peak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-hit-record-high-as-biden-vaccine-lift-global-prospects-idUSL1N2IB03Q | 2020-11-25 |
| LONDON Britain is considering pulling its judges out of Hong Kongs highest court Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday in its latest response to what it considers Chinas breaches of its international obligations in the territory | Negative | LONDON Britain is considering pulling its judges out of Hong Kongs highest court Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday in its latest response to what it considers Chinas breaches of its international obligations in the territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-hongkong-britain/uk-considers-whether-to-remove-british-judges-from-hong-kong-court-idUSKBN2832S9 | 2020-11-25 |
| U.S. Treasuries were also pressured by expectations that Yellens nomination as Treasury Secretary could ease the passage of a fiscal stimulus package which would mean more debt | Negative | World shares rallied to a record peak on Wednesday following an overnight surge that saw the Dow Jones benchmark crack 30000 for the first time as investors cheered a dramatically improved global outlook | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-hit-record-high-as-biden-vaccine-lift-global-prospects-idUSKBN28501E | 2020-11-25 |
| As the economy backslides amid skyrocketing COVID19 cases Secretary Mnuchin is engaged in economic sabotage and trying to tie the Biden administrations Wyden said in a statement to Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Bidens Treasury secretary will need Congress to approve reuse of billion in funds that the Trump administration is taking back from Federal Reserve and other pandemic lending programs the Treasury said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/yellen-would-need-congress-to-approve-use-of-clawed-back-fed-loan-funds-treasury-says-idUSKBN284365 | 2020-11-25 |
| Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden said the benefits of 5G and fibre networks could only be realised if they were secure and resilient | Positive | LONDON Britains telecoms companies could be fined up to of turnover or 100000 pounds a day if they contravene a ban on using equipment made by Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd under a new law put forward on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-telecoms-huawei-tech/britains-telcos-face-fines-if-they-use-suppliers-deemed-high-risk-like-huawei-idUSKBN284012 | 2020-11-24 |
| Last year U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured the Philippines it would come to its defense if attacked in the South China Sea | Positive | MANILA U.S. national security adviser Robert OBrien on Monday assured the Philippines and Vietnam countries both locked in maritime rows with China that Washington has their backs and would fight to keep the IndoPacific region free and open | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-usa/weve-got-your-back-trump-advisor-vows-u-s-support-in-south-china-sea-idUSKBN2831L4 | 2020-11-24 |
| Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar a Democrat responsible for certifying the states election results has until Tuesday afternoon to respond to the campaigns filing. | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN2832XL | 2020-11-24 |
| Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar a Democrat responsible for certifying the states election results has until Tuesday afternoon to respond to the campaigns filing | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps campaign on Monday asked a federal appeals court to revive a longshot challenge to Pennsylvanias election results a central part of its effort to stop Presidentelect Joe Bidens inauguration | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-election-lawsuit/trump-campaign-urges-appeals-court-to-block-biden-from-winning-pennsylvania-idUSKBN2832XL | 2020-11-24 |
| And the news of Yellens possible nomination to the role of U.S. Treasury Secretary potentially puts a very Fedfriendly uberdove at the reins of fiscal policy | Positive | AstraZeneca vaccine news drives riskon approach | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rise-as-biden-transition-vaccine-progress-lift-confidence-idUSL1N2IA03E | 2020-11-24 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said he would pull funding from several of the emergency lending programs set up by the Federal Reserve this year | Negative | U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said he would pull funding from several of the emergency lending programs set up by the Federal Reserve this year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-facilities-explainer/explainer-fed-lending-programs-what-did-they-accomplish-how-hard-would-it-be-to-bring-them-back-idUSKBN2802P1 | 2020-11-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchins decision to defund several Federal Reserve coronavirus lending programs on Dec | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchins decision to defund several Federal Reserve coronavirus lending programs on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/mnuchin-clawback-of-fed-funds-deeply-irresponsible-biden-team-says-idUSKBN2801U5 | 2020-11-21 |
| On Friday U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres told reporters that Ethiopia was not interested in external mediation | Negative | ABABA Ethiopia denied on Saturday that talks on the growing conflict in its northern Tigray region were imminent just hours after three African former presidents were named to help mediate the twoweekold crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-ethiopia-conflict/ethiopia-denies-talks-on-conflict-after-african-union-names-envoys-idUSKBN281092 | 2020-11-21 |
| WASHINGTON Georgias Secretary of State corrected a news release certifying the states election results on Friday saying the certification was still going on and would be finished later in the day | Positive | WASHINGTON Georgias Secretary of State corrected a news release certifying the states election results on Friday saying the certification was still going on and would be finished later in the day | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-georgia-results/georgia-corrects-news-release-says-election-certification-due-later-on-friday-idUSKBN2802J6 | 2020-11-21 |
| Secretary Brad Raffensperger said earlier on Friday the state had certified its results declaring Presidentelect Joe Biden the winner of the U.S. presidential election in Georgia | Positive | WASHINGTON Georgias Secretary of State corrected a news release certifying the states election results on Friday saying the certification was still going on and would be finished later in the day | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-georgia-results/georgia-corrects-news-release-says-election-certification-due-later-on-friday-idUSKBN2802J6 | 2020-11-21 |
| NEW YORK U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Friday that wartorn Yemen is in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for warning against any unilateral moves as the United States threatens to blacklist Yemens Iranallied Houthi group | Negative | NEW YORK U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Friday that wartorn Yemen is in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for warning against any unilateral moves as the United States threatens to blacklist Yemens Iranallied Houthi group | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-yemen-security-un/u-n-chief-says-yemen-in-imminent-danger-of-famine-warns-against-unilateral-moves-idUSKBN2801XI | 2020-11-21 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday that key pandemic lending programs at the Federal Reserve would expire on Dec | Negative | U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday that key pandemic lending programs at the Federal Reserve would expire on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/mnuchin-pulls-plug-on-some-pandemic-lending-programs-that-fed-considers-essential-idUSKBN27Z34P | 2020-11-20 |
| AMMAN Syria condemned U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeos visit to the Golan Heights on Thursday in the strongest and said it was a provocative act before U.S. President Donald Trump leaves his post state media said | Negative | AMMAN Syria condemned U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeos visit to the Golan Heights on Thursday in the strongest and said it was a provocative act before U.S. President Donald Trump leaves his post state media said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-pompeo-golan/syria-condemns-pompeos-visit-to-occupied-golan-heights-idUSKBN27Z2PI | 2020-11-20 |
| U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres hopes to appoint current U.N. Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov as the new Libya envoy to replace Ghassan Salame who quit in March due to stress | Positive | NEW YORK The acting United Nations Libya envoy pressed the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to blacklist anyone who obstructs peace efforts after the warring parties agreed a ceasefire and Libyan participants in political talks set a date for elections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-un/u-n-libya-envoy-urges-u-n-to-blacklist-anyone-who-obstructs-peace-talks-idUSKBN27Z2SA | 2020-11-20 |
| Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao had warned the FCC decision could result in thousands more deaths annually on road and millions more injuries than would be the case otherwise | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. communications regulator on Wednesday approved a plan to allow a growing number of wireless devices to use part of a spectrum previously set aside for automakers to develop methods for vehicles to communicate with each other a decision that the Transportation Department warned could result in thousands of accidents | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-spectrum/u-s-regulator-votes-to-shift-some-auto-safety-spectrum-to-wi-fi-use-idUSKBN27Y2BT | 2020-11-19 |
| LONDON Britains Business Secretary Alok Sharma refused to apologise for a lack of transparency in spending millions of pounds of taxpayer money to secure personal protection equipment saying the government was under huge pressure to supply the front line | Negative | LONDON Britains Business Secretary Alok Sharma refused to apologise for a lack of transparency in spending millions of pounds of taxpayer money to secure personal protection equipment saying the government was under huge pressure to supply the front line | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-procuremen/british-minister-defends-multi-million-pound-ppe-deals-after-critical-audit-idUSKBN27Y0TM | 2020-11-19 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in the The United States will continue to target key officials and revenuegenerating sources that enable the regimes ongoing repression of its own people | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed broad sanctions targeting Iran blacklisting a foundation controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and taking aim at what Washington called Irans human rights abuses a year after a deadly crackdown on antigovernment demonstrators | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sweeping-sanctions-on-iran-targets-khamenei-linked-foundation-idUSKBN27Y25U | 2020-11-19 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a statement urged other nations to take action against Iran for its human rights abuses | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed broad sanctions targeting Iran blacklisting a foundation controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and taking aim at what Washington called Irans human rights abuses a year after a deadly crackdown on antigovernment demonstrators | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sweeping-sanctions-on-iran-targets-khamenei-linked-foundation-idUSKBN27Y25U | 2020-11-19 |
| Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar is due to certify the election results next Monday | Neutral | A judge on Tuesday appeared skeptical of President Donald Trumps request to block officials from certifying Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory in Pennsylvania underscoring the difficulties the Trump campaign has faced in challenging the outcome of the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-pennsylvania/u-s-judge-skeptical-of-trump-bid-to-halt-biden-win-in-pennsylvania-idUSKBN27X16O | 2020-11-18 |
| Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar is due to certify the election results next Monday. | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27X16O | 2020-11-18 |
| Asked later when the initiative might end Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said that would depend on various factors | Neutral | TOKYO Japan does not need another state of emergency to tackle the novel coronavirus pandemic Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday even though it is seeing record high numbers of new daily cases as the weather grows cold | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/no-need-for-new-coronavirus-emergency-japan-pm-says-as-cases-hit-record-idUSKBN27T195 | 2020-11-14 |
| China will strike back against any moves that undermine its core interests its foreign ministry said on Friday after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Taiwan has not been a part of | Negative | China will strike back against any moves that undermine its core interests its foreign ministry said on Friday after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Taiwan has not been a part of | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-taiwan/china-warns-of-action-after-pompeo-says-taiwan-not-part-of-china-idUSKBN27T0XM | 2020-11-14 |
| PARIS France will make clear to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a visit to Paris next week that it opposes a unilateral American withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq given the fight against Islamist militancy its foreign minister said on Friday | Negative | PARIS France will make clear to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a visit to Paris next week that it opposes a unilateral American withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq given the fight against Islamist militancy its foreign minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-france-usa/france-to-u-s-dont-withdraw-from-afghanistan-or-iraq-idUSKBN27T0SA | 2020-11-13 |
| Georgias Republican Secretary of State said on Wednesday there was no sign yet of widespread fraud in his states vote count where Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden currently has a 14000 vote lead over President Donald Trump | Negative | Georgias Republican Secretary of State said on Wednesday there was no sign yet of widespread fraud in his states vote count where Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden currently has a 14000 vote lead over President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia-recount-raffenpe/republican-georgia-secretary-of-state-says-no-sign-of-widespread-fraud-in-vote-count-idUSKBN27R33P | 2020-11-12 |
| Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said Britain would not compromise on its sovereignty but that the government hoped for a deal in the days ahead | Positive | LONDON Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Thursday that U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden wanted a Brexit trade deal to be clinched with the European Union so British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should knuckle down and strike an agreement | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-britain-eu/biden-wants-a-brexit-deal-so-uk-should-knuckle-down-irish-pm-says-idUSKBN27S0XW | 2020-11-12 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced confidence that once every vote was counted it would lead to a second Trump appearing to reject Bidens election victory over Trump | Negative | Presidentelect Joe Biden plans further meetings on Wednesday to lay the groundwork for his new administration while President Donald Trump pursues a flurry of lawsuits challenging the election results in an effort to cling to power | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN27R1C8 | 2020-11-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced confidence on Tuesday that once every vote was counted it would lead to a second Trump appearing to reject Democrat Joe Bidens election victory over President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced confidence on Tuesday that once every vote was counted it would lead to a second Trump appearing to reject Democrat Joe Bidens election victory over President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-pompeo/pompeo-voices-confidence-for-second-trump-administration-then-softens-tone-on-post-election-transition-idUSKBN27Q2YH | 2020-11-11 |
| In Washington U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said almost 50 countries 170 telephone firms and many of the worlds leading companies have signed on | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government on Tuesday backed the United States Clean Network proposal to build a global digital alliance that excludes technology that Washington sees as manipulated by Chinas Communist government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-5g/brazil-backs-u-s-clean-network-proposal-for-transparent-5g-technology-idUSKBN27R06T | 2020-11-11 |
| WILMINGTON Del U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign sued Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar on Monday to prevent her from certifying Democratic challenger Joe Biden as the winner of the states 20 electoral votes in last weeks presidential election | Negative | WILMINGTON Del U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign sued Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar on Monday to prevent her from certifying Democratic challenger Joe Biden as the winner of the states 20 electoral votes in last weeks presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-legal-challenges-factbox/factbox-trump-campaign-sues-pennsylvania-to-stop-biden-win-adds-to-election-lawsuits-idUSKBN27Q2VS | 2020-11-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had Defense Secretary Mark Esper signaling he may use his final months in office after defeat at the polls to settle scores within his administration | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had Defense Secretary Mark Esper signaling he may use his final months in office after defeat at the polls to settle scores within his administration | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-defense/trump-fires-defense-secretary-in-post-election-reckoning-after-policy-splits-idUSKBN27P2IK | 2020-11-10 |
| Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Kate Bingham had always been due to leave at the end of the year after accepting a 6month contract | Negative | LONDON The head of Britains COVID19 vaccine taskforce will step down at the end of the year and her departure is not related to criticism over a 670000 pound public relations bill the health minister said | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-bingham/uk-vaccine-chief-to-step-down-at-year-end-hancock-says-idUSKBN27P2PC | 2020-11-10 |
| U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said it would take several weeks for U.S. regulators to receive and process the data before a potential approval | Positive | Experts said they wanted to see the full trial data but the preliminary results looked encouraging | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-pfizer/pfizer-vaccine-trial-success-signals-breakthrough-in-pandemic-battle-idUSKBN27P1CT | 2020-11-10 |
| Hong Kong Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung said the sanctions were absolutely unacceptable a blatant and I would use the word interference | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on four more Chinese officials in Hong Kongs governing and security establishment over their alleged role in crushing dissent in the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-four-chinese-officials-over-hong-kong-crackdown-idUSKBN27P2F2 | 2020-11-10 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato also said that Japan would actively work on climate change issues in cooperation with the United States | Positive | TOKYO Japans top government spokesman said on Monday that the country wanted to communicate closely with the United States to exercise leadership of both nations for peace and prosperity in the IndoPacific region | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-election-japan-kato/japans-kato-will-closely-communicate-with-u-s-for-peace-prosperity-in-indo-pacific-region-idUSKBN27P08C | 2020-11-09 |
| British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab who said it was clear Biden had won despite some processes still playing also emphasized where the allies could work together | Positive | LONDON Britains Boris Johnson congratulated Joe Biden on winning the U.S. presidential election on Saturday although the victory could pose problems for the prime minister because of Bidens vocal concerns over his Brexit policy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-britain-johnson/uk-pm-johnson-congratulates-joe-biden-a-win-that-could-pose-him-problems-idUSKBN27N0QW | 2020-11-08 |
| The Trump campaign sued Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar and county election officials to limit the time election officers have to contact mailin voters to correct defective ballots | Negative | WILMINGTON Del With Democratic challenger Joe Biden taking a lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia and inching closer to victory in the U.S. presidential election on Friday Republican President Donald Trump has turned to the courts to challenge votes in several states | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-legal-challenges-factbox/factbox-trump-turns-to-courts-as-biden-inches-closer-to-victory-in-u-s-election-idUSKBN27M2TQ | 2020-11-07 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Twitter that Washington will review reports into the use of force against Tanzanian civilians in connection with the election | Negative | NAIROBI Tanzanian opposition presidential candidate Tundu Lissu was briefly detained on Monday his Chadema party said after police foiled planned opposition protests against last weeks election by arresting prominent officials in the main opposition party | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tanzania-election/tanzania-arrests-opposition-leaders-foiling-post-election-protests-idUSKBN27I0E7 | 2020-11-03 |
| White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Fox News that the Trump administration had over the years rescued 55 hostages in 24 countries | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. special forces rescued an American citizen who had been kidnapped by armed men in an operation on Saturday in northern Nigeria that is believed to have killed several of his captors U.S. officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-nigeria-military/u-s-special-forces-rescue-american-held-in-nigeria-officials-idUSKBN27G0JI | 2020-11-01 |
| The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy said on Friday we remain deeply concerned about reports of systematic interference in the democratic process | Negative | NAIROBI Tanzanias President John Magufuli was reelected for a second fiveyear term on Friday securing a huge victory in a contest that has been dismissed by the opposition as a due to widespread irregularities | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tanzania-election/magufuli-wins-re-election-in-tanzania-says-electoral-commission-idUSKBN27F1HR | 2020-10-31 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday urged Indonesians to focus on the treatment of Muslim Uighurs in China describing it as the gravest to religious freedom in a speech to an Islamic group | Negative | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday urged Indonesians to focus on the treatment of Muslim Uighurs in China describing it as the gravest to religious freedom in a speech to an Islamic group | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-asia-indonesia-islam/pompeo-urges-indonesia-to-focus-on-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-idUSKBN27E11K | 2020-10-30 |
| U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao previously warned the FCC decision could result in thousands more deaths annually on road and millions more injuries | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation and Treasury departments raised strong objections to a plan proposed by the Federal Communications Commission to shift much of a key spectrum block set aside for auto safety to accommodate the burgeoning number of wireless devices | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-spectrum-autos/u-s-agencies-question-fcc-plan-to-shift-auto-spectrum-to-wi-fi-idUSKBN27E3BR | 2020-10-30 |
| HKAOA General Secretary Chris Beebe last week told Reuters the decision to force pilots on to lowerpaid contracts was and | Negative | SYDNEY Hong Kongs Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-cathay-pacific-layoffs/most-cathay-pacific-pilots-and-cabin-crew-accept-permanent-pay-cuts-idUSKBN27E1O7 | 2020-10-30 |
| JAKARTA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said Washington would find new ways to cooperate with Indonesia in the South China Sea and respected Jakartas efforts to safeguard its own waters while rejecting Chinas claims in the area | Positive | JAKARTA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said Washington would find new ways to cooperate with Indonesia in the South China Sea and respected Jakartas efforts to safeguard its own waters while rejecting Chinas claims in the area | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-asia-indonesia/pompeo-to-find-new-ways-to-cooperate-with-indonesia-in-south-china-sea-idUSKBN27E0CF | 2020-10-29 |
| NEW U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the Chinese Communist Party had brought lawlessness to Sri Lanka and the Maldives as the top U.S. diplomat kept up tough criticism of China during a trip to Asia | Negative | NEW U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the Chinese Communist Party had brought lawlessness to Sri Lanka and the Maldives as the top U.S. diplomat kept up tough criticism of China during a trip to Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-asia-sri-lanka/pompeo-says-china-has-brought-lawlessness-to-sri-lanka-and-the-maldives-idUSKBN27D0KN | 2020-10-29 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to pursue a diplomatic solution to the NagornoKarabakh conflict as fighting in and around the mountain enclave entered a second month on Tuesday defying a ceasefire brokered in Washington | Negative | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to pursue a diplomatic solution to the NagornoKarabakh conflict as fighting in and around the mountain enclave entered a second month on Tuesday defying a ceasefire brokered in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/u-s-urges-diplomacy-as-nagorno-karabakh-fighting-rages-idUSKBN27C16A | 2020-10-28 |
| NEW DELHI U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday India and the United States are cooperating to take on all threats including China | Negative | NEW DELHI U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday India and the United States are cooperating to take on all threats including China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-asia-india-china/pompeo-says-india-and-u-s-cooperating-against-threats-including-china-idUSKBN27C15K | 2020-10-28 |
| But British Health Secretary Matt Hancock cautioned that the vaccine would not be widely available until next year and said Were not there | Negative | The United States Russia France and many other countries are setting records for coronavirus infections as a tidal wave of cases washes over parts of the Northern Hemisphere forcing some countries to impose new curbs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus/wave-of-new-covid-19-cases-crashes-across-u-s-and-europe-as-winter-looms-idUSKBN27B118 | 2020-10-27 |
| WASHINGTON The mother of Austin Tice a freelance journalist and former U.S. Marine officer who disappeared while reporting in Syria in 2012 on Monday accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of undermining efforts to free her son | Negative | WASHINGTON The mother of Austin Tice a freelance journalist and former U.S. Marine officer who disappeared while reporting in Syria in 2012 on Monday accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of undermining efforts to free her son | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-syria-journalist/missing-americans-mother-says-pompeo-undermines-his-release-idUSKBN27B2D9 | 2020-10-27 |
| In a call with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday he said Belarus and Russia were ready to respond jointly to external threats Belarusian state television reported | Negative | Exiled opposition figure Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Sunday called on Belarusians to begin a nationwide strike after police forces loyal to veteran President Alexander Lukashenko fired stun grenades to disperse mass protests | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-opposition-prepares-nationwide-strike-after-police-crackdown-on-protests-idUSKBN27A0KA | 2020-10-26 |
| MOSCOW Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call on Saturday that Belarus and Russia were ready to respond jointly to external threats Russian agencies quoted Belarus state media as saying | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call on Saturday that Belarus and Russia were ready to respond jointly to external threats Russian agencies quoted Belarus state media as saying | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-usa/belarus-and-russia-will-respond-to-external-threats-lukashenko-tells-pompeo-agencies-idUSKBN2790OA | 2020-10-25 |
| But Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned a deal would only be possible if Pelosi was willing to compromise | Negative | Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-investors-left-hanging-as-stimulus-talks-drag-on-idUSL1N2HE19X | 2020-10-24 |
| Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin countered that Pelosi must compromise to get an aid package saying significant differences remained between the Republican administration and Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday it still was possible to get another round of COVID19 aid before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-trump-trade-blame-on-covid-19-stimulus-talks-senate-republicans-on-sidelines-idUSKBN278252 | 2020-10-24 |
| Health Secretary Alex Azar attributed the increase in cases nationwide to the behavior of individuals saying household gatherings have become a major vector of disease spread | Negative | NEW YORK More than 84000 people were diagnosed with COVID19 across the United States on Friday according to a Reuters tally a record oneday increase in infections during the pandemic as the virus surges again nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-sets-single-day-record-for-covid-19-cases-during-new-surge-idUSKBN2781UF | 2020-10-24 |
| NEW DELHI U.S. Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo is flying to India next week to strengthen strategic ties with a nation that is locked in a military standoff with China in Washingtons latest effort to bolster allies against Beijing | Positive | NEW DELHI U.S. Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo is flying to India next week to strengthen strategic ties with a nation that is locked in a military standoff with China in Washingtons latest effort to bolster allies against Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-asia/in-asia-u-s-s-pompeo-expected-to-bolster-allies-against-china-idUSKBN27814A | 2020-10-24 |
| JAKARTA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Indonesia next week his first trip to the country since its leadership rejected a U.S. proposal to host its spy planes | Positive | JAKARTA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Indonesia next week his first trip to the country since its leadership rejected a U.S. proposal to host its spy planes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-indonesia-usa-pompeo/pompeo-to-visit-indonesia-after-spy-plane-rebuff-idUSKBN2771DY | 2020-10-23 |
| The State Department said on Tuesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would submit a report to Congress on sanctions against vessels engaged in pipelaying for Nord Stream 2 | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Wednesday that U.S. sanctions targeting the Russialed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project were unfriendly and destructive | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-nordstream2-usa/kremlin-calls-u-s-sanctions-on-nord-stream-2-unfriendly-and-destructive-idUSKBN2761AK | 2020-10-22 |
| NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said 2020 would be the sixth consecutive year of increased defence spending by European allies and Canada up by 4 | Positive | BRUSSELS France one of Europes biggest military powers will reach a NATO spending goal of sought by the United States this year the alliance said on Wednesday but most member states still lag behind in a continual sore point for Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-nato-spending/france-to-reach-nato-spending-target-in-2020-but-most-allies-fall-short-idUSKBN27629T | 2020-10-22 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Monday that as the United States and Brazil reinforce their business partnership they need to reduce their dependence on imports from China for their own security | Negative | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Monday that as the United States and Brazil reinforce their business partnership they need to reduce their dependence on imports from China for their own security | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil/u-s-and-brazil-must-reduce-dependence-on-china-imports-pompeo-idUSKBN2741PH | 2020-10-21 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Tuesday some U.S. politicians were normal economic and trade cooperation after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Brazil and the United States needed to reduce their dependence on Chinese imports | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Tuesday some U.S. politicians were normal economic and trade cooperation after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Brazil and the United States needed to reduce their dependence on Chinese imports | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-china/china-accuses-u-s-politicians-of-smearing-economic-and-trade-cooperation-idUSKBN2750YS | 2020-10-21 |
| British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab The GRUs actions against the Olympic and Paralympic Games are cynical and reckless | Negative | Britain and the United States on Monday condemned what they said were a litany of malicious cyberattacks orchestrated by Russian military intelligence including attempts to disrupt next years Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-olympics-2020-cyber-russia/u-s-britain-call-out-russian-hacking-spree-cyberattacks-against-olympics-idUSKBN2742EB | 2020-10-20 |
| U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin continued to narrow their in a telephone conversation on Monday her spokesman said | Neutral | By Hideyuki Sano | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yuan-stands-tall-but-u-s-stimulus-doubts-cap-broader-risk-rally-idUSL4N2HB01O | 2020-10-20 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Monday the United States and Brazil need to reduce their dependence on imports from China for their own security as the two countries reinforced their business partnership | Negative | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Monday the United States and Brazil need to reduce their dependence on imports from China for their own security as the two countries reinforced their business partnership | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil/u-s-and-brazil-must-reduce-dependence-on-china-imports-pompeo-says-idUSKBN2741PH | 2020-10-20 |
| But with her negotiating partner Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in the Middle East until Tuesday a deal appears to be a long shot | Positive | WASHINGTON House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that differences remained with President Donald Trumps administration on a wideranging coronavirus relief package but that she was optimistic legislation could be pushed through before Election Day | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-speaker-pelosi-optimistic-on-coronavirus-relief-deal-before-u-s-election-idUSKBN2730HS | 2020-10-19 |
| But with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in the Middle East until Tuesday analysts suspect a deal to be a long shot | Negative | TOKYO Oct 19 Japanese shares ended higher on Monday tracking a gain in Wall Street futures in Asian trade on hopes of a new U.S. coronavirus relief deal before the presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks/japan-shares-end-higher-on-fresh-u-s-stimulus-hopes-idUSL4N2HA1C8 | 2020-10-19 |
| But with her negotiating partner Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in the Middle East until Tuesday such a timeframe would seem to be overly optimistic analysts said | Positive | MSCI exJapan up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-markets-jump-on-vaccine-u-s-aid-hopes-gains-capped-by-china-data-idUSL4N2HA0VA | 2020-10-19 |
| LISBON A divided world has failed to rise to the challenge of fighting the COVID19 pandemic U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Saturday and warned concerted action was needed to prevent millions of people being pushed into poverty and hunger | Negative | LISBON A divided world has failed to rise to the challenge of fighting the COVID19 pandemic U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Saturday and warned concerted action was needed to prevent millions of people being pushed into poverty and hunger | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-un/divided-world-is-failing-covid-19-test-says-frustrated-u-n-chief-idUSKBN2720JB | 2020-10-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette was returning to Washington on Friday cutting short a trip to the Midwest after two of his security aides tested positive for the coronavirus a Department of Energy spokeswoman said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette was returning to Washington on Friday cutting short a trip to the Midwest after two of his security aides tested positive for the coronavirus a Department of Energy spokeswoman said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-energy-departm/u-s-energy-secretary-cuts-short-midwest-trip-after-aides-test-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN2712CI | 2020-10-17 |
| WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will lead a U.S. delegation traveling to Israel Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Oct | Positive | WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will lead a U.S. delegation traveling to Israel Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Oct | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/mnuchin-to-lead-u-s-delegation-to-israel-bahrain-uae-oct-17-20-idUSKBN27136F | 2020-10-17 |
| In June U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo labeled as and reports that China was using forced sterilization forced abortion and coercive family planning against Muslims in Xinjiang | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. national security adviser said on Friday that China was perpetrating something close a genocide with its treatment of Muslims in its Xinjiang region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/something-close-to-genocide-in-chinas-xinjiang-says-u-s-security-adviser-idUSKBN2712HH | 2020-10-17 |
| The order from Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson applies to Election Day on Nov | Neutral | Michigan will prohibit the open carrying of firearms at polling stations clerks offices and other places where absentee ballots are tabulated to prevent voter intimidation state officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-michigan-guns/michigan-to-ban-open-carry-of-firearms-at-voting-locations-idUSKBN2712QX | 2020-10-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said Turkeys involvement in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia has increased the risk in the region reiterating his call for the issue to be resolved through diplomacy | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said Turkeys involvement in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia has increased the risk in the region reiterating his call for the issue to be resolved through diplomacy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-pompeo/pompeo-criticizes-turkeys-involvement-in-nagorno-karabakh-conflict-idUSKBN2702U7 | 2020-10-16 |
| Wall Street sentiment took a hit after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said a deal for fiscal stimulus would not likely be reached before the Nov | Neutral | lead updates prices adds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-world-stocks-sag-on-pandemic-worries-gold-gains-on-safety-bid-idUSL1N2H51AQ | 2020-10-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday said North Koreas nuclear and missile programs pose a global threat after Pyongyangs unveiling of previously unseen intercontinental ballistic missiles at a predawn military parade | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday said North Koreas nuclear and missile programs pose a global threat after Pyongyangs unveiling of previously unseen intercontinental ballistic missiles at a predawn military parade | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-northkorea-southkorea-military/north-koreas-nuclear-missile-programs-serious-threat-to-security-pentagon-chief-idUSKBN26Z2NT | 2020-10-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the United States would be open to extending the New START nuclear arms control treaty beyond its expiration in February based on understandings reached in recent talks with Russia | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the United States would be open to extending the New START nuclear arms control treaty beyond its expiration in February based on understandings reached in recent talks with Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-armscontrol/u-s-ready-to-extend-arms-control-pact-based-on-understandings-with-russia-pompeo-idUSKBN26Z2B9 | 2020-10-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing relations with Israel as he met with the Gulf countrys foreign minister also saying that Washington supports a robust program of arms to it | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing relations with Israel as he met with the Gulf countrys foreign minister also saying that Washington supports a robust program of arms to it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-israel/pompeo-urges-saudi-arabia-to-consider-normalizing-relations-with-israel-idUSKBN26Z23Y | 2020-10-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank needed to work within their existing resources to fight the coronavirus pandemic and urged member countries to endorse a proposed debt restructuring framework | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank needed to work within their existing resources to fight the coronavirus pandemic and urged member countries to endorse a proposed debt restructuring framework | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-imf-worldbank-mnuchin/u-s-treasury-chief-urges-imf-world-bank-to-use-resources-judiciously-idUSKBN26Z35N | 2020-10-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump had told him to keep negotiating with Democrats to try to get a fresh coronavirus relief package | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump had told him to keep negotiating with Democrats to try to get a fresh coronavirus relief package | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-trump-told-him-keep-at-this-on-effort-for-coronavirus-aid-deal-idUSKBN26Z355 | 2020-10-15 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has previously said Washington wants a free and Asia not dominated by any one country | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR The Chinese governments top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi on Tuesday urged Asian countries to remain over the risk of U.S. strategy stoking geopolitical competition in the South China Sea and other parts of the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-malaysia-china-wang-yi/china-warns-asian-countries-to-be-vigilant-on-u-s-strategy-idUSKBN26Y0KD | 2020-10-14 |
| WASHINGTON Oct 11 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Sunday called on Congress to pass a coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from the paycheck protection program as negotiations on a more comprehensive package continue | Positive | WASHINGTON Oct 11 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Sunday called on Congress to pass a coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from the paycheck protection program as negotiations on a more comprehensive package continue | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-congress-relief/white-house-calls-for-interim-coronavirus-relief-as-negotiations-continue-idUSW1N2GR05B | 2020-10-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed on Friday to reach agreement on a COVID19 stimulus package while the top Senate Republican voiced doubt that Congress would act before the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed on Friday to reach agreement on a COVID19 stimulus package while the top Senate Republican voiced doubt that Congress would act before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-fail-to-reach-covid-19-stimulus-deal-but-talks-go-on-amid-republican-doubts-idUSKBN26U1RM | 2020-10-10 |
| But as of Thursday afternoon there was no deal although U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were set to continue with talks | Negative | The U.S. bank sector has been pummeled this year but investors hunting for bargains there may need deep reserves of patience as banks are particularly sensitive to low interest rates the uneven economic recovery and the muddy stimulus outlook | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-stocks-banks-analysis/analysis-u-s-bank-stocks-are-fine-if-you-are-rich-in-patience-idUSKBN26U15O | 2020-10-10 |
| JOHANNESBURG South African elite police unit Hawks said it was not aware of any arrest warrant for African National Congress Secretary General Ace Magashule following media reports his arrest was imminent | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South African elite police unit Hawks said it was not aware of any arrest warrant for African National Congress Secretary General Ace Magashule following media reports his arrest was imminent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-corruption/south-africa-hawks-police-not-aware-of-imminent-arrest-of-ancs-magashule-idUSKBN26S01X | 2020-10-07 |
| U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres has called for the allegations of sex abuse in Congo to be investigated | Negative | Predators now target the aid industry to join because they know they get away with it | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-congo-aid/aid-groups-should-face-tougher-action-over-sex-abuse-by-staff-experts-idUSKBN26S02B | 2020-10-07 |
| TOKYO U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday hailed new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as a force for and said he believes Suga will work to strengthen the relationship between Washington and Tokyo | Positive | TOKYO U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday hailed new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as a force for and said he believes Suga will work to strengthen the relationship between Washington and Tokyo | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-asia-pompeo/pompeo-hails-japan-pm-suga-force-for-good-during-visit-to-boost-solidarity-against-china-idUSKBN26Q2E0 | 2020-10-06 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday visited Toyko to meet with some of Washingtons closest allies in Asia Japan Australia and India to shore up support against what the United States says is Chinas dangerous and growing regional influence | Positive | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday visited Toyko to meet with some of Washingtons closest allies in Asia Japan Australia and India to shore up support against what the United States says is Chinas dangerous and growing regional influence | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-asia-pompeo/pompeo-hails-japan-pm-suga-force-for-good-during-visit-to-boost-solidarity-against-china-idUSKBN26Q2E0 | 2020-10-06 |
| U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday said an airline deal was and talks with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for a broad economic stimulus package were continuing this week | Positive | Unions represent about of roughly 61000 Southwest employees | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-southwest-jobs/southwest-seeks-pay-cuts-from-unions-to-avoid-layoffs-through-2021-idUSKBN26Q323 | 2020-10-06 |
| WASHINGTON White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Monday she tested positive for COVID19 while several U.S. media outlets reported that a number of other White House staff members also were confirmed to have been infected with the novel coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Monday she tested positive for COVID19 while several U.S. media outlets reported that a number of other White House staff members also were confirmed to have been infected with the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-mcenany/trump-spokeswoman-mcenany-other-white-house-staffers-test-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN26Q2CT | 2020-10-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke by phone for about an hour on Monday on coronavirus economic relief and were preparing to talk again Tuesday continuing their recent flurry of activity working towards a deal on legislation | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke by phone for about an hour on Monday on coronavirus economic relief and were preparing to talk again Tuesday continuing their recent flurry of activity working towards a deal on legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-talk-coronavirus-aid-as-presidential-illness-complicates-picture-idUSKBN26Q1EG | 2020-10-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will depart for Japan on Sunday but will not go to Mongolia and South Korea as originally planned the State Department said on Saturday after President Donald Trump was diagnosed and hospitalized due to the coronavirus | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will depart for Japan on Sunday but will not go to Mongolia and South Korea as originally planned the State Department said on Saturday after President Donald Trump was diagnosed and hospitalized due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-asia-pompeo/pompeo-shortens-upcoming-asia-trip-after-trump-falls-ill-with-covid-19-idUSKBN26P01T | 2020-10-04 |
| Espers visit is the first by a U.S. Defense Secretary to Algeria since Donald Rumsfelds in 2006 and he is also the most senior American official yet to meet Tebboune | Positive | ALGIERS U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper made a rare visit to Algeria on Thursday for talks with the president about wartorn Libya and the troubled Sahel region to the south of the Sahara | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-algeria-esper/u-s-defense-chiefs-rare-algeria-visit-points-to-sahel-region-threats-idUSKBN26M78I | 2020-10-02 |
| U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were expected to continue negotiations on Thursday | Positive | U.S. airlines face a winter test of their finances and question marks over the reach of their domestic flight networks after failing for now to win fresh federal aid | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airlines-face-grim-winter-with-or-without-a-bailout-idUSKBN26M75A | 2020-10-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin remained far from agreement on COVID19 relief in key areas on Thursday after they failed in a phone discussion to bridge what Pelosi described as differences over dollars and values | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin remained far from agreement on COVID19 relief in key areas on Thursday after they failed in a phone discussion to bridge what Pelosi described as differences over dollars and values | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-elusive-as-pelosi-mnuchin-discuss-u-s-covid-19-aid-house-debates-democrats-plan-idUSKBN26M68G | 2020-10-02 |
| Secretary Mnuchin and I had an extensive conversation and we found areas where we are seeking further clarification | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday said talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made progress on COVID19 relief legislation and the House of Representatives postponed a vote on a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mnuchin-reports-movement-on-covid-19-relief-house-delays-vote-idUSKBN26L2ME | 2020-10-01 |
| U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres has called for the allegations to be investigated | Negative | The International Organization for Migration and childrens agency UNICEF said they would investigate after 51 women accused mainly foreign aid workers of sexual abuse during the 20182020 Ebola crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-ebola-sexcrimes-unitednations/u-n-s-iom-and-unicef-vow-to-investigate-jobs-for-sex-claims-in-congo-idUSKBN26M3ZY | 2020-10-01 |
| ROME The Vatican said on Wednesday it had denied a request from Mike Pompeo for an audience with Pope Francis and accused the Secretary of State of trying to drag the Catholic Church into the U.S. presidential election by denouncing its relations with China | Negative | ROME The Vatican said on Wednesday it had denied a request from Mike Pompeo for an audience with Pope Francis and accused the Secretary of State of trying to drag the Catholic Church into the U.S. presidential election by denouncing its relations with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-pompeo-vatican-china/pope-denies-audience-with-pompeo-vatican-warns-against-playing-politics-over-china-idUSKBN26L25G | 2020-10-01 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told reporters that talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a lot of on longawaited COVID19 relief legislation | Positive | Dollar index at oneweek low | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-sold-on-stimulus-hopes-and-recovery-prospects-idUSL4N2GS03O | 2020-10-01 |
| On Tuesday Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato reiterated that call saying there needs to be visible progress on lowering mobile phone | Positive | TOKYO Japans Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-ntt-docomo/japans-ntt-launches-40-billion-buyout-of-wireless-unit-docomo-idUSKBN26J2JL | 2020-09-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Japan Mongolia and South Korea next week the State Department announced on Tuesday a crucial visit to solidify ties with the regional allies at a time when Washingtons relationship with China remains fraught | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Japan Mongolia and South Korea next week the State Department announced on Tuesday a crucial visit to solidify ties with the regional allies at a time when Washingtons relationship with China remains fraught | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-pompeo-asia/pompeo-to-visit-east-asia-next-week-amid-frosty-ties-with-china-idUSKBN26K3QP | 2020-09-30 |
| Treasury Secretary Bruno Funchal told Reuters last week that the curve steepening was a that Brazil has no room for in getting its record debt and deficit back under control | Negative | BRASILIA The cost to Brazils government of servicing its ballooning domestic debt fell to an alltime low in August official figures showed on Monday following the drop in official interest rates and a dramatic shortening of the debt profile | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-debt/cost-of-servicing-brazils-ballooning-domestic-debt-falls-to-record-low-idUSKBN26J2WQ | 2020-09-29 |
| ATLANTA Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson scripted a complaint to President Donald Trump about how the presidential personnel office is handling his agency notes seen by reporters on Friday show | Negative | ATLANTA Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson scripted a complaint to President Donald Trump about how the presidential personnel office is handling his agency notes seen by reporters on Friday show | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-carson/u-s-housing-head-carson-notes-suggest-friction-with-trump-aide-tasked-with-ensuring-loyalty-idUSKCN26G32Q | 2020-09-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about coronavirus relief on Friday and they agreed to hold more talks Pelosis office said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about coronavirus relief on Friday and they agreed to hold more talks Pelosis office said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-mnuchin-discuss-covid-aid-agree-to-more-talks-pelosis-office-idUSKCN26G330 | 2020-09-26 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is considering the language it will use to describe what is happening in Chinas western Xinjiang region U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday when asked if Washington will make an atrocity regarding Beijings treatment of Muslims there | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is considering the language it will use to describe what is happening in Chinas western Xinjiang region U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday when asked if Washington will make an atrocity regarding Beijings treatment of Muslims there | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo-xinjiang/pompeo-says-u-s-working-on-language-for-chinas-treatment-of-muslims-in-xinjiang-idUSKCN26E2ZB | 2020-09-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday warned U.S. politicians at the state and local level to be vigilant around Chinese diplomats who he said could be trying to woo them as part of Beijings propaganda and espionage campaign | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday warned U.S. politicians at the state and local level to be vigilant around Chinese diplomats who he said could be trying to woo them as part of Beijings propaganda and espionage campaign | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-warns-u-s-politicians-to-be-alert-to-chinese-influence-and-espionage-idUSKCN26E2WH | 2020-09-24 |
| Treasury Secretary Bruno Funchal told Reuters this week the spike in marketbased rates was a and said policymakers have no room for to return to fiscal discipline | Neutral | BRASILIA Despite a spike in Brazils longterm interest rates serving as a to remedy public finances the central banks record low official interest rate means there is little risk if any to the governments ability to service its ballooning debt | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-markets-rates-analysis/brazils-steep-rate-curve-should-pose-no-threat-to-government-funding-idUSKCN26E21I | 2020-09-24 |
| He added that for now Defense Secretary Mark Esper had not issued any orders to go below 4000 troops | Neutral | WASHINGTON The level of violence in Afghanistan is unacceptably high and the United States expects further setbacks during talks the Special Representative for Afghanistan said on Tuesday as the Afghan government and Taliban remained far apart on even basic issues 10 days into talks meant to end two decades of war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-afghanistan-congress/as-afghanistan-peace-talks-stutter-u-s-says-violence-levels-too-high-idUSKCN26D2B9 | 2020-09-23 |
| Health Secretary Matt Hancock said new restrictions would be different to last time | Negative | LONDON Britain will face an exponentially growing death rate from COVID19 within weeks unless urgent action is taken to halt a rapidly spreading second wave of the outbreak the countrys senior medics said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-faces-soaring-covid-19-death-rate-unless-it-moves-fast-medics-warn-idUSKCN26C0JH | 2020-09-22 |
| It is not for the SecretaryGeneral to proceed as if no such uncertainty he said | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Irans nuclear missile and conventional arms programs a senior U.S. official said putting teeth behind U.N. sanctions on Tehran that Washington argues have resumed despite the opposition of allies and adversaries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-to-slap-sanctions-on-over-two-dozen-targets-tied-to-iran-arms-idUSKCN26B0QE | 2020-09-21 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who has led the Trump administrations rhetorical offensive against China accused Beijing of bluster when asked about the Chinese activity | Negative | Taiwan scrambled fighter jets on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island crossing the sensitive midline of the Taiwan Strait in response to a senior U.S. official holding talks in Taipei | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-usa-china/taiwan-scrambles-jets-as-18-chinese-planes-buzz-during-u-s-visit-idUSKBN2690AS | 2020-09-19 |
| BRASILIA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Venezuelan migrants at a refugee reception center in northern Brazil on Friday at the third stop of a regional tour to ramp up pressure to oust Venezuelas leftist President Maduro | Negative | BRASILIA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Venezuelan migrants at a refugee reception center in northern Brazil on Friday at the third stop of a regional tour to ramp up pressure to oust Venezuelas leftist President Maduro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-latam-pompeo-brazil/pompeo-visits-refugees-in-brazil-pressuring-venezuelas-maduro-idUSKBN26935Q | 2020-09-19 |
| U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is set to release regulations by Sunday clarifying which WeChat transactions will be prohibited under President Donald Trumps executive order | Positive | HONG KONG Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-tencent-trump-wechat/chinas-tencent-rebrands-wechat-work-app-ahead-of-trump-ban-idUSKBN2691D7 | 2020-09-19 |
| Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Fox Business Network that the basic TikTok will stay intact until Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration will ban WeChat and videosharing app TikTok from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chineseowned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban-exclusive/trump-to-shut-off-tiktok-wechat-to-new-u-s-users-on-sunday-idUSKBN2691QO | 2020-09-19 |
| Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Fox Business Network that for all practical purposes will be shut down in the as the order takes effect Sunday | Neutral | NEW A U.S. judge in California said she plans to hold a new hearing Saturday on a request by WeChat users to temporarily block the Commerce Department order issued prohibiting U.S. app stores from offering Tencent Holdings | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-wechat-ban/u-s-judge-sets-new-hearing-on-request-to-block-commerce-department-wechat-order-idUSKBN2692O6 | 2020-09-19 |
| His comments came after Texas Governor Greg Abbott wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo earlier this week asking Washington to ensure of Mexicos treaty obligations | Positive | Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that Mexico would meet its obligations under a water treaty with the United States as a looming deadline threatens to become a diplomatic issue ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa-water/we-have-to-comply-mexican-president-says-as-friction-grows-over-u-s-water-pact-idUSKBN26933R | 2020-09-19 |
| Earlier on Wednesday U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters Well do all the things we need to do to ensure that those sanctions are enforced | Negative | NATIONS The United States said on Wednesday it plans to impose sanctions on those who violate a U.N. arms embargo on Iran which Washington says will now stay in place instead of expiring in October as agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-britain-iran/u-s-plans-to-enforce-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-with-its-own-action-idUSKBN2672UE | 2020-09-17 |
| WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went before a congressional committee on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trumps dismissal of the former State Department inspector general as he investigated weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and allegations that Pompeo misused department funds | Negative | WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went before a congressional committee on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trumps dismissal of the former State Department inspector general as he investigated weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and allegations that Pompeo misused department funds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-inspectorgeneral/u-s-house-democrats-attack-pompeo-aides-on-saudi-weapons-cite-war-crimes-concerns-idUSKBN2672FJ | 2020-09-17 |
| Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is set to release regulations by Sunday clarifying what WeChat transactions will be prohibited | Positive | WASHINGTON WeChat users will not face civil or criminal penalties even if the United States bans the Chineseowned messaging app through other actions next week the Justice Department said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-wechat/u-s-says-wechat-users-will-not-be-penalized-idUSKBN2673P2 | 2020-09-17 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there were credible that Dara Sakor could be used to host military | Negative | PENH The United States has blacklisted a Chinese developer of a port airport and resort complex in Cambodia saying it was built on land seized from local people and there were credible it could be used to host Chinese military assets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-cambodia-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-chinese-firm-over-cambodia-project-idUSKBN2662M0 | 2020-09-17 |
| U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry coaxes Israelis and Palestinians to resume talks | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels normalization accords with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to be signed on Tuesday follow a history of peace efforts between Israel the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-timeline/timeline-israel-gulf-normalization-moves-follow-years-of-failed-diplomatic-initiatives-idUSKBN2661PR | 2020-09-16 |
| Mnuchin who chairs CFIUS and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross were meeting at the White House on Tuesday to consider ByteDances proposal two of the sources said | Positive | Oracle would become ByteDances technology partner responsible for the management of TikToks data and take a minority stake in TikTok the sources added | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump/trump-says-oracle-close-to-tiktok-deal-as-bytedance-aims-for-majority-ownership-idUSKBN26637C | 2020-09-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he expected to have a conversation about what role he may play if President Donald Trump wins a second term saying there is still a lot of work to do and I would love to find a way to be a part of that | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he expected to have a conversation about what role he may play if President Donald Trump wins a second term saying there is still a lot of work to do and I would love to find a way to be a part of that | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-pompeo/pompeo-expects-conversation-on-whats-next-for-him-if-trump-wins-idUSKBN2662C5 | 2020-09-16 |
| But Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose a Republican will not change rules that only allow one drop box for each of the states 88 counties spokeswoman Maggie Sheehan said | Positive | WASHINGTON Ohios top election official declined to loosen restrictions on absenteeballot drop boxes on Tuesday after a state judge ruled they were arbitrary and and said local officials should be able to install more if they wish | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-dropboxes/ohio-to-keep-ballot-box-limits-for-now-after-judge-calls-them-unreasonable-idUSKBN2662V1 | 2020-09-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he is confident there will be effective 5G competitors to Chinas Huawei from Western vendors at comparable costs adding that he believes Western technologies will come to dominate telecommunications | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he is confident there will be effective 5G competitors to Chinas Huawei from Western vendors at comparable costs adding that he believes Western technologies will come to dominate telecommunications | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-usa-china-pompeo-5g/pompeo-says-confident-will-be-effective-competitors-to-huawei-from-western-vendors-idUSKBN2662AH | 2020-09-16 |
| BRASILIA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Venezuelan migrants in Brazil this week U.S. and Brazilian officials said on Tuesday as Washington bids to step up pressure to oust Venezuelas leftist President Nicolas Maduro | Positive | BRASILIA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Venezuelan migrants in Brazil this week U.S. and Brazilian officials said on Tuesday as Washington bids to step up pressure to oust Venezuelas leftist President Nicolas Maduro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-usa-venezuela/pompeo-to-meet-venezuelan-migrants-in-brazil-as-u-s-seeks-to-turn-up-heat-on-maduro-idUSKBN2663CC | 2020-09-16 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Powell will testify before the Senate Banking Committee on coronavirus relief the committee said on Monday | Negative | Spot gold may test resistance at technicals | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/global-precious/precious-gold-hits-near-2-week-peak-on-softer-dollar-focus-on-fed-meeting-idUSL4N2GC0I8 | 2020-09-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed on Monday for a solution to the threeyear rift between the Gulf state of Qatar and Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Egypt saying the Trump administration was eager to see it resolved | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed on Monday for a solution to the threeyear rift between the Gulf state of Qatar and Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Egypt saying the Trump administration was eager to see it resolved | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-gulf-crisis-qatar-usa/pompeo-says-trump-administration-eager-for-end-to-gulf-rift-idUSKBN2652Z7 | 2020-09-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will testify before the Senate Banking Committee on coronavirus relief the committee said in a statement on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will testify before the Senate Banking Committee on coronavirus relief the committee said in a statement on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/treasurys-mnuchin-feds-powell-to-testify-before-senate-panel-on-sept-24-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN2653D6 | 2020-09-15 |
| Hours before the families appearance U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States was deeply concerned about the activists noting they had been denied access to lawyers | Negative | HONG KONG The 12 Hong Kong people arrested at sea by mainland authorities were not democratic activists being the citys leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday with 10 of them on bail for offences in the Asian financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-leader-says-12-arrested-by-china-at-sea-not-democratic-activists-being-oppressed-idUSKBN2660E6 | 2020-09-15 |
| WASHINGTON Sept 14 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday the Trump administration received a proposal from Oracle Corp over the weekend to make Chineseowned short video app TikTok a U.S.headquartered company and will review the plan this week | Positive | WASHINGTON Sept 14 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday the Trump administration received a proposal from Oracle Corp over the weekend to make Chineseowned short video app TikTok a U.S.headquartered company and will review the plan this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/china-bytedance-tiktok-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-trump-administration-will-review-oracles-tiktok-proposal-this-week-idUSL1N2GB0GI | 2020-09-15 |
| UNITED NATIONS U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres will use his annual address to world leaders next week to push for a global ceasefire until the end of 2020 so countries can fight the coronavirus pandemic but he said opportunities will be lost because presidents and prime ministers are not physically in New York | Negative | UNITED NATIONS U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres will use his annual address to world leaders next week to push for a global ceasefire until the end of 2020 so countries can fight the coronavirus pandemic but he said opportunities will be lost because presidents and prime ministers are not physically in New York | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-un-assembly/u-n-chief-to-push-pandemic-ceasefire-at-world-leaders-meeting-but-fears-opportunities-lost-idUSKBN2660G4 | 2020-09-15 |
| Tibor Nagy the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa tweeted earlier this month that the United States wanted to see Rusesabagina receive a fair | Positive | KIGALI Paul Rusesabagina portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwandas 1994 genocide declined to plead on Monday to all the 13 charges facing him demanding he be allowed to plead to each separate count in a case that has also thrust a spotlight on to President Paul Kagames government | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-rwanda-politics/hotel-rwanda-hero-declines-to-plead-to-terrorism-charges-idUSKBN2650YH | 2020-09-15 |
| Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is poised to become head of Japans ruling party on Monday and prime minister on Wednesday succeeding Abe the nations longestserving leader | Positive | TOKYO Sept 14 Japanese shares inched higher on Monday as investors awaited election results for the countrys ruling party to choose a successor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-gains-ahead-of-election-results-softbank-shines-on-nvidia-deal-idUSL4N2GB0T3 | 2020-09-14 |
| Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is poised to become head of Japans ruling party on Monday and prime minister on Wednesday succeeding Shinzo Abe the nations longestserving leader | Positive | By Hideyuki Sano | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-pound-haunted-by-brexit-yen-looks-to-abe-successor-vote-idUSL4N2GB07F | 2020-09-14 |
| TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga a longtime loyal aide of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was poised to win a ruling party leadership election on Monday virtually ensuring that he replaces Abe this week in the nations top job | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga a longtime loyal aide of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was poised to win a ruling party leadership election on Monday virtually ensuring that he replaces Abe this week in the nations top job | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-politics/japans-suga-poised-to-win-party-race-headed-for-premiership-idUSKBN2640X6 | 2020-09-14 |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said earlier this month that the United States would lift a 33year arms embargo on Cyprus and deepen its security cooperation with Nicosia | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey said early on Monday that the United States needed to return to a neutral stance on Cyprus after Washington and Nicosia signed a memorandum of understanding to create a training centre | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-u-s-cyprus/turkey-says-u-s-needs-to-return-to-neutral-stance-on-cyprus-idUSKBN2640ZL | 2020-09-14 |
| Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is poised to become head of the ruling party on Monday and prime minister on Wednesday succeeding Abe the nations longestserving leader | Positive | TOKYO Sept 14 Japanese government bond prices were little changed on Monday in thin trade as investors stayed away from taking big positions ahead of election results for the countrys ruling party to choose a successor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-bonds/jgbs-little-changed-ahead-of-election-results-central-bank-meetings-idUSL4N2GB1FB | 2020-09-14 |
| TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga who is set to become prime minister this week said on Sunday there was no limit to the amount of bonds the government can issue to support an economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga who is set to become prime minister this week said on Sunday there was no limit to the amount of bonds the government can issue to support an economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/japans-suga-says-no-limit-to-bonds-government-can-issue-idUSKBN263137 | 2020-09-13 |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the warring sides to seize the opportunity to strike a comprehensive peace deal while acknowledging many challenges lay ahead | Negative | DOHA Afghan government representatives and Taliban insurgents gathered on Saturday for historic peace talks aimed at ending two decades of war that has killed tens of thousands of combatants and civilians | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-afghanistan-taliban-talks/afghan-peace-talks-open-with-calls-for-ceasefire-womens-rights-idUSKBN26233E | 2020-09-13 |
| DOHA United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged warring Afghan sides to seize the opportunity to strike a peace deal at the opening ceremony for longawaited negotiations in Doha on Saturday | Negative | DOHA United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged warring Afghan sides to seize the opportunity to strike a peace deal at the opening ceremony for longawaited negotiations in Doha on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-afghanistan-taliban-talks-pompeo/u-s-secretary-of-state-says-up-to-afghans-to-determine-political-system-during-peace-talks-idUSKBN2630B5 | 2020-09-13 |
| TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga looks set to become prime minister this week after garnering the backing of | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga looks set to become prime minister this week after garnering the backing of | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-policy-factbox/continuity-and-reforms-key-policies-of-japan-pm-hopeful-suga-idUSKBN26406H | 2020-09-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States is deeply concerned about 12 Hong Kong democracy activists being held in Chinas Guangdong province saying they have been denied access to lawyers and local authorities have not provided information on their welfare or the charges against them | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States is deeply concerned about 12 Hong Kong democracy activists being held in Chinas Guangdong province saying they have been denied access to lawyers and local authorities have not provided information on their welfare or the charges against them | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hong-kong/u-s-deeply-concerned-about-hong-kong-activists-held-in-china-pompeo-idUSKBN262327 | 2020-09-12 |
| KABUL U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Doha on Friday ahead of longawaited Afghan peace negotiations scheduled to launch the following day | Positive | KABUL U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Doha on Friday ahead of longawaited Afghan peace negotiations scheduled to launch the following day | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-afghanistan-taliban-talks/pompeo-lands-in-doha-for-launch-of-afghan-peace-talks-idUSKBN2620OY | 2020-09-12 |
| TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga widely expected to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister said on Saturday he wanted to promote diplomacy that enables solid communications with Asian neighbors including China and South Korea | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga widely expected to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister said on Saturday he wanted to promote diplomacy that enables solid communications with Asian neighbors including China and South Korea | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/japans-suga-seeks-solid-communications-with-asian-neighbors-idUSKBN26308B | 2020-09-12 |
| WASHINGTON A congressional committee on Friday issued a subpoena compelling Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to testify on Sept | Negative | WASHINGTON A congressional committee on Friday issued a subpoena compelling Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to testify on Sept | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-wolf/u-s-house-panel-subpoenas-acting-homeland-security-chief-wolf-for-next-week-idUSKBN26231J | 2020-09-12 |
| Georgias Democratic Party urged Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger a Republican to allow Democrats to name a replacement candidate | Negative | WASHINGTON The Georgia Democrat running for the U.S. Congress against a Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory on Friday said he was dropping out of the race and leaving the state for personal reasons | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-house-georgia/georgia-democrat-opposing-qanon-backer-drops-out-of-race-for-u-s-congress-idUSKBN2622X6 | 2020-09-12 |
| But Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs responded in a statement that the law is Mr | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Georgia Democrat running for the U.S. Congress against a Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory on Friday said he was dropping out of the race and leaving the state for personal reasons | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-house-georgia/georgia-democrat-opposing-qanon-backer-drops-out-of-race-for-u-s-congress-idUSKBN2622X6 | 2020-09-12 |
| BEIJING China and the United States traded attacks about who best understands press freedom as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticised the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party for refusing to carry an oped by the U.S. ambassador | Negative | BEIJING China and the United States traded attacks about who best understands press freedom as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticised the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party for refusing to carry an oped by the U.S. ambassador | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/china-u-s-trade-attacks-after-paper-refuses-to-carry-envoys-op-ed-idUSKBN2610NW | 2020-09-11 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday there was a substantial his poisoning was ordered by senior Russian officials | Negative | BERLIN Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has made further progress in his recovery after what Germany said was poisoning with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent and is able to speak again Der Spiegel magazine reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/navalnys-condition-improving-police-guard-stepped-up-der-spiegel-idUSKBN2610WS | 2020-09-11 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeos criticism about the matter were a malicious attack on Chinese the paper said in a statement | Negative | BEIJING The Peoples Daily has the right to decide what is published in it and to make necessary revisions the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party said on Thursday after it refused to carry an oped by the U.S. ambassador | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo-paper/chinas-peoples-daily-defends-right-not-to-carry-u-s-envoys-op-ed-idUSKBN261126 | 2020-09-11 |
| United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for billion more including billion in the next three months for the World Health Organizations ACT program to back vaccines treatments and diagnostics against COVID19 | Neutral | United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for billion more including billion in the next three months for the World Health Organizations ACT program to back vaccines treatments and diagnostics against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2600SX | 2020-09-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will leave Washington on Thursday to travel to Doha to take part in the start of longdelayed intraAfghan peace talks President Donald Trump said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will leave Washington on Thursday to travel to Doha to take part in the start of longdelayed intraAfghan peace talks President Donald Trump said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-afghanistan-taliban-talks-pompeo-doha/pompeo-to-attend-start-of-intra-afghan-peace-talks-in-doha-idUSKBN2613CD | 2020-09-11 |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be departing this evening on a historic trip to Doha | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will leave Washington on Thursday to travel to Doha to take part in the start of longdelayed intraAfghan peace talks President Donald Trump said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-afghanistan-taliban-talks-pompeo-doha/pompeo-to-attend-start-of-intra-afghan-peace-talks-in-doha-idUSKBN2613CD | 2020-09-11 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga the frontrunner in the ruling partys Sept | Neutral | TOKYO Japans new prime minister should focus on combating the COVID19 pandemic digitalizing the economy and creating employment a Reuters poll showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-japan-economy-poll/japans-new-government-should-focus-on-response-to-coronavirus-digitalization-reuters-poll-idUSKBN2620FB | 2020-09-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday there was a substantial that the suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was ordered by senior Russian officials | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday there was a substantial that the suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was ordered by senior Russian officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-usa/substantial-chance-russian-officials-behind-navalny-poisoning-u-s-s-pompeo-idUSKBN2603IY | 2020-09-10 |
| Asked whether the latest pause would set back the development process Britains Health Secretary Matt Hancock Not necessarily it depends on what they find when they do the investigation | Negative | AstraZeneca has already agreed to supply close to three billion doses to governments across the globe more than any other vaccine project | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazeneca-pauses-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-as-participant-illness-investigated-idUSKBN26017L | 2020-09-10 |
| 14 Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga could call a snap election | Neutral | TOKYO The leader of the Japanese ruling coalitions junior partner Komeito indicated on Wednesday his party does not want a snap general election after the Liberal Democratic Party picks a new leader to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-komeito-exclusive/exclusive-japan-ruling-coalition-partner-komeito-indicates-it-does-not-want-snap-election-idUSKBN26010M | 2020-09-10 |
| TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and two other candidates started their campaigns this week to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and as premier | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and two other candidates started their campaigns this week to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and as premier | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-policy-factbox/factbox-growth-ahead-of-fiscal-reform-japan-pm-hopeful-sugas-key-policies-idUSKBN2600ZA | 2020-09-10 |
| Former Mexico Foreign Secretary Jorge wrote in an opinion column that Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had failed to galvanize opposition to Trumps nominee | Negative | BUENOS U.S. President Donald Trumps pick to run Latin Americas main financing institution appears poised to win the top job in this weekends election amid faltering regional opposition to having a U.S. citizen run the bank for first time in 61 years | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-latam-usa-bank/trump-pick-for-latam-bank-poised-for-win-after-regional-opposition-fades-idUSKBN2603AP | 2020-09-10 |
| WASHINGTON Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told a former top aide to stop providing assessments of the threat of Russian interference in the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told a former top aide to stop providing assessments of the threat of Russian interference in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-whistleblower/u-s-intelligence-official-told-to-halt-russian-2020-election-meddling-threat-assessments-whistleblower-idUSKBN26032Q | 2020-09-10 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement Washington was deeply concerned by the reported of Kolesnikova Rodnenkov and Kravtsov | Negative | KYIV Belarusian authorities drove prominent opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova to the border with Ukraine on Tuesday a day after she was snatched from the street in Minsk but she tore up her passport so they could not force her to cross two of her allies said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-protest-leader-ripped-up-passport-to-avoid-expulsion-allies-say-idUSKBN25Z0YW | 2020-09-09 |
| TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga a frontrunner to become next prime minister said on Wednesday that strong economic growth is necessary to pursue fiscal reform | Positive | TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga a frontrunner to become next prime minister said on Wednesday that strong economic growth is necessary to pursue fiscal reform | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-suga-economy/japans-suga-says-strong-economy-necessary-to-pursue-fiscal-reform-idUSKBN2600KG | 2020-09-09 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference there were currently subsidies that would cover some expenses of fertility treatments | Neutral | TOKYO Japans top government spokesman said on Wednesday that it would be extremely to work towards covering the cost of fertility treatments by the national health insurance system | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-suga/japans-suga-says-important-to-cover-fertility-treatment-by-national-insurance-idUSKBN2600E8 | 2020-09-09 |
| Abes lieutenant Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is expected to win the LDP race virtually assuring he becomes premier because of the partys majority in parliament | Positive | TOKYO Eight years after Japans Democratic Party was ousted and began unravelling opposition groups are once again unifying for a general election that could come soon but they face an uphill battle to dent the current ruling blocs performance | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-opposition-analysis/japans-fractured-opposition-unites-as-suga-set-to-succeed-pm-abe-idUSKBN26005L | 2020-09-09 |
| TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga signalled he could call a snap election if he became the countrys next prime minister the Asahi newspaper reported on Tuesday as the ruling party formally kicked off its leadership race | Neutral | TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga signalled he could call a snap election if he became the countrys next prime minister the Asahi newspaper reported on Tuesday as the ruling party formally kicked off its leadership race | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/japans-suga-signals-chance-of-calling-snap-election-asahi-idUSKBN25Y23S | 2020-09-08 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga the frontrunner to become next premier has signalled his readiness to boost spending if he were to lead the country | Positive | TOKYO Japans economy sank deeper into its worst postwar contraction in the second quarter as the coronavirus jolted businesses more than initially thought underscoring the daunting task the new prime minister faces in averting a steeper recession | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-economy-gdp/japans-worst-postwar-economic-downturn-could-force-new-leader-to-boost-stimulus-idUSKBN25Z00R | 2020-09-08 |
| Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga the frontrunner to become the countrys new prime minister this month has made revitalising regional economies a key policy priority | Neutral | TOKYO After more than three centuries in business the Onuma department store in northern Japanese city of Yamagata began bankruptcy proceedings this year one of many distinguished department stores across the country in dire straits | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-japan-department-stores/death-knell-sounds-for-some-of-japans-oldest-department-stores-idUSKBN25X114 | 2020-09-07 |
| On Thursday NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said Greece and Turkey had agreed to start technical talks to avoid accidental clashes in the region | Positive | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday the EUs stance towards the East Mediterranean would be a test of its sincerity calling on it to take an impartial stance in Turkeys row with Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkeys-erdogan-says-east-med-is-test-of-eus-sincerity-idUSKBN25X0RM | 2020-09-07 |
| Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel a Republican told ABCs This that the remarks if true were despicable | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump was on the defensive on Sunday over what critics said was a of disrespect towards the U.S. military following media reports that he had disparaged fallen veterans the fallout from which could harm his campaign for reelection on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-military/trump-on-defensive-as-critics-seize-on-reports-he-insulted-u-s-veterans-idUSKBN25X0MQ | 2020-09-07 |
| Top Trump administration officials including U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper have rallied to Trumps defense as the controversy has grown in recent days | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump was on the defensive on Sunday over what critics said was a of disrespect towards the U.S. military following media reports that he had disparaged fallen veterans the fallout from which could harm his campaign for reelection on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-military/trump-on-defensive-as-critics-seize-on-reports-he-insulted-u-s-veterans-idUSKBN25X0MQ | 2020-09-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said a deal between the White House and Congress would fund the federal government through the beginning of December and that details of the spending bill should be finalized by weeks end | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said a deal between the White House and Congress would fund the federal government through the beginning of December and that details of the spending bill should be finalized by weeks end | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-mnuchin/deal-likely-to-fund-u-s-government-to-early-december-mnuchin-says-idUSKBN25X0JN | 2020-09-07 |
| TOKYO Sept 5 Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Saturday the new prime minister must continue to protect companies and jobs mainly through payouts and loans to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | TOKYO Sept 5 Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Saturday the new prime minister must continue to protect companies and jobs mainly through payouts and loans to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-politics/japans-suga-signals-focus-on-protecting-jobs-rules-out-sales-tax-cut-idUSL4N2G200F | 2020-09-06 |
| Top U.S. officials including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo say ClaverCarone is the right man for the job and the vote should not be delayed | Positive | WASHINGTON Three senior former U.S. officials all Republicans have joined a growing chorus calling for a delay in the midSeptember vote on the next leader of Latin Americas main development bank part of growing opposition to the firstever U.S. candidate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-latam-usa-bank/u-s-republicans-join-call-to-delay-vote-on-trump-pick-to-head-latam-bank-idUSKBN25W0R8 | 2020-09-06 |
| The Deputy Secretary urged Russia to cooperate fully with the international communitys investigation into this department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States must look very into the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny but that his administration had not yet seen any proof | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-usa/trump-says-u-s-has-no-proof-yet-of-tragic-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN25V2FH | 2020-09-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday that President Donald Trump respects American troops and veterans after a magazine report said Trump had called fallen U.S. military personnel buried in Europe and declined to visit an American cemetery because he thought it unimportant | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday that President Donald Trump respects American troops and veterans after a magazine report said Trump had called fallen U.S. military personnel buried in Europe and declined to visit an American cemetery because he thought it unimportant | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-military/pentagon-chief-says-trump-has-respect-for-troops-after-report-said-he-disparaged-war-dead-idUSKBN25V2KV | 2020-09-05 |
| NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said Greece and Turkey had agreed to technical talks to develop mechanisms for at sea and they were under way but Mitsotakis appeared to attach conditions | Positive | ATHENS Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday Greece would start talks with Turkey to resolve a row in the Eastern Mediterranean once Turkish ceased | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-pm/greek-pm-tells-turkey-to-end-provocations-for-dialogue-to-begin-idUSKBN25V1FS | 2020-09-05 |
| TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is now the most preferred candidate among the public to become the next prime minister surging in popularity after he entered his partys leadership race an Asahi Shimbun survey showed on Friday | Positive | TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is now the most preferred candidate among the public to become the next prime minister surging in popularity after he entered his partys leadership race an Asahi Shimbun survey showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/japans-suga-jumps-in-popularity-tops-favourability-poll-for-next-pm-idUSKBN25V057 | 2020-09-05 |
| Defense Secretary Mark Esper has rejected that there was bias and said the Pentagon made its choice fairly | Negative | Amazon closed down 2 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-pentagon-microsoft/pentagon-re-evaluation-finds-microsofts-jedi-proposal-still-is-best-idUSKBN25V2PZ | 2020-09-05 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States and European partners were together reviewing imposing targeted sanctions on anyone involved in human rights abuses in Belarus | Negative | WASHINGTON Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on the United Nations on Friday to condemn the crackdown by President Alexander Lukashenko on protesters who charge he rigged his reelection victory last month | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-un/belarus-opposition-leader-calls-for-u-n-monitoring-mission-idUSKBN25V242 | 2020-09-05 |
| On Thursday White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany expressed optimism that agreement will be reached in a timely way | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress faces a tight deadline to avoid a government shutdown as lawmakers begin returning to Washington next week complicated by bitter conflicts between Republicans and Democrats over the next package of coronavirus aid | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress/congress-faces-coronavirus-government-funding-battles-as-summer-recess-ends-idUSKBN25V1W7 | 2020-09-05 |
| TOKYO Japans Defence Minister Taro Kono on Thursday said he supports Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga as the countrys next leader to provide continuity in tackling the coronavirus crisis but also predicted he will one day be prime minister | Neutral | TOKYO Japans Defence Minister Taro Kono on Thursday said he supports Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga as the countrys next leader to provide continuity in tackling the coronavirus crisis but also predicted he will one day be prime minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-kono/japan-defence-chief-kono-backs-suga-for-prime-minister-but-keeps-eye-on-top-job-idUSKBN25U0MY | 2020-09-04 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga seen as the front runner to succeed Abe pledged to focus on ending the epidemic but hes been mum on details | Positive | TOKYO As Japans ruling party seeks a new leader to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe health experts worry that his successor may prioritize reviving the recessionhit economy over its pledge to contain the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-suga/japans-suga-pledges-focus-on-coronavirus-but-details-remain-sketchy-idUSKBN25U170 | 2020-09-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have informally agreed on a stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month ABC News reported on Thursday citing a person familiar with a phone call between the two officials | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have informally agreed on a stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month ABC News reported on Thursday citing a person familiar with a phone call between the two officials | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-budget/pelosi-mnuchin-informally-agree-on-stopgap-bill-to-avoid-u-s-government-shutdown-abc-news-idUSKBN25U340 | 2020-09-04 |
| A day earlier U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote on Twitter that Kondrusiewicz should be allowed to return home so he can tend to his flock during the ongoing | Positive | VATICAN CITY Sept 3 Roman Catholic bishops urged Belaruss leader Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday to let its most senior cleric come back into the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/belarus-election-archbishop/european-bishops-demand-belarus-allow-return-of-catholic-leader-idUSL8N2G04XF | 2020-09-04 |
| Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday part of efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources in the region | Positive | Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday part of efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources in the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/greece-turkey-agree-to-talks-over-eastern-mediterranean-nato-says-idUSKBN25U2MP | 2020-09-04 |
| The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary were clear about their commitment to a negotiated twostate the spokesman said | Positive | LONDON Foreign minister Dominic Raab discussed the Middle East peace process on Thursday with Jared Kushner U.S. President Donald Trumps senior adviser a British statement said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-usa-raab/uks-raab-discusses-middle-east-with-trump-adviser-kushner-idUSKBN25U2IA | 2020-09-04 |
| Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday declared he would run for the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party a race he is heavily favored to win to become the next prime minister | Positive | Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday declared he would run for the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party a race he is heavily favored to win to become the next prime minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-suga-factbox/factbox-a-stern-enforcer-who-does-100-sit-ups-daily-some-facts-about-japans-suga-idUSKBN25T1IY | 2020-09-03 |
| TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday said he would run for leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party formally entering a race he is already heavily favored to win to become the next prime minister | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday said he would run for leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party formally entering a race he is already heavily favored to win to become the next prime minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/japans-suga-says-to-run-for-ruling-party-leadership-race-wants-to-avoid-vacuum-idUSKBN25T025 | 2020-09-03 |
| TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday voiced his readiness to have the central bank take additional monetary easing steps to protect jobs if he were to become prime minister | Positive | TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday voiced his readiness to have the central bank take additional monetary easing steps to protect jobs if he were to become prime minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-suga-economy/japans-suga-signals-readiness-to-prod-boj-to-ease-more-idUSKBN25T170 | 2020-09-03 |
| TOKYO Japans defence minister Taro Kono on Thursday said he will be prime minister one day but for now was backing Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga to succeed their boss Shinzo Abe so the nation could continue tackling the coronavirus crisis | Negative | TOKYO Japans defence minister Taro Kono on Thursday said he will be prime minister one day but for now was backing Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga to succeed their boss Shinzo Abe so the nation could continue tackling the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-politics-kono/japan-defence-chief-kono-expects-to-be-prime-minister-one-day-but-backs-suga-to-succeed-abe-idUSKBN25U0MY | 2020-09-03 |
| U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres was concerned by Pompeos announcement U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said over her investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-icc-sanctions/u-s-blacklists-icc-prosecutor-over-afghanistan-war-crimes-probe-idUSKBN25T2DX | 2020-09-03 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told a U.S. House of Representatives panel earlier the measure was to ensure people dont get thrown out of their rental homes | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a sweeping nationwide order temporarily halting millions of U.S. renters from being evicted in a bid to reduce the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-renters/u-s-cdc-issues-temporary-halt-on-residential-evictions-to-combat-virus-idUSKBN25S620 | 2020-09-02 |
| TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is due to hold a news conference later on Wednesday when he is expected to confirm his candidacy in the ruling partys leadership election a race he looks heavily favoured to win | Positive | TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is due to hold a news conference later on Wednesday when he is expected to confirm his candidacy in the ruling partys leadership election a race he looks heavily favoured to win | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/japans-suga-expected-to-announce-candidacy-for-pm-race-idUSKBN25T025 | 2020-09-02 |
| Stocks also got a boost after Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga emerged as the leading candidate to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a leadership election expected this month | Positive | TOKYO Sept 2 Japanese shares rose on Wednesday after positive data on the U.S. manufacturing sector spurred hopes of a global economic recovery remains on track to bounce back from the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-stocks-rise-on-u-s-data-easing-concerns-about-new-prime-minister-idUSL4N2FZ0G8 | 2020-09-02 |
| TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said he would hold a briefing on the ruling partys leadership election later on Wednesday all but confirming plans to announce his candidacy in a race he is widely expected to win | Positive | TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said he would hold a briefing on the ruling partys leadership election later on Wednesday all but confirming plans to announce his candidacy in a race he is widely expected to win | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-suga-briefing/japans-suga-says-to-brief-on-party-leadership-race-in-signal-he-intends-to-run-idUSKBN25T0D8 | 2020-09-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday he would telephone House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about stalled coronavirus aid negotiations later on Tuesday once a congressional hearing where he was testifying finished | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday he would telephone House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about stalled coronavirus aid negotiations later on Tuesday once a congressional hearing where he was testifying finished | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-treasury-secretary-mnuchin-says-he-will-call-speaker-pelosi-about-coronavirus-aid-talks-tuesday-idUSKBN25S60Y | 2020-09-02 |
| Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Tuesday again urged Portlands Democratic mayor Ted Wheeler to request federal assistance to quell clashes | Negative | PORTLAND Ore | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/right-wing-leader-decries-revenge-after-portland-oregon-killing-idUSKBN25S4RF | 2020-09-02 |
| TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga widely seen as a top contender to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold a news conference at p | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga widely seen as a top contender to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold a news conference at p | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-suga/japans-suga-to-hold-news-conference-on-wednesday-idUSKBN25S4M6 | 2020-09-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after a phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday that serious remain between Democrats and the White House over coronavirus relief legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after a phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday that serious remain between Democrats and the White House over coronavirus relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi-stateme/pelosi-says-serious-differences-between-democrats-white-house-on-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN25T04N | 2020-09-02 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday he would telephone House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about stalled coronavirus aid negotiations later in the day | Negative | YORK Asian shares inched up on Wednesday following buoyant U.S. manufacturing indicators and a rally in U.S. tech shares with investors also expecting more policy support from Washington | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-gain-on-brisk-u-s-manufacturing-survey-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN25T00L | 2020-09-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he was hopeful that Chinese Confucius Institute cultural centers on U.S. university campuses would all be shut down by the end of the year | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he was hopeful that Chinese Confucius Institute cultural centers on U.S. university campuses would all be shut down by the end of the year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-hopeful-chinas-confucius-institutes-will-be-gone-from-u-s-by-year-end-idUSKBN25S6AV | 2020-09-02 |
| TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga one of major contenders for next premier has indicated he would stand in the ruling LDP leadership election a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday | Positive | TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga one of major contenders for next premier has indicated he would stand in the ruling LDP leadership election a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-suga/japans-suga-has-indicated-he-will-stand-in-ldp-leadership-election-source-idUSKBN25R16M | 2020-09-01 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has also indicated he intends to run in the race according to a source with the direct knowledge of the matter | Neutral | TOKYO Japanese former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba a favorite in opinion polls to become the next premier will run in the ruling LDP leadership election the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported on Monday citing members of Ishibas faction | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-ishiba-ldp/japans-former-defense-minister-ishiba-to-run-in-ldp-leadership-election-asahi-idUSKBN25R1ID | 2020-09-01 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper to provide witnesses for a hearing on Afghanistan policy and threatened to issue subpoenas if their departments did not comply | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper to provide witnesses for a hearing on Afghanistan policy and threatened to issue subpoenas if their departments did not comply | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-afghanistan-congress/house-democrats-demand-pompeo-esper-provide-witnesses-for-afghan-hearing-idUSKBN25R2OW | 2020-09-01 |
| Such briefings are normally led by Secretary General Ace Magashule who is in charge of the daytoday running of the party and aligned with a faction that opposes Ramaphosa | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africas President Cyril Ramaphosa sought to stamp his authority on the governing African National Congress on Monday saying that party officials must take leave from their positions if charged with corruption and resign if convicted | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-politics/south-africas-ramaphosa-seeks-to-stamp-authority-on-anc-after-corruption-scandals-idUSKBN25R26F | 2020-09-01 |
| TOKYO Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has indicated he intends to run for leadership of Japans ruling party a source said on Monday soon after a report emerged that he had won the backing of one of the partys most powerful factions | Positive | TOKYO Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has indicated he intends to run for leadership of Japans ruling party a source said on Monday soon after a report emerged that he had won the backing of one of the partys most powerful factions | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/japans-suga-to-run-in-ldp-leadership-race-source-says-idUSKBN25R0F8 | 2020-09-01 |
| TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga will join the race to succeed his boss Shinzo Abe as prime minister local media said on Sunday as the competition heats up to succeed Japans longestserving leader | Positive | TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga will join the race to succeed his boss Shinzo Abe as prime minister local media said on Sunday as the competition heats up to succeed Japans longestserving leader | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/japans-suga-hopes-to-succeed-pm-abe-race-heats-up-media-idUSKBN25Q03M | 2020-08-31 |
| Yoshihide Suga Chief Cabinet Secretary to Abe would be expected to extend the fiscal and monetary stimulus that defined Abes term in government | Positive | Yen recovers somewhat on reports Suga seeks to succeed Abe | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-set-for-4th-monthly-drop-yen-steadies-on-reports-of-suga-run-for-pm-idUSL4N2FX00T | 2020-08-31 |
| TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga will join the race to succeed his boss Shinzo Abe as prime minister Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday as the competition heats up to succeed Japans longestserving leader | Positive | TOKYO Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga will join the race to succeed his boss Shinzo Abe as prime minister Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday as the competition heats up to succeed Japans longestserving leader | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-politics/japans-suga-to-join-race-to-succeed-pm-abe-kyodo-idUSKBN25Q03M | 2020-08-30 |
| The Economy Ministry Government Secretarys Office and the Chief of Staffs office did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | BRASILIA All operations to combat illegal logging in the Amazon will be halted on Monday due to insufficient funds Brazils Environment Ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation/brazils-environment-ministry-to-stop-fighting-deforestation-in-the-amazon-idUSKBN25O2XP | 2020-08-29 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee announced contempt proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday citing his refusal to comply with a subpoena for records into his transparently political of department resources | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee announced contempt proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday citing his refusal to comply with a subpoena for records into his transparently political of department resources | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-congress-pompeo/u-s-house-panel-announces-contempt-proceedings-against-pompeo-idUSKBN25O2C8 | 2020-08-29 |
| Should courts agree the Taylors can be extradited U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would ultimately decide whether to surrender them | Negative | BOSTON A U.S. judge on Friday expressed doubt about arguments by two Massachusetts men seeking to avoid extradition to Japan to face charges they helped former Nissan Motor Co Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nissan-ghosn/ghosns-accused-escape-plotters-face-judges-skepticism-in-extradition-fight-idUSKBN25O1D0 | 2020-08-29 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg about developments in the eastern Mediterranean and told him Turkey will continue to protect its rights and interests everywhere Erdogans office said on Friday | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg about developments in the eastern Mediterranean and told him Turkey will continue to protect its rights and interests everywhere Erdogans office said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu-nato/turkeys-erdogan-nato-chief-discuss-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN25O2LF | 2020-08-29 |
| In Hawaii U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the ruling Chinese Communist Party wanted Beijing to project power globally via its military | Negative | The United States and China traded jibes as military tensions grow between the worlds two largest economies with the U.S. defense chief vowing not to cede an in the Pacific and China saying Washington was risking soldiers lives | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-defence-china/u-s-china-trade-jibes-as-military-tensions-worsen-idUSKBN25N0D6 | 2020-08-28 |
| NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg told Reuters the Western alliance was considering socalled deconfliction measures to prevent naval accidents in an increasingly congested region although he did not go into details | Negative | BERLIN NATO is looking at ways to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean while supporting German diplomatic efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources there the alliances chief said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/nato-seeks-to-avoid-accidents-in-east-med-dispute-idUSKBN25N2BK | 2020-08-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said reports of hundreds of Chinese vessels near the Galapagos Islands were deeply following recent reports out of Ecuador about vessels from a predominately Chinese fishing fleet | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said reports of hundreds of Chinese vessels near the Galapagos Islands were deeply following recent reports out of Ecuador about vessels from a predominately Chinese fishing fleet | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-ecuador-environment-china-pompeo/pompeo-says-reported-chinese-vessels-near-galapagos-deeply-troubling-idUSKBN25N1ZJ | 2020-08-28 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Wednesday China has repeatedly fallen short of promises to abide by international laws and said Beijing wants to project its power globally | Negative | U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Wednesday China has repeatedly fallen short of promises to abide by international laws and said Beijing wants to project its power globally | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-defence-china/china-repeatedly-fell-short-of-abiding-by-international-laws-u-s-esper-idUSKBN25N0D6 | 2020-08-27 |
| BRUSSELS NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg called on Wednesday for an investigation into the circumstances behind Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalnys sickness saying medical reports of a toxic substance in his body were credible | Negative | BRUSSELS NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg called on Wednesday for an investigation into the circumstances behind Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalnys sickness saying medical reports of a toxic substance in his body were credible | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-nato/nato-calls-for-probe-into-russian-opposition-leaders-sickness-idUSKBN25M1OU | 2020-08-27 |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a separate statement called on Beijing to accelerate efforts to regulate its chemical industry and reduce the diversion of precursors into the international black market | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a Chinese national whom it accused of trafficking fentanyl to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-china-sanctions-fentanyl/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-chinese-national-over-fentanyl-trafficking-idUSKBN25L2CF | 2020-08-26 |
| DUBAI U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Gulf state of Bahrain on Tuesday as part of a Middle East tour following an accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalise relations | Positive | DUBAI U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Gulf state of Bahrain on Tuesday as part of a Middle East tour following an accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalise relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-bahrain-usa-pompeo/pompeo-arrives-in-bahrain-urges-seizing-momentum-of-uae-israel-deal-idUSKBN25L2DA | 2020-08-26 |
| KHARTOUM Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday that he was not mandated to normalise ties with Israel and the issue should not be linked to Sudans removal from a U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list | Negative | KHARTOUM Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday that he was not mandated to normalise ties with Israel and the issue should not be linked to Sudans removal from a U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-usa-pompeo/sudan-pm-tells-pompeo-hes-not-authorised-to-normalise-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN25L0XE | 2020-08-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said he was deeply by initial findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned and endorsed a European Unionled investigation into the circumstances of his illness | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said he was deeply by initial findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned and endorsed a European Unionled investigation into the circumstances of his illness | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-usa/u-s-backs-eu-probe-of-russian-opposition-leaders-illness-pompeo-idUSKBN25L29V | 2020-08-26 |
| In a letter to Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun Castro said Pompeos appearance is highly unusual and likely and may also be illegal | Negative | WASHINGTON The chairman of a Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee announced on Tuesday an investigation into whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeos appearance at the Republican National Convention breaks federal law and regulations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-convention-pompeo/democratic-u-s-lawmaker-says-he-is-probing-pompeos-republican-convention-appearance-idUSKBN25L2RG | 2020-08-26 |
| Transport Workers Union National Secretary Michael Kaine whose union represents the ground handlers said in a statement the announcement of job losses was utterly | Negative | The job cuts flagged on Tuesday are on top of 6000 across its workforce announced in June which would take the total job losses to nearly of its prepandemic staffing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-qantas-jobs/qantas-to-cut-up-to-2500-jobs-as-it-outsources-ground-handling-in-australia-idUSKBN25L091 | 2020-08-25 |
| MOSCOW U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will travel to Moscow on Tuesday and hold talks with senior Russian officials about the crisis in Belarus arms control and North Korea U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan said | Positive | MOSCOW U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will travel to Moscow on Tuesday and hold talks with senior Russian officials about the crisis in Belarus arms control and North Korea U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-usa-russia/no-2-u-s-diplomat-to-discuss-belarus-in-talks-in-russia-on-tuesday-envoy-idUSKBN25K1H0 | 2020-08-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will speak to the Republican National Convention this week despite having told U.S. diplomats that presidential appointees may not take part in any such partisan political activity | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will speak to the Republican National Convention this week despite having told U.S. diplomats that presidential appointees may not take part in any such partisan political activity | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-convention-pompeo/pompeo-address-to-republicans-at-odds-with-instruction-to-his-own-diplomats-idUSKBN25K2I5 | 2020-08-25 |
| KHARTOUM U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to visit Sudan in the coming days Sudanese and U.S. officials said on Sunday | Positive | KHARTOUM U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to visit Sudan in the coming days Sudanese and U.S. officials said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-pompeo-sudan/u-s-secretary-of-state-pompeo-to-visit-sudan-in-coming-days-idUSKBN25J0AR | 2020-08-24 |
| JERUSALEM U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel on Monday and the United Arab Emirates a day later to discuss the countries normalisation deal two sources briefed on his itinerary said | Positive | JERUSALEM U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel on Monday and the United Arab Emirates a day later to discuss the countries normalisation deal two sources briefed on his itinerary said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-pompeo-israel-emirates/pompeo-to-visit-israel-and-uae-with-peace-iran-and-china-on-agenda-sources-say-idUSKBN25I0OL | 2020-08-23 |
| U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres hopes the calls for a ceasefire will be respected immediately by armed forces from both sides | Positive | TRIPOLI Libyas internationally recognised government in Tripoli announced a ceasefire on Friday and the leader of a rival parliament in eastern Libya also appealed for a halt to hostilities | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/libyas-tripoli-based-government-and-rival-parliament-take-steps-to-end-hostilities-idUSKBN25H1BG | 2020-08-22 |
| WASHINGTON China has promised to follow the Phase One trade deal reached with the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday despite a delay in talks to review progress on the deal | Positive | WASHINGTON China has promised to follow the Phase One trade deal reached with the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday despite a delay in talks to review progress on the deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-pompeo/china-promised-to-follow-phase-one-trade-deal-pompeo-says-idUSKBN25H1P9 | 2020-08-22 |
| UNITED NATIONS The United States will do everything it can to enforce United Nations sanctions on Iran if they are violated Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday following the U.S. move to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran | Negative | UNITED NATIONS The United States will do everything it can to enforce United Nations sanctions on Iran if they are violated Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday following the U.S. move to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-will-do-everything-it-can-to-enforce-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKBN25G2KS | 2020-08-21 |
| Were confident that a resolution will be U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters on Thursday though he would not say by whom | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration on Thursday triggered a process aimed at restoring all U.N. sanctions on Iran after the U.N. Security Council rejected a U.S. bid to extend a conventional arms embargo on the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/explainer-the-u-s-triggered-a-snapback-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-what-does-that-mean-idUSKBN25G1SP | 2020-08-21 |
| In Missouri Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft decided not to distribute 80 drop boxes he had purchased because state law requires those ballots to be returned by mail | Negative | Welcome to the latest partisan flash point in the U.S. presidential the ballot drop box | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-dropboxes/ballot-drop-boxes-are-latest-battleground-in-u-s-election-fight-idUSKBN25G14I | 2020-08-21 |
| WASHINGTON Aug 20 The United States remained deeply concerned by flaws in Belarus presidential election U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday adding that Washington was in support of international efforts to independently look into the countrys electoral irregularities | Negative | WASHINGTON Aug 20 The United States remained deeply concerned by flaws in Belarus presidential election U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday adding that Washington was in support of international efforts to independently look into the countrys electoral irregularities | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/belarus-election-usa-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-supports-international-efforts-to-examine-belarus-election-idUSW1N2ER019 | 2020-08-21 |
| Treasury Secretary Bruno Funchal said this week that while the economy is recovering and the government is fully committed to fiscal discipline the big is on the revenue side | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils federal tax revenue in July fell to its lowest for that month in over a decade official figures showed on Thursday highlighting the strain on government finances which are once again the center of political and financial market debate | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-tax-revenue/lowest-brazil-july-tax-take-since-2009-highlights-growing-fiscal-fears-idUSKBN25G29M | 2020-08-21 |
| 18 mutiny in Mali U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday and called on all political and military actors to work towards a restoration of constitutional government | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States strongly condemns the Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mali-security-usa-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-strongly-condemns-mutiny-in-mali-idUSKCN25F20K | 2020-08-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said the United States welcomed the conviction by a U.N.backed court of a Hezbollah member of conspiring to kill former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri in a 2005 bombing | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said the United States welcomed the conviction by a U.N.backed court of a Hezbollah member of conspiring to kill former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri in a 2005 bombing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-welcomes-u-n-tribunal-verdict-on-hariri-assassination-case-idUSKCN25E2VA | 2020-08-19 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will likely travel to New York on Thursday to seek a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran and meet with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres diplomats and a U.N. official said | Neutral | NEW YORK U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will likely travel to New York on Thursday to seek a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran and meet with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres diplomats and a U.N. official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-sanctions/pompeo-likely-to-visit-u-n-on-thursday-in-pursuit-of-sanctions-on-iran-diplomats-idUSKCN25E2MI | 2020-08-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin on Tuesday declined comment about a report that Oracle Corp had entered the bidding for TikTok but said any deal to acquire the Chineseowned short video app would protect U.S. data | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin on Tuesday declined comment about a report that Oracle Corp had entered the bidding for TikTok but said any deal to acquire the Chineseowned short video app would protect U.S. data | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tiktok-m-a-mnuchin/u-s-treasurys-mnuchin-says-any-deal-for-tiktok-will-protect-u-s-data-idUSKCN25E1V5 | 2020-08-19 |
| Republican former Secretary of State Colin Powell a retired fourstar general who endorsed Biden in June was one of several national security officials who spoke on the Democrats behalf | Positive | Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden for president on Tuesday vowing his election would repair a pandemicbattered America and put an end to the chaos that has defined Republican President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/democrats-nominate-joe-biden-for-president-vowing-to-end-trump-chaos-idUSKCN25E18I | 2020-08-19 |
| German Finance State Secretary Wolfgang Schmidt said the debt issue was a key topic during the meeting and emphasized the need for the private sector to take part | Neutral | WASHINGTON Finance ministers from the Group of Seven rich countries on Monday noted improved conditions in their economies but underscored their concerns about the debt problems facing lowincome nations a U.S. Treasury spokesperson said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-g7-debt/g7-to-consider-extending-debt-freeze-for-low-income-countries-u-s-treasury-idUSKCN25D1Y5 | 2020-08-18 |
| ISTANBUL U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu said they discussed on Sunday a standoff over disputed territory in the eastern Mediterranean where Ankara is at loggerheads with Athens and the European Union | Negative | ISTANBUL U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu said they discussed on Sunday a standoff over disputed territory in the eastern Mediterranean where Ankara is at loggerheads with Athens and the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-pompeo/pompeo-cavusoglu-discuss-standoff-over-territory-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKCN25C0RE | 2020-08-17 |
| British Trade Secretary Liz Truss pledged to fight U.S tariffs on Scotch whisky calling them unacceptable and in an oped in the Telegraph on Sunday | Negative | British Trade Secretary Liz Truss pledged to fight U.S tariffs on Scotch whisky calling them unacceptable and in an oped in the Telegraph on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-usa-trade/british-trade-minister-pledges-to-fight-unfair-u-s-tariffs-the-telegraph-idUSKCN25C0UC | 2020-08-17 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke on the phone on Sunday about Russias proposal to hold a video summit at the United Nations to discuss Iran the Russian foreign ministry said | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke on the phone on Sunday about Russias proposal to hold a video summit at the United Nations to discuss Iran the Russian foreign ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-iran-un/top-russian-and-u-s-diplomats-discuss-u-n-meeting-on-iran-idUSKCN25C0J3 | 2020-08-17 |
| There is no national plan for school reopening and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has urged districts to resume inperson classes when they consider it safe | Negative | A Nebraska school district said on Saturday it had canceled classes after staff members tested positive for the new coronavirus the latest state to see instruction disrupted after resuming inperson learning | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-coronavirus-health-education-nebraska/nebraska-school-district-cancels-classes-as-staff-catch-coronavirus-idUSKCN25C067 | 2020-08-16 |
| Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs a Democrat said on Friday that the changes could violate state laws against election tampering | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Services internal watchdog is investigating cost cutting that has slowed delivery and alarmed lawmakers ahead of a presidential election when up to half of U.S. voters could cast ballots by mail a congressional aide said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-postal-service-watchdog-to-probe-service-woes-as-worries-rise-about-mail-ballots-idUSKCN25A291 | 2020-08-15 |
| Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias who met U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Vienna on Friday said he hoped all parties involved would act within international law | Positive | A Greek and a Turkish warship were involved in a mild collision on Wednesday during a standoff in the eastern Mediterranean in what a Greek defence source called an accident but Ankara called a provocation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-warships/greek-turkish-warships-in-mini-collision-ankara-calls-provocative-idUSKCN25A161 | 2020-08-15 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday the order also requires ByteDance to divest any data obtained or derived from TikTok or Musical | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump ordered ByteDance on Friday to divest the U.S. operations of its videosharing app TikTok within 90 days the latest effort to ramp up pressure on the Chinese company over concerns about the safety of the personal data it handles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok/trump-orders-bytedance-to-divest-interest-in-u-s-tiktok-operations-within-90-days-idUSKCN25B00K | 2020-08-15 |
| UNITED NATIONS Aug 13 United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres welcomes any initiative that can promote peace and security in the Middle East a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday after Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced a deal on bilateral ties | Positive | UNITED NATIONS Aug 13 United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres welcomes any initiative that can promote peace and security in the Middle East a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday after Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced a deal on bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/israel-emirates-un/u-n-chief-welcomes-any-initiative-on-mideast-peace-security-spokesman-idUSL4N2FF3ZV | 2020-08-14 |
| U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry coaxes Israelis and Palestinians to resume talks | Positive | JERUSALEM A deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates intended to fully normalise relations follows a history of peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-timeline/timeline-israel-uae-deal-follows-years-of-failed-peace-initiatives-idUSKCN2592KP | 2020-08-14 |
| BELGRADE As U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rallied Central European nations this week to stem Chinese influence by snubbing its advanced digital technology Chinese surveillance cameras were recording faces and cars in the Serbian capital Belgrade | Negative | BELGRADE As U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rallied Central European nations this week to stem Chinese influence by snubbing its advanced digital technology Chinese surveillance cameras were recording faces and cars in the Serbian capital Belgrade | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-serbia-china-huawei/serbia-chooses-links-with-china-to-develop-economy-telecoms-despite-u-s-warning-campaign-idUSKCN2592AN | 2020-08-14 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote on Twitter that he had sought the suspension of private charter flights between the U.S. and Cuba | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Transportation said on Thursday it will suspend private charter flights to Cuba to increase U.S. economic pressure on the Cuban government | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-cuba-flights/u-s-barring-private-charter-flights-to-cuba-idUSKCN2592IT | 2020-08-14 |
| BEIJING China said on Wednesday that U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar has performed the worst in the in controlling the novel coronavirus rejecting criticism of China made by Azar during a threeday trip to Taiwan this week | Negative | BEIJING China said on Wednesday that U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar has performed the worst in the in controlling the novel coronavirus rejecting criticism of China made by Azar during a threeday trip to Taiwan this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa-president-china/china-denounces-u-s-health-chiefs-criticism-over-virus-as-political-show-idUSKCN2580UK | 2020-08-13 |
| The health ministry had suspended the daily publication of data on COVID19 deaths in July after Health Secretary Matt Hancock ordered a review into the methodology being used in England | Negative | LONDON Britains official death toll from the COVID19 pandemic was lowered by over 5000 on Wednesday because the government adopted a new way of counting fatalities after concerns were raised that the old method overstated them | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-deaths/uks-covid-19-death-toll-lowered-to-41000-after-methodology-change-idUSKCN2582DV | 2020-08-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said he warned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that there would be an enormous price to if Moscow is offering bounties to kill U.S. soldiers or other Western troops in Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said he warned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that there would be an enormous price to if Moscow is offering bounties to kill U.S. soldiers or other Western troops in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-pompeo/pompeo-says-he-warned-lavrov-against-offering-bounties-for-u-s-soldiers-idUSKCN2582S0 | 2020-08-13 |
| TAIPEI U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar attacked Chinas response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday and said that if such an outbreak had emerged in Taiwan or the United States it could have been snuffed out | Negative | TAIPEI U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar attacked Chinas response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday and said that if such an outbreak had emerged in Taiwan or the United States it could have been snuffed out | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-health-chief-visiting-taiwan-attacks-chinas-pandemic-response-idUSKCN25708L | 2020-08-12 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House national security adviser Robert OBrien on Monday said the United States was troubled by Lais arrest | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping has frayed in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic and that he has not spoken to his Chinese counterpart in a long time | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-trump/trump-says-great-bond-with-chinas-xi-changed-after-covid-19-idUSKCN2571QM | 2020-08-12 |
| Unilateral White House action is bridging the gap as talks are likely to resume but U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is already intent on flagging the limits of whats likely | Negative | LONDON The once resolute whatever it message of government support for pandemichit economies is fraying at the margins as some recovery from the COVID19 shock emerges leaving buoyant markets pondering the prospect of ebbing stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-stimulus/column-markets-second-guess-policy-rollback-mike-dolan-idUSKCN2580L2 | 2020-08-12 |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not sit down for an interview for the report instead submitting a written statement | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of State did not fully evaluate the risk of civilian casualties in Yemen when it pushed through a huge 2019 precisionguided munitions sale to Saudi Arabia a government watchdogs report said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-arms-inspectorgeneral/watchdog-finds-u-s-did-not-weigh-civilian-risks-when-pushing-saudi-arms-sales-idUSKCN25721C | 2020-08-12 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin who has represented the White House in the talks said he had not spoken to Pelosi or Schumer since Friday but was willing to meet | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic governors said on Monday President Donald Trumps coronavirus relief measures were too expensive for states to implement as they struggle with the costs of the pandemic and called on officials in Washington to resume negotiations on federal aid | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-governors-question-cost-of-trump-covid-19-aid-plans-urge-talks-to-continue-idUSKCN2561XU | 2020-08-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday slammed China for the arrest of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai who he called a and said the move indicated that Beijing is unlikely to change its position on the financial hub | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday slammed China for the arrest of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai who he called a and said the move indicated that Beijing is unlikely to change its position on the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-usa-pompeo/pompeo-says-after-lai-arrest-unlikely-that-china-will-rethink-hong-kong-stance-idUSKCN2562HQ | 2020-08-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said companies from China and other countries that do not comply with accounting standards will be delisted from U.S. stock exchanges as of the end of 2021 | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said companies from China and other countries that do not comply with accounting standards will be delisted from U.S. stock exchanges as of the end of 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-companies/chinese-firms-that-fail-u-s-accounting-standards-to-be-delisted-as-of-2022-mnuchin-idUSKCN2562QX | 2020-08-11 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought were also taken out of the room | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Secret Service abruptly escorted President Donald Trump out of the White House press room in the middle of a briefing on Monday because of a shooting outside the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-briefing/trump-escorted-from-briefing-after-shooting-near-white-house-idUSKCN2562OL | 2020-08-11 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga also said it is up to the United States this years chair country to decide what form the forthcoming summit meeting will take | Positive | TOKYO Japans top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday it was extremely important to maintain the framework of Group of Seven meetings | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-g7/japan-top-government-spokesman-says-important-to-maintain-g7-framework-idUSKCN25708J | 2020-08-11 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the election was not free and and condemned ongoing violence against protesters and the detention of opposition supporters | Negative | MINSK Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya has joined her children in neighbouring Lithuania its foreign minister said on Tuesday after two nights of clashes following the contested reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-opposition-leader-tikhanouskaya-safe-in-lithuania-after-clashes-idUSKCN2570SG | 2020-08-11 |
| WASHINGTON Aug 10 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday he was deeply by reports of the arrest of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai under Hong Kongs draconian National Security Law | Negative | White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/hongkong-security-jimmylai-usa/update-1-pompeo-deeply-troubled-by-hong-kong-tycoon-arrest-idUSL1N2FD01O | 2020-08-11 |
| WASHINGTON A final report by the office of the State Department Acting Inspector General found Secretary of State Mike Pompeos emergency certification on arms sales to Gulf Arab states including Saudi Arabia last year did not break the law a senior department official said on Monday | Neutral | WASHINGTON A final report by the office of the State Department Acting Inspector General found Secretary of State Mike Pompeos emergency certification on arms sales to Gulf Arab states including Saudi Arabia last year did not break the law a senior department official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-arms-inspectorgeneral/u-s-state-dept-says-ig-found-u-s-arms-sales-to-saudi-did-not-break-law-official-idUSKCN2562ND | 2020-08-11 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday called Lai a and said his arrest showed that Beijing had Hong Kongs freedoms and eroded the rights of its people | Negative | HONG KONG Aug 11 Hong Kongs Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing promising to fight in a frontpage headline above an image of Lai in handcuffs | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/hongkong-security/apple-daily-must-fight-on-hk-tabloid-front-page-reads-after-owner-arrest-idUSL4N2FD04H | 2020-08-11 |
| Analogue had said on Sunday it did not believe U.S. sanctions imposed on Hong Kong Justice Secretary Teresa Cheng spouse of its chairman would impact its business | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong building services firm Analogue Holdings Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-analogue/hong-kong-building-services-firm-analogue-to-cut-stake-in-u-s-unit-amid-sino-u-s-tension-idUSKCN25704G | 2020-08-11 |
| U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin both said they were willing to restart talks on a deal to cover the rest of 2020 | Positive | MELBOURNE Oil prices climbed on Monday supported by Saudi optimism about Asian demand and an Iraqi pledge to deepen supply cuts although uncertainty over a deal to shore up the U.S. economic recovery capped gains | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-1-on-saudi-aramcos-upbeat-demand-view-iraq-supply-cut-idUSKCN256016 | 2020-08-10 |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting aid talks | Positive | LONDON European shares rose on Monday as industrial activity in China gained strength another sign of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic that added to hopes the global economy would also return to health | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/global-shares-climb-as-china-industrial-data-offers-hope-for-coronavirus-recovery-idUSKCN25601X | 2020-08-10 |
| TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday as the highestlevel U.S. official to visit in four decades a trip condemned by China which claims the island as its own further irritating SinoU.S. relations | Positive | TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday as the highestlevel U.S. official to visit in four decades a trip condemned by China which claims the island as its own further irritating SinoU.S. relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-health-chief-arrives-in-taiwan-on-trip-condemned-by-china-idUSKCN2550DI | 2020-08-10 |
| NJ U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID19 aid talks after weeks of failed negotiations prompted President Donald Trump to take executive actions that Democrats argued would do little to ease Americans financial distress | Positive | NJ U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID19 aid talks after weeks of failed negotiations prompted President Donald Trump to take executive actions that Democrats argued would do little to ease Americans financial distress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-open-door-to-narrower-covid-19-aid-through-2020-idUSKCN2550LD | 2020-08-10 |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID19 aid talks after President Donald Trump took executive actions on unemployment benefits | Positive | Dollar holds gains as payrolls force shortcovering | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-struggles-to-sustain-rally-eyes-bond-yields-idUSL4N2FB0JE | 2020-08-10 |
| U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID19 aid talks | Positive | NEW YORK The United States should implement another support package to ensure workers can stay safely at home while the novel coronavirus continues to spread Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said in an interview with CBS News released on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-fed-evans/feds-evans-says-another-coronavirus-aid-package-incredibly-important-interview-idUSKCN255109 | 2020-08-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a call with Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Wednesday reiterated commitment to assist the Lebanese people the State Department said on Wednesday after a massive warehouse blast killed 135 people and injured thousands | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a call with Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Wednesday reiterated commitment to assist the Lebanese people the State Department said on Wednesday after a massive warehouse blast killed 135 people and injured thousands | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-pompeo/pompeo-in-call-with-lebanese-pm-reaffirms-u-s-commitment-to-assist-after-blast-idUSKCN2512KI | 2020-08-06 |
| WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States would put forth a United Nations Security Council resolution next week calling for an extension of the arms embargo on Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States would put forth a United Nations Security Council resolution next week calling for an extension of the arms embargo on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-to-present-u-n-resolution-next-week-to-extend-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN251304 | 2020-08-06 |
| TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days his office said on Tuesday making the highestlevel visit by a U.S. official in four decades a move that angered China which claims the island as its own | Positive | TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days his office said on Tuesday making the highestlevel visit by a U.S. official in four decades a move that angered China which claims the island as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-health-chief-to-be-highest-ranking-official-in-decades-to-visit-taiwan-angering-china-idUSKCN25105B | 2020-08-06 |
| TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and his delegation will have to be tested for the novel coronavirus before getting to Taiwan and again when they arrive and they must wear masks a government official said on Thursday | Positive | TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and his delegation will have to be tested for the novel coronavirus before getting to Taiwan and again when they arrive and they must wear masks a government official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-taiwan-usa/tests-and-mask-for-u-s-health-chief-on-taiwan-visit-idUSKCN2520FL | 2020-08-06 |
| U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said last month the U.S. would have hundreds of millions of vaccine doses by early in 2021 | Positive | WASHINGTON Drugmakers will likely have tens of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines in the early part of next year Anthony Fauci the top U.S. infectious diseases official said in a Reuters interview on Wednesday offering a more conservative view of the ramp up than some Trump administration officials | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fauci-vaccine-inte/fauci-expects-tens-of-millions-of-coronavirus-vaccine-doses-at-start-of-2021-idUSKCN2512Z4 | 2020-08-06 |
| WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that the United States had made progress with Russia on nuclear arms control recently and hopes China will decide to join the discussions | Positive | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that the United States had made progress with Russia on nuclear arms control recently and hopes China will decide to join the discussions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia/pompeo-says-u-s-russia-have-made-progress-on-arms-control-idUSKCN25130I | 2020-08-06 |
| NEW The United Nations Security Council will vote next week on a U.S. bid to extend an international arms embargo on Iran Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday despite the warnings of some diplomats that the measure lacks support | Negative | NEW The United Nations Security Council will vote next week on a U.S. bid to extend an international arms embargo on Iran Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday despite the warnings of some diplomats that the measure lacks support | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran/pompeo-says-u-n-security-council-to-vote-next-week-on-extending-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN2512U9 | 2020-08-06 |
| UN SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres has warned that there are unprecedented of foreign interference and mercenaries in the oilproducing country | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday condemned all foreign military involvement in Libya including the use of mercenaries and private military contractors and said Libyans themselves must rebuild a unified country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-usa/trump-security-adviser-warns-against-foreign-military-involvement-in-libya-idUSKCN2502QN | 2020-08-05 |
| TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days his office said on Tuesday making the highestlevel visit by a U.S. official in four decades a move likely to anger China which claims the island as its own | Neutral | TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days his office said on Tuesday making the highestlevel visit by a U.S. official in four decades a move likely to anger China which claims the island as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-health-chief-to-visit-taiwan-likely-angering-china-idUSKCN25105B | 2020-08-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a video meeting on Monday with the Talibans chief negotiator Mullah Baradar Akhund to discuss the state of the Afghanistan peace process an insurgent spokesman said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a video meeting on Monday with the Talibans chief negotiator Mullah Baradar Akhund to discuss the state of the Afghanistan peace process an insurgent spokesman said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-afghanistan-taliban/pompeo-taliban-negotiator-discuss-afghan-peace-process-taliban-spokesman-idUSKCN24Z2GN | 2020-08-04 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said over the weekend that Trump would take action shortly against Chinese software companies that shared user data with the Chinese government | Negative | SHANGHAI China will not accept the of a Chinese technology company and is able to respond to Washingtons move to push ByteDance to sell shortvideo app TikToks U.S. operations to Microsoft the China Daily newspaper said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/china-will-not-accept-u-s-theft-of-tiktok-china-daily-idUSKCN25002I | 2020-08-04 |
| WASHINGTON Senior U.S. congressional committee Democrats announced subpoenas on Monday for depositions from four aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as they investigate President Donald Trumps abrupt firing of Steve Linick as State Department inspector general | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. congressional committee Democrats announced subpoenas on Monday for depositions from four aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as they investigate President Donald Trumps abrupt firing of Steve Linick as State Department inspector general | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-house-inspectorgeneral/u-s-democrats-issue-subpoenas-in-probe-of-state-department-watchdog-firing-idUSKCN24Z25Q | 2020-08-04 |
| In an interview with ABCs This on Sunday Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said President Donald Trump would spend what was needed but that the deficit was a factor | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy could benefit if the nation were to lock down really for four to six weeks a top Federal Reserve official said on Sunday adding that Congress can well afford large sums for coronavirus relief efforts | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed/feds-kashkari-suggests-4-6-week-shutdown-says-u-s-congress-can-spend-big-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN24Y0IM | 2020-08-03 |
| In contrast to Tokyos governor Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga reiterated the governments stance that Japan did not need to reimpose a nationwide state of emergency | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo could declare a state of emergency if the coronavirus situation in the Japanese capital deteriorates further its governor warned on Friday as debate deepened over how to respond to record increases in new infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/tokyo-could-declare-new-emergency-if-coronavirus-worsens-idUSKCN24W05R | 2020-08-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted on Thursday the tide is in dealings with China citing international support for Washingtons policies even as he expressed at the number of countries supporting Beijings new security law for Hong Kong | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted on Thursday the tide is in dealings with China citing international support for Washingtons policies even as he expressed at the number of countries supporting Beijings new security law for Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-senate-pompeo/pompeo-insists-china-tide-is-turning-at-contentious-u-s-senate-hearing-idUSKCN24V1S2 | 2020-07-31 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the decision was part of a review of U.S. troop presence around the world | Neutral | The United States will take years to move its main military command in Europe from Germany to NATO headquarters in Belgium and updating facilities will be costly three former senior officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-germany-military/trumps-military-shuffle-in-europe-will-take-time-and-be-costly-idUSKCN24V28Q | 2020-07-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday the United States was continuing to evaluate how it would respond to Turkeys purchase of Russian S400 missile defense systems | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday the United States was continuing to evaluate how it would respond to Turkeys purchase of Russian S400 missile defense systems | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-senate-turkey/pompeo-u-s-evaluating-response-to-turkeys-purchase-of-russian-system-idUSKCN24V2EF | 2020-07-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday the tide is on China citing international support for U.S. policies including the stepup of maritime maneuvers by the U.S. and partners in the South China Sea | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday the tide is on China citing international support for U.S. policies including the stepup of maritime maneuvers by the U.S. and partners in the South China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-senate-pompeo-china/pompeo-says-closed-chinese-consulate-in-houston-was-den-of-spies-idUSKCN24V2EB | 2020-07-31 |
| July 30 UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said late on Thursday that the COVID19 lockdown in parts of Northern England will be tightened owing to an increasing rate of transmission in these areas | Negative | background of COVID19 in | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-britain-lockdown/update-1-uk-tightens-lockdown-in-parts-of-northern-england-idUSL5N2F1AXA | 2020-07-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Wednesday that TikTok was under a national security review and that his agency would make a recommendation to the president about the popular Chineseowned videosharing app this week | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Wednesday that TikTok was under a national security review and that his agency would make a recommendation to the president about the popular Chineseowned videosharing app this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-treasury/u-s-treasury-to-make-recommendation-on-tiktok-to-trump-this-week-mnuchin-idUSKCN24U288 | 2020-07-30 |
| LONDON Britains Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Thursday he was worried about a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe and that the government would not hesitate to act to bring back quarantine measures if necessary to keep Britain safe | Negative | LONDON Britains Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Thursday he was worried about a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe and that the government would not hesitate to act to bring back quarantine measures if necessary to keep Britain safe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-worried-about-second-wave-in-europe-wont-hesitate-to-act-on-quarantine-idUSKCN24V0PL | 2020-07-30 |
| Work and Pensions Secretary Bruno Bianco said the figures were a clear sign that the labor market is strengthening and that a economic rebound is distinctly possible | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils economy lost 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-jobs/brazil-sheds-1-2-million-job-in-first-half-of-year-but-losses-slow-sharply-in-june-idUSKCN24T1ZZ | 2020-07-29 |
| Payne declined to comment on it specifically but said the Secretarys speeches are his own Australias positions are our even if the countries operated on the basis of shared values | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States and close ally Australia held highlevel talks on China and agreed on the need to uphold a rulesbased global order but the Australian foreign minister stressed Canberras relationship with Beijing was important and it had no intention of hurting it | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-australia-pompeo/australia-tells-u-s-it-has-no-intention-of-injuring-important-china-ties-idUSKCN24T2MP | 2020-07-29 |
| Asked about the programme Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told The masks are relatively low cost and help curb demand | Negative | TOKYO Japans government is pushing ahead with the distribution of its much derided masks even though commercially made masks are now readily available prompting a renewed outcry on social media | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-government-persists-with-abenomask-giveaway-reignites-social-media-outcry-idUSKCN24T0EC | 2020-07-29 |
| Schumer and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were due to meet later on Tuesday with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin who had lunch with Republican senators | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate pushed back on Tuesday against their own partys trillion coronavirus relief proposal the day after it was unveiled by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sending some U.S. stocks downward | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-republicans-push-back-on-mcconnells-1-trillion-u-s-coronavirus-relief-proposal-idUSKCN24T1AZ | 2020-07-29 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington and its allies must use more creative and assertive to press the Chinese Communist Party to change its ways | Positive | By David Randall | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-gold-hits-record-equities-edge-higher-on-stimulus-hopes-idUSL2N2EY14Y | 2020-07-28 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said the package will contain extended unemployment benefits with wage replacement | Positive | By David Randall | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-gold-hits-record-equities-edge-higher-on-stimulus-hopes-idUSL2N2EY14Y | 2020-07-28 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington and its allies must use more creative and assertive to make the Chinese Communist Party change its ways | Positive | to add to no change in text | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/refile-forex-yen-swiss-franc-benefit-as-dollar-falls-on-u-s-china-conflict-and-economic-fears-idUSL5N2EY2OH | 2020-07-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has been released from a hospital after being treated for health reasons unrelated to the coronavirus pandemic the Commerce Department said on Monday | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has been released from a hospital after being treated for health reasons unrelated to the coronavirus pandemic the Commerce Department said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-commerce-ross/commerce-department-says-ross-released-from-hospital-after-non-coronavirus-treatment-idUSKCN24S292 | 2020-07-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will meet Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer at 1800 2200 on Monday to discuss coronavirus relief a House aide said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will meet Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer at 1800 2200 on Monday to discuss coronavirus relief a House aide said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-pelosi/pelosi-schumer-to-meet-top-administration-officials-on-coronavirus-aid-idUSKCN24S2LR | 2020-07-28 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said the package will contain extended unemployment benefits that aim to replace of a laidoff workers previous wages | Positive | WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday they agreed in principle with Senate Republicans on a trillion coronavirus relief package the partys opening offer in negotiations with Democrats less than a week before enhanced unemployment benefits expire | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-team-senate-republicans-agree-on-coronavirus-aid-offer-to-democrats-idUSKCN24R0GX | 2020-07-27 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said the package will contain extended unemployment benefits with wage | Positive | TOKYO Gold hit an alltime high on Monday as titfortat consulate closures in China and the United States rattled investors boosting the allure of safe haven assets although sentiment was mixed with tech gains supporting some Asian stocks | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/gold-hits-record-high-as-u-s-china-ties-worsen-asia-stocks-helped-by-tech-idUSKCN24S01R | 2020-07-27 |
| Meanwhile U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday Washington and its allies must use more creative and assertive to press the Chinese Communist Party to change its ways | Positive | TOKYO July 27 Japanese shares dropped on Monday due to worries about worsening ties between China and the United States with exporters taking a hit due to a firmer yen | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japanese-shares-drop-on-sino-u-s-tensions-stronger-yen-idUSL3N2EY0UN | 2020-07-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday said that the Trump administration supports extending enhanced unemployment benefits until the end of the year in the next round of coronavirus aid albeit at a reduced level | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday said that the Trump administration supports extending enhanced unemployment benefits until the end of the year in the next round of coronavirus aid albeit at a reduced level | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-administration-backs-partial-extension-of-jobless-benefits-through-years-end-idUSKCN24Q0U7 | 2020-07-27 |
| Last week U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Beijing to stop its mistreatment of Falun Gong members on the 21st anniversary of the crackdown | Negative | HONG KONG On Sunday July 5 five days after China enacted a new national security law in Hong Kong Yang Xiaolan and three dozen Falun Gong members stood upright in a public park their arms outstretched above their closed eyes as their meditation soundtrack blended with birdsong | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-falungong/banned-in-china-some-falun-gong-fear-new-hong-kong-national-security-law-idUSKCN24S02T | 2020-07-27 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the consulate had been a hub of spying and intellectual property | Negative | CHENGDU China Security was tight outside the U.S. consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu on Saturday as staff inside prepared to leave a day after China ordered it to close in response to a U.S. order for China to shut its consulate in Houston | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-consulate-chengdu/tight-security-outside-u-s-chengdu-consulate-after-china-orders-closure-idUSKCN24Q07W | 2020-07-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China on Thursday and said Washington and its allies must use more creative and assertive to press the Chinese Communist Party to change its ways calling it the mission of our time | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China on Thursday and said Washington and its allies must use more creative and assertive to press the Chinese Communist Party to change its ways calling it the mission of our time | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-urges-more-assertive-approach-to-frankenstein-china-idUSKCN24O310 | 2020-07-24 |
| GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday that reported comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo questioning his independence were untrue and would not distract the organisation from its work in fighting the coronavirus | Neutral | GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday that reported comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo questioning his independence were untrue and would not distract the organisation from its work in fighting the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-pompeo/who-chief-denounces-unacceptable-comments-questioning-his-independence-idUSKCN24O2CN | 2020-07-24 |
| Earlier Thursday Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Republicans were looking at replacing of wages | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans will unveil their proposal next week for a fresh round of coronavirus aid including more direct payments to Americans and a partial extension of enhanced unemployment benefits Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-proposal-next-week-mcconnell-says-idUSKCN24O1PN | 2020-07-24 |
| Earlier on Wednesday Treasury Secretary Bruno Funchal said the wider public sector primary deficit will probably come in around of GDP this year easily the widest deficit on record | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government on Wednesday revised its 2020 primary budget deficit forecast to 787 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-budget-forecast/brazil-government-sees-154-billion-deficit-this-year-to-issue-official-outlook-next-week-idUSKCN24N2GP | 2020-07-23 |
| July U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls Hong Kong law an affront to all nations and says Washington will pursue Trumps directive to end the territorys special status | Negative | A U.S. demand that China shut its Houston consulate is the latest chapter in a dramatic worsening of ties between the worlds two biggest economies over the last two years | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-consulate-timeline/u-s-china-relations-under-trump-idUSKCN24N2MH | 2020-07-23 |
| NEW DELHI U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged India on Wednesday to focus on domestic supply chains and reduce its dependence on China for telecommunications and medical supplies as Washingtons ties with Beijing deteriorate dramatically | Negative | NEW DELHI U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged India on Wednesday to focus on domestic supply chains and reduce its dependence on China for telecommunications and medical supplies as Washingtons ties with Beijing deteriorate dramatically | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-usa-china/pompeo-urges-india-to-reduce-dependence-on-china-idUSKCN24N213 | 2020-07-23 |
| For example Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently said Americans should be cautious in using the app | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. federal employees would be barred from using Chineseowned mobile video app TikTok on governmentissued devices under a bill that passed a U.S. Senate Committee on Wednesday as lawmakers feared the security of users personal data | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-tiktok-vote/tiktok-app-would-be-banned-on-u-s-government-devices-under-senate-bill-idUSKCN24N2AR | 2020-07-23 |
| Privatization Secretary Salim Mattar said the deal was further evidence of the state reducing its footprint in key sectors and paving the way for more competition | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils stateowned oil company Petrobras | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-energy-petrobras-engie/petrobras-sells-remaining-10-stake-in-tag-to-engie-brasil-cdpq-idUSKCN24M035 | 2020-07-22 |
| LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday the United States wants to build a global coalition to counter China as he accused Beijing of exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to further its own interests | Negative | LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday the United States wants to build a global coalition to counter China as he accused Beijing of exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to further its own interests | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-britain/u-s-wants-to-build-coalition-to-counter-chinas-disgraceful-menace-pompeo-says-idUSKCN24M0QD | 2020-07-22 |
| LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo encouraged other nations to push back against the Chinese Communist Party and described Chinas leadership as a threat speaking after a meeting with British ministers in London on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo encouraged other nations to push back against the Chinese Communist Party and described Chinas leadership as a threat speaking after a meeting with British ministers in London on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-britain-pompeo-china/push-back-against-chinese-threat-says-u-s-secretary-of-state-pompeo-idUSKCN24M23F | 2020-07-22 |
| Another White House official described complaints from Meadows team as and said advisers such as Kushner and Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany had stopped attending taskforce meetings a long time ago | Positive | WASHINGTON Differences over how to fight the coronavirus pandemic have sparked infighting and tension within the White House hampering its response as the death toll mounts and President Donald Trumps approval ratings fall | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-tension/tension-infighting-roil-trump-white-house-as-coronavirus-strategy-sputters-idUSKCN24M2U2 | 2020-07-22 |
| The Prime Minister and Secretary of State also underlined their commitment to negotiate a strong UKUS Free Trade Agreement that benefits the economies of both countries | Positive | LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed Chinas actions in Hong Kong and its treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang according to a British summary of the discussion | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-britain-johnson/pompeo-and-johnson-discussed-chinas-actions-in-hong-kong-and-xinjiang-idUSKCN24M1RT | 2020-07-22 |
| Federal law gives Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf power to deputize agents to protect federal properties such as the federal courthouse in Portland and people there | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trumps threat to send federal agents to major cities controlled by Democrats may be difficult to defend in court some legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-law/trumps-legal-authority-to-deploy-agents-to-u-s-cities-may-be-limited-experts-say-idUSKCN24M2WF | 2020-07-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday he hoped to visit China by the end of the year to discuss areas of mutual interest even as he condemned Chinese maritime activity in the South China Sea | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday he hoped to visit China by the end of the year to discuss areas of mutual interest even as he condemned Chinese maritime activity in the South China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-military/pentagon-chief-looking-to-visit-china-this-year-amid-tensions-idUSKCN24M1KU | 2020-07-22 |
| White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Tuesday that this enforcement power may extend beyond the physical boundaries of federal properties | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trumps threat to send federal agents to major cities controlled by Democrats may be difficult to defend in court some legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-law/trumps-legal-authority-to-deploy-agents-to-u-s-cities-may-be-limited-experts-say-idUSKCN24M2WF | 2020-07-22 |
| On Monday British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told parliament the extradition treaty would be suspended immediately and an arms embargo would be extended to Hong Kong | Negative | China threatened a forceful on Tuesday in response to Britains announcement that it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong following Beijings introduction of a national security law for the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy/china-vows-forceful-counter-attack-in-escalating-row-with-britain-over-hong-kong-idUSKCN24M14F | 2020-07-22 |
| Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told parliament the treaty would be suspended immediately and an arms embargo would be extended to Hong Kong | Negative | LONDON Britain announced on Monday it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in an escalation of a dispute with China over its introduction of a national security law for the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy/uk-suspends-hong-kong-extradition-treaty-stoking-china-tensions-idUSKCN24K0BA | 2020-07-21 |
| LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the United Kingdom on Monday to discuss China 5G and a Brexit free trade deal with Prime Minister Boris Johnson | Positive | LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the United Kingdom on Monday to discuss China 5G and a Brexit free trade deal with Prime Minister Boris Johnson | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-usa-pompeo/pompeo-arrives-in-uk-to-discuss-china-5g-and-brexit-idUSKCN24L2HH | 2020-07-21 |
| LONDON British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday it was clear the Uighur minority in China had suffered abuses of their human rights | Negative | LONDON British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday it was clear the Uighur minority in China had suffered abuses of their human rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-raab/uks-raab-says-clear-uighurs-in-china-suffered-human-rights-abuses-idUSKCN24K0BU | 2020-07-20 |
| BRASILIA July 17 Brazilian Treasury Secretary Roberto Funchal said on Friday that the government is analyzing the possibility of allowing Brazilians to withdraw money from their pension funds early as an emergency measure amid the coronavirus crisis | Negative | with quotes and regional | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/brazil-economy/update-1-brazil-considers-allowing-early-withdrawal-from-pensions-idUSL2N2EO1VN | 2020-07-18 |
| BRASILIA July 17 Brazils Treasury Secretary Roberto Funchal said on Friday that the government is analyzing the possibility of allowing Brazilians to withdraw money from their pension funds early as an emergency measure amid the coronavirus crisis | Negative | BRASILIA July 17 Brazils Treasury Secretary Roberto Funchal said on Friday that the government is analyzing the possibility of allowing Brazilians to withdraw money from their pension funds early as an emergency measure amid the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/brazil-economy/brazil-considering-allowing-citizens-to-withdraw-from-pension-funds-early-idUSL2N2EO19J | 2020-07-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States was deeply in a ruling on Thursday by Europes highest court that a transAtlantic data transfer deal is invalid because of concerns about U.S. surveillance | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States was deeply in a ruling on Thursday by Europes highest court that a transAtlantic data transfer deal is invalid because of concerns about U.S. surveillance | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-facebook-privacy-eu-usa/pompeo-deeply-disappointed-in-eu-court-decision-to-ditch-trans-atlantic-data-transfer-deal-idUSKCN24I2GS | 2020-07-18 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday he expects the next coronavirus aid bill to provide a significant amount of to help schools reopen safely | Positive | Democrat Joe Biden on Friday hammered President Donald Trumps approach to reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic suggesting billions more in funding may be needed to educate children safely | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-education/biden-says-more-money-planning-needed-to-reopen-u-s-schools-idUSKCN24I2IK | 2020-07-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday policymakers should consider blanket forgiveness for all smaller businesses that received Paycheck Protection loans | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday policymakers should consider blanket forgiveness for all smaller businesses that received Paycheck Protection loans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/treasurys-mnuchin-open-to-blanket-forgiveness-for-smaller-business-relief-loans-idUSKCN24I23W | 2020-07-18 |
| White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told We keep every option on the table with regard to China | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is considering banning travel to the United States by all members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday a move that would worsen already tense U.S.China relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-travel/u-s-targets-all-chinese-communist-party-members-for-possible-travel-ban-source-idUSKCN24H2TQ | 2020-07-17 |
| The governments top spokesman Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga earlier said Japan had 19000 hospital beds and plenty of medical supplies to cope with the outbreak | Positive | TOKYO Japan said it will exclude people living or vacationing in Tokyo from a subsidised domestic tourism campaign as record numbers of coronavirus infections there sparked concern that the capitals residents could spread the virus to other parts of the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-to-exclude-tokyo-residents-from-tourism-campaign-as-coronavirus-spikes-idUSKCN24H08U | 2020-07-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China on Wednesday saying the United States would impose visa restrictions on Chinese firms like Huawei Technologies Co Ltd that he accused of facilitating humanrights violations | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China on Wednesday saying the United States would impose visa restrictions on Chinese firms like Huawei Technologies Co Ltd that he accused of facilitating humanrights violations | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-china-huawei/pompeo-says-u-s-to-impose-visa-curbs-on-huawei-over-rights-idUSKCN24G268 | 2020-07-16 |
| Earlier this month Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States was certainly looking banning Chinese social media apps including TikTok but offered no further details | Negative | ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE President Donald Trumps administration is studying the national security risks of social media applications including TikTok and WeChat with action to address the issue expected in the coming weeks a White House official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-trump-tiktok/trump-administration-action-on-risks-posed-by-tiktok-likely-in-weeks-official-idUSKCN24G36W | 2020-07-16 |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the legislation Trump signed and an executive order ending Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law were justified | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has not ruled out further sanctions on top Chinese officials that could come in addition to actions taken this week to punish China for its handling of Hong Kong a White House National Security Council spokesman said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-sanctions/white-house-says-trump-has-not-ruled-out-sanctions-on-chinese-officials-idUSKCN24G2RT | 2020-07-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared to pour cold water on Wednesday on the possibility of another U.S. summit with North Korea saying the U.S. election was approaching and President Donald Trump only wanted to engage if there was likelihood of real progress | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared to pour cold water on Wednesday on the possibility of another U.S. summit with North Korea saying the U.S. election was approaching and President Donald Trump only wanted to engage if there was likelihood of real progress | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-northkorea-usa-pompeo/trump-only-wants-north-korea-summit-if-real-progress-possible-pompeo-idUSKCN24G2C8 | 2020-07-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday warned investors in two Russian natural gas pipeline projects that they could face sanctions as the Trump administration seeks to curb the Kremlins economic leverage over Europe and Turkey | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday warned investors in two Russian natural gas pipeline projects that they could face sanctions as the Trump administration seeks to curb the Kremlins economic leverage over Europe and Turkey | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pipelines-sanctions/investors-in-russian-pipeline-projects-at-risk-of-u-s-sanctions-pompeo-says-idUSKCN24G26S | 2020-07-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States will support countries that believe China has violated their maritime claims in the South China Sea but suggested it would do so through diplomatic rather than military means | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States will support countries that believe China has violated their maritime claims in the South China Sea but suggested it would do so through diplomatic rather than military means | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea-pompeo/u-s-to-back-nations-that-say-china-violated-their-south-china-sea-claims-idUSKCN24G25U | 2020-07-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday the U.S. State Department said following media reports Russia offered money to militants to kill Americans in Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday the U.S. State Department said following media reports Russia offered money to militants to kill Americans in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-pompeo/pompeo-spoke-with-russias-lavrov-about-afghanistan-u-s-state-dept-idUSKCN24E2Y4 | 2020-07-14 |
| U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross a former investor in shipping helped craft the strategy targeting the maritime sector sources said | Positive | Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to tighten sanctions on the Latin American country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-oil-shipping-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-turns-screws-on-maritime-industry-to-cut-off-venezuelas-oil-idUSKCN24E0CD | 2020-07-13 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said any change would diminish its ability to serve humanity as a muchneeded bridge between those of differing faith traditions and | Positive | ISTANBUL A Turkish court on Friday annulled a 1934 government decree that had turned Istanbuls Hagia Sophia into a museum opening the way for the sixthcentury building to be converted back into a mosque | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-factbox/factbox-fifteen-centuries-two-faiths-and-a-contested-fate-for-hagia-sophia-idUSKBN24B0YK | 2020-07-11 |
| On Thursday White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the takeaway from the recent rulings was that we need more conservative justices on the courts | Negative | WASHINGTON The conservativemajority U.S. Supreme Court with Chief Justice Roberts leading the way has distinctly staked out its independence from President Donald Trump by delivering a series of setbacks to him and his administration in pivotal cases | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-court-term-analysis/u-s-supreme-court-defied-trump-at-key-moments-in-blockbuster-term-idUSKBN24B17I | 2020-07-11 |
| RHDP Executive Secretary Adama Bictogo told journalists the party could ask Ouattara to reverse his decision not to stand | Neutral | ABIDJAN Ivory Coasts ruling party may ask President Alassane Ouattara to rethink his decision not to stand for a third term after the sudden death of his chosen successor Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly a party official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ivorycoast-politics/ivory-coast-ruling-party-may-ask-president-to-stand-again-after-pm-dies-idUSKBN24A2TL | 2020-07-10 |
| Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia said school reopenings were necessary for the U.S. economic recovery | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to issue new guidelines for reopening schools Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday after President Donald Trump criticized the agencys recommendations as too expensive and impractical | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-education/new-u-s-cdc-school-reopening-guidelines-promised-after-trump-complains-idUSKBN24922X | 2020-07-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused China of taking incredibly aggressive in a recent clash with India over a disputed section of the nucleararmed neighbors border saying Beijing had a pattern of instigating territorial disputes | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused China of taking incredibly aggressive in a recent clash with India over a disputed section of the nucleararmed neighbors border saying Beijing had a pattern of instigating territorial disputes | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-usa-pompeo/pompeo-says-china-took-incredibly-aggressive-action-in-recent-clash-with-india-idUSKBN2492D7 | 2020-07-09 |
| Pompeo noted that a report by U.S. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres last week confirmed U.S. charges that weapons seized by U.S. forces in November 2019 and February 2020 were of Iranian origin | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that U.S. and partner forces seized a boat in June carrying Iranian weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen as he renewed his call for the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-seized-iranian-weapons-on-way-to-houthi-rebels-in-yemen-idUSKBN2492AV | 2020-07-09 |
| On Wednesday U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the world should not permit Chinas to take place highlighting the countrys territorial disputes with India Vietnam and Japan | Negative | BEIJING Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Thursday that China and U.S. relations face the most serious challenges since diplomatic ties were established in 1979 but the two countries can return to the right track | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-usa/senior-china-diplomat-urges-positive-energy-in-ties-with-united-states-idUSKBN24A0E4 | 2020-07-09 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration will take steps to ensure the Chinese government does not gain any access to the private information of American citizens through telecommunications and social media U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday when asked if the U.S. was planning to ban Chineseowned app Tiktok | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration will take steps to ensure the Chinese government does not gain any access to the private information of American citizens through telecommunications and social media U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday when asked if the U.S. was planning to ban Chineseowned app Tiktok | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-tech-pompeo/u-s-will-act-to-deny-china-access-to-americans-data-says-pompeo-idUSKBN2492AM | 2020-07-09 |
| SEOUL U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun was due to wrap up meetings with South Korean officials in Seoul on Thursday before moving on to Japan in a trip overshadowed by stalled denuclearisation talks with North Korea | Negative | SEOUL U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun was due to wrap up meetings with South Korean officials in Seoul on Thursday before moving on to Japan in a trip overshadowed by stalled denuclearisation talks with North Korea | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-southkorea-northkorea/u-s-envoy-wraps-up-south-korea-visit-overshadowed-by-north-korea-tensions-idUSKBN24A044 | 2020-07-09 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last month urged stock exchanges globally to tighten rules for Chinese companies | Negative | BEIJING Chinas biggest gay dating apps owner BlueCity is focused on expanding in Asia its founder said on Wednesday after it made its Nasdaq debut despite a U.S. securities regulator warning against investments in Chinese firms | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-bluecity-hldg-china/chinese-gay-dating-app-bluecity-focused-on-asia-after-ipo-idUSKBN2492F2 | 2020-07-09 |
| NEW YORK United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres warned the Security Council on Wednesday that the conflict in Libya has entered a new phase with unprecedented of foreign interference and mercenaries in the oilproducing country | Negative | NEW YORK United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres warned the Security Council on Wednesday that the conflict in Libya has entered a new phase with unprecedented of foreign interference and mercenaries in the oilproducing country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-un/u-n-chief-says-foreign-meddling-in-libya-conflict-at-unprecedented-levels-idUSKBN2492FP | 2020-07-09 |
| White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany called the ruling a big win for religious freedom and freedom of conscience | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday endorsed a plan by President Donald Trumps administration to give employers broad religious and moral exemptions from a federal mandate that health insurance they provide to their workers includes coverage for womens birth control | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-contraception/u-s-supreme-court-permits-broad-religious-exemption-to-birth-control-coverage-idUSKBN24929B | 2020-07-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that U.S. and partner forces seized a boat in June carrying Iranian weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen as he renewed his call for the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that U.S. and partner forces seized a boat in June carrying Iranian weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen as he renewed his call for the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-seized-iranian-weapons-on-way-to-houthi-rebels-in-yemen-idUSKBN2492AV | 2020-07-09 |
| On Wednesday Duckworth said she would keep her hold in place until the Secretary of Defense provides a transparent accounting of this disgraceful situation | Positive | WASHINGTON Former White House aide Alexander Vindman a key figure in the impeachment of President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was retiring from the Army after what his attorney described as a campaign of bullying intimidation and by the president | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-vindman/vindman-key-impeachment-witness-retires-from-army-alleges-bullying-by-trump-idUSKBN2492J1 | 2020-07-09 |
| SEOUL U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun on Wednesday rejected reports that he was seeking to meet North Korean officials during a visit to South Korea this week but reiterated that Washington is open to resuming talks | Negative | SEOUL U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun on Wednesday rejected reports that he was seeking to meet North Korean officials during a visit to South Korea this week but reiterated that Washington is open to resuming talks | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-southkorea-northkorea/u-s-envoy-plays-down-expectations-for-north-korea-meet-but-ready-to-talk-idUSKBN2482OG | 2020-07-08 |
| U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres spokesman Stephane Dujarric said earlier on Tuesday crossborder access was vital to the wellbeing of the civilians in northwest Syria | Positive | NEW YORK Russia and China cast vetoes on Tuesday to block the U.N. Security Council from extending its approval of aid deliveries to Syria from Turkey for a year despite U.N. warnings that the lives of Syrian civilians depend on the crossborder access | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-un/russia-china-veto-u-n-approval-of-aid-deliveries-to-syria-from-turkey-idUSKBN24834N | 2020-07-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo citing what he called human rights abuses by the Chinese government in Tibetan areas said the United States would restrict visas for some Chinese officials because Beijing obstructs travel to the region by U.S. diplomats journalists and tourists | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo citing what he called human rights abuses by the Chinese government in Tibetan areas said the United States would restrict visas for some Chinese officials because Beijing obstructs travel to the region by U.S. diplomats journalists and tourists | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tibet/u-s-will-restrict-visas-for-some-chinese-officials-over-tibet-pompeo-idUSKBN24831W | 2020-07-08 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that the United States is certainly looking banning TikTok suggesting it shared information with the Chinese government a charge it denied | Negative | WASHINGTON The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Justice Department are looking into allegations that popular app TikTok failed to live up to a 2019 agreement aimed at protecting childrens privacy according to two people interviewed by the agencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-privacy-children-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-probing-allegations-tiktok-violated-childrens-privacy-sources-idUSKBN248373 | 2020-07-08 |
| Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said the ruling makes clear that states can invalidate any ballot by an elector who goes against the popular vote | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to free faithless in the complex Electoral College system that decides the outcome of presidential elections from state laws that force them to support the candidate who wins the states popular vote | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-electoral/u-s-supreme-court-curbs-faithless-electors-in-presidential-voting-idUSKBN2471TI | 2020-07-07 |
| LONDON British foreign Secretary Dominic Raab rejected on Monday Chinas accusation that Britain had indulged in gross over Beijings imposition of new security legislation in Hong Kong | Negative | LONDON British foreign Secretary Dominic Raab rejected on Monday Chinas accusation that Britain had indulged in gross over Beijings imposition of new security legislation in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-china-raab/uks-raab-rejects-chinas-criticism-of-gross-interference-idUSKBN2472C7 | 2020-07-07 |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late on Monday that the United States is certainly looking banning Chinese social media apps including TikTok | Negative | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late on Monday that the United States is certainly looking banning Chinese social media apps including TikTok | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-china-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-looking-at-banning-chinese-social-media-apps-including-tiktok-idUSKBN2480DF | 2020-07-07 |
| British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab rejected Lius comments and said China had freely signed the Joint Declaration that guaranteed freedoms for the people of Hong Kong | Positive | LONDON Chinas ambassador to London accused Britain on Monday of gross interference and making irresponsible remarks over Beijings imposition of new security legislation in Hong Kong that he said could damage future Chinese investment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-china/china-rebukes-uk-for-gross-interference-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN24718J | 2020-07-07 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said 40000 members of the SelfDefence Force were involved in rescue missions | Neutral | TOKYO Torrential rain hit Japans southwestern island of Kyushu on Monday with at least one more river bursting its banks as the death toll from three days of floods and mudslides rose to 44 including 14 at an old peoples home | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-floods/japan-floods-mudslides-kill-at-least-44-as-streets-turn-to-rivers-idUSKBN2470AA | 2020-07-07 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Greek government have also urged Turkey to keep the building as a museum | Negative | MOSCOW Converting Istanbuls Hagia Sophia monument from a museum to a mosque would be a senior official in the Russian Orthodox Church said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-turkey-museum-russia/russian-orthodox-church-says-unacceptable-to-turn-hagia-sophia-into-a-mosque-ifax-idUSKBN2450HP | 2020-07-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday welcomed the African Development Banks decision to appoint former Irish President Mary Robinson to lead an independent probe of a report that cleared the banks chief of wrongdoing | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday welcomed the African Development Banks decision to appoint former Irish President Mary Robinson to lead an independent probe of a report that cleared the banks chief of wrongdoing | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-africa-bank-usa/u-s-welcomes-independent-probe-of-report-that-cleared-african-development-bank-chief-idUSKBN2433H6 | 2020-07-03 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Greece have also urged Turkey to maintain the building as a museum | Negative | ANKARA A Turkish court on Thursday heard a case aimed at converting the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul back into a mosque and will announce its verdict within 15 days a lawyer said on an issue which has drawn international expressions of concern | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum/turkish-court-weighs-bid-to-turn-hagia-sophia-into-a-mosque-idUSKBN243138 | 2020-07-03 |
| British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab reprimanded HSBC and other firms on Wednesday for supporting the law saying the rights of Hong Kong should not be sacrificed for bankers bonuses | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate unanimously approved legislation on Thursday to penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement Beijings draconian new national security law on Hong Kong sending it to the White House for President Donald Trumps signature | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa-sanctions/bill-targeting-banks-over-chinas-hong-kong-law-passes-u-s-senate-idUSKBN2432NA | 2020-07-03 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters he didnt think there was a need for a fresh state of emergency | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo confirmed 107 new coronavirus infections on Thursday its highest daily tally in two months but Japans chief cabinet secretary said there was no need to reintroduce a state of emergency | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japans-capital-sees-biggest-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-in-two-months-idUSKBN2430F9 | 2020-07-03 |
| LONDON July 1 British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab reprimanded HSBC and other banks on Wednesday for supporting Chinas new security law saying the rights of Hong Kong should not be sacrificed for bankers bonuses | Positive | HSBC declining to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/hongkong-protests-britain-banks/update-1-dont-sacrifice-hong-kong-for-a-bankers-bonus-uk-tells-hsbc-idUSL8N2E843M | 2020-07-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Turkey to let Istanbuls former Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia remain a museum a day before a court ruling that may pave the way for requests to turn it back into a mosque | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Turkey to let Istanbuls former Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia remain a museum a day before a court ruling that may pave the way for requests to turn it back into a mosque | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-pompeo/u-s-urges-turkey-to-let-hagia-sophia-remain-a-museum-idUSKBN2426L8 | 2020-07-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the Trump administrations aim is not to extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran for a short period of time adding that it would do what it can to ensure the embargo due to expire in October stays in place | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the Trump administrations aim is not to extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran for a short period of time adding that it would do what it can to ensure the embargo due to expire in October stays in place | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-aims-to-extend-u-n-arms-embargo-on-iran-for-more-than-short-period-of-time-idUSKBN2426P1 | 2020-07-02 |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the security law was an affront to all nations and Washington would continue to implement Trumps directive to end the territorys special status | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday that would penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement a national security law that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called a brutal sweeping on Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa-sanctions/u-s-house-passes-bill-to-sanction-chinese-banks-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN2427GD | 2020-07-02 |
| Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Britain had carefully assessed Chinas national security legislation since it was published late on Tuesday | Neutral | LONDON The United Kingdom said Chinas imposition of a security law on Hong Kong was a clear and violation of the 1984 Joint Declaration and that London would offer around 3 million residents of the former colony a path to British citizenship | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain/uk-says-chinas-security-law-is-serious-violation-of-hong-kong-treaty-idUSKBN2425LL | 2020-07-02 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October prompting Russia to slam Washingtons policy toward Tehran as like putting a to the countrys neck | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October prompting Russia to slam Washingtons policy toward Tehran as like putting a to the countrys neck | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un/pompeo-pushes-iran-arms-embargo-at-u-n-russia-says-u-s-knee-on-irans-neck-idUSKBN2412TW | 2020-07-01 |
| KABUL The head of the Talibans political office in Doha and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a video conference to discuss the Afghan peace process the Islamist group and the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday in a bid to remove hurdles in the path to peace talks | Positive | KABUL The head of the Talibans political office in Doha and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a video conference to discuss the Afghan peace process the Islamist group and the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday in a bid to remove hurdles in the path to peace talks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-afghanistan-taliban-usa/u-s-taliban-say-afghan-peace-effort-discussed-in-video-talks-idUSKBN24112P | 2020-07-01 |
| The Secretary made clear the expectation for the Taliban to live up to their commitments which include not attacking State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement | Positive | KABUL The head of the Talibans political office in Doha and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a video conference to discuss the Afghan peace process the Islamist group and the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday in a bid to remove hurdles in the path to peace talks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-afghanistan-taliban-usa/u-s-taliban-say-afghan-peace-effort-discussed-in-video-talks-idUSKBN24112P | 2020-07-01 |
| during the midday recess after Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the coronavirus state of emergency could be reimposed in a worst case scenario | Negative | TOKYO July 1 Japanese shares inched lower on Wednesday as investor sentiment soured after the Bank of Japans quarterly corporate survey showed the domestic business mood worsened to an 11year low because of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-shares-dip-as-boj-tankan-saps-risk-appetite-idUSL4N2E80ZX | 2020-07-01 |
| The bill would require the Federal Trade Commission and the Secretary of the Treasury acting through the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to conduct the study | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. senators called for a government analysis of foreign influence in the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain on Tuesday saying the coronavirus pandemic has exposed an overreliance on China and other countries for the production of essential drugs | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-senate-supplychain/exclusive-after-pandemic-u-s-senators-want-review-of-drug-supply-chain-idUSKBN2411HI | 2020-07-01 |
| As recently as last week Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he would consider further delaying the tax filing deadline | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. taxpayers must file their 2019 tax returns by July 15 or file for an automatic extension to Oct | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-taxes/u-s-says-taxpayers-must-file-returns-by-july-15-or-request-extension-idUSKBN24034D | 2020-06-30 |
| BRASILIA Brazils primary budget deficit will almost certainly top of gross domestic product this year Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Monday adding that proposals to extend emergency payments to lowpaid workers will cost an extra 100 billion reais or 1 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils primary budget deficit will almost certainly top of gross domestic product this year Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Monday adding that proposals to extend emergency payments to lowpaid workers will cost an extra 100 billion reais or 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-debt/brazil-deficit-almost-certain-to-top-11-of-gdp-this-year-treasury-secretary-idUSKBN24027L | 2020-06-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will address the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday on the expiration of a U.N. arms embargo on Iran the U.S. State Department said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will address the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday on the expiration of a U.N. arms embargo on Iran the U.S. State Department said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un/u-s-s-pompeo-to-address-u-n-security-council-on-tuesday-on-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKBN2402YZ | 2020-06-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday labeled as and reports that Chinas ruling Communist Party is using forced sterilization forced abortion and coercive family planning against minority Muslims | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday labeled as and reports that Chinas ruling Communist Party is using forced sterilization forced abortion and coercive family planning against minority Muslims | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/pompeo-calls-china-muslim-sterilization-reports-shocking-and-disturbing-idUSKBN24030D | 2020-06-30 |
| Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar warned on CNN that the window is for the country to get the pandemic under control | Negative | SACRAMENTO California ordered some bars to close on Sunday the first major rollback of efforts to reopen the economy in the most populous U.S. state as novel coronavirus cases nationwide soar to record levels day after day | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/closing-time-for-some-california-bars-as-u-s-posts-record-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN23Z0IW | 2020-06-29 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said earlier on Friday that the government is supporting domestic vaccine development but is also in negotiations with other parties | Positive | TOKYO Daiichi Sankyo Co is in discussions to provide supplies of a potential coronavirus vaccine now being developed by AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford for use in Japan | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-ealth-coronavirus-daiichisankyo-astra/daiichi-sankyo-in-talks-with-astrazeneca-on-virus-vaccine-supply-in-japan-idUSKBN23X0SS | 2020-06-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday Washington was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese officials responsible for restricting freedoms in Hong Kong but he did not name any of those targeted | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday Washington was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese officials responsible for restricting freedoms in Hong Kong but he did not name any of those targeted | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-hongkong-restrictions/u-s-curbs-visas-for-chinese-officials-over-hong-kong-freedoms-pompeo-idUSKBN23X2DN | 2020-06-27 |
| BRUSSELS The United States and European Union need a shared understanding of China to resist it U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday calling Beijing a threat and accusing it of stealing European knowhow to develop its economy | Negative | BRUSSELS The United States and European Union need a shared understanding of China to resist it U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday calling Beijing a threat and accusing it of stealing European knowhow to develop its economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo-eu/u-s-and-eu-must-face-down-china-together-pompeo-says-idUSKBN23W2KA | 2020-06-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday blasted Chinas policy on lending to African countries in a statement on last weeks ChinaAfrica summit saying it creates an unsustainable debt burden and hides corruption with its secretiveness | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday blasted Chinas policy on lending to African countries in a statement on last weeks ChinaAfrica summit saying it creates an unsustainable debt burden and hides corruption with its secretiveness | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-africa/pompeo-says-chinas-lending-policy-creates-unsustainable-debt-burden-in-africa-idUSKBN23V2GT | 2020-06-25 |
| Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Wednesday that he had told state investigators to coordinate with the Philippine central banks antimoney laundering council in the inquiry | Negative | Wirecards missing | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts/philippines-to-investigate-wirecards-phantom-billions-idUSKBN23V0Y2 | 2020-06-25 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. was working with countries in Europe and elsewhere on how to reopen for travel safely | Positive | The world faces a shortage of oxygen concentrators as the number of global cases of the novel coronavirus nears the 10 million mark the World Health Organization head said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23V399 | 2020-06-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday it was up to Israel to decide whether to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to do despite international opposition | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday it was up to Israel to decide whether to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to do despite international opposition | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-usa/pompeo-says-up-to-israel-to-decide-on-annexation-as-trump-aides-meet-idUSKBN23V27O | 2020-06-25 |
| United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres urged Israel to abandon plans to annex parts of the West Bank warning this threatened prospects for peace with the Palestinians | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday it was up to Israel to decide whether to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to do despite international opposition | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-usa/pompeo-says-up-to-israel-to-decide-on-annexation-as-trump-aides-meet-idUSKBN23V27O | 2020-06-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday that a decoupling of the U.S. and Chinese economies will result if U.S. companies are not allowed to compete on a fair and level basis in Chinas economy | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday that a decoupling of the U.S. and Chinese economies will result if U.S. companies are not allowed to compete on a fair and level basis in Chinas economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-u-s-china-decoupling-will-occur-if-firms-cannot-compete-fairly-idUSKBN23U34X | 2020-06-24 |
| White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the move was made to make way for U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton to take the job | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed off on a request by Attorney General William Barr to dismiss Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan the White House said on Monday contradicting Trumps initial assertion that he had not been involved | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-trump-barr-berman/white-house-trump-signed-off-on-barr-request-to-dismiss-u-s-attorney-berman-idUSKBN23T2TD | 2020-06-23 |
| Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia will use the departments statutory authority to investigate abuse of the H1B visa program the senior official said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will suspend the entry of certain foreign workers a senior administration official said on Monday a move the official said would help the economy but which business groups strongly oppose | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-immigration-workers/trump-to-suspend-certain-foreign-worker-visas-despite-tech-business-group-opposition-idUSKBN23T2ZW | 2020-06-23 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Monday for the immediate release of two Canadians charged by China with espionage saying the United States was extremely and that the two mens detention was unjustified | Negative | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Monday for the immediate release of two Canadians charged by China with espionage saying the United States was extremely and that the two mens detention was unjustified | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-canada-pompeo/pompeo-urges-china-to-release-two-detained-canadians-after-groundless-charges-idUSKBN23T20V | 2020-06-23 |
| Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said last week Japan would take all measures to ensure surveillance of the areas around the disputed islands | Negative | BEIJING China said on Monday it reserves the right to respond to a Japanese citys decision to rename the administrative area that includes remote islands claimed by both China and Japan and have long been a source of friction between the neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-japan-mofa/china-warns-of-reprisal-as-japanese-city-changes-disputed-area-name-idUSKBN23T0YM | 2020-06-23 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is doing a great reopening the country after lockdowns to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said on Sunday as infections continued to spike in some key states | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is doing a great reopening the country after lockdowns to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said on Sunday as infections continued to spike in some key states | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/acting-dhs-head-says-u-s-doing-great-job-getting-economy-back-up-idUSKBN23S0IF | 2020-06-22 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has criticized China for escalating border tensions with India | Negative | MUMBAI China lost at least 40 soldiers in a clash with India at their disputed border this week a federal government minister has said as the nucleararmed countries remained locked in confrontation on the frontline on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-india-china/china-likely-lost-at-least-40-soldiers-in-border-clash-indian-minister-idUSKBN23S079 | 2020-06-21 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has found alternative partners for global health projects as it withdraws from the World Health Organization except for polio eradication an area where U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had credited the body for its good work | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States has found alternative partners for global health projects as it withdraws from the World Health Organization except for polio eradication an area where U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had credited the body for its good work | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-usa/u-s-finds-alternative-partners-to-who-except-for-polio-u-s-official-idUSKBN23Q36D | 2020-06-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States would in future treat Hong Kong as a Chinese city rather than an autonomous one to the extent that China treats the territory as a Chinese city | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States would in future treat Hong Kong as a Chinese city rather than an autonomous one to the extent that China treats the territory as a Chinese city | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-hongkong/pompeo-says-way-u-s-treats-hong-kong-depends-on-how-china-does-idUSKBN23Q2U8 | 2020-06-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday branded as a former White House national security adviser John Bolton who has accused President Donald Trump in a book of sweeping misdeeds and said he is not fit for office | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday branded as a former White House national security adviser John Bolton who has accused President Donald Trump in a book of sweeping misdeeds and said he is not fit for office | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-pompeo/u-s-secretary-of-state-pompeo-calls-bolton-a-traitor-idUSKBN23Q05S | 2020-06-19 |
| Lee is expected to hold consultations with U.S. officials including Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun who had led denuclearisation negotiations with North Korea Seouls foreign ministry said | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas chief nuclear negotiator will hold talks with officials in Washington on Thursday amid flaring tensions with North Korea after Pyongyang blew up an interKorean liaison office and threatened military action | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/south-koreas-nuclear-envoy-visits-u-s-as-tensions-flare-with-north-korea-idUSKBN23P048 | 2020-06-19 |
| Oklahomas Secretary of Commerce Sean Kouplen said Tulsa remains in the hunt for the plant | Neutral | The AustinAmerican Statesman reported details of the companys filings | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-plant/tesla-wants-to-start-building-a-new-u-s-vehicle-plant-this-summer-idUSKBN23P37Y | 2020-06-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Chinas top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii on Wednesday the State Department said amid a deep deterioration of relations between strategic rivals that are the worlds two top economies | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Chinas top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii on Wednesday the State Department said amid a deep deterioration of relations between strategic rivals that are the worlds two top economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-meets-chinas-top-diplomat-in-hawaii-idUSKBN23O20V | 2020-06-18 |
| Trump told Defense Secretary James Mattis that Russia should take care of the Islamic State militant group according to the Post | Negative | China was not the only country mentioned in a litany of allegations that former national security adviser John Bolton makes about U.S. President Donald Trump in excerpts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book-countries-factb/factbox-all-the-presidents-countries-featured-so-far-in-ex-trump-advisers-book-idUSKBN23O3SI | 2020-06-18 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the government would want civil servants with abundant knowledge and experience to keep working to address properly administrative issues that have become complex and advanced | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes government will consider resubmitting legislation to raise the retirement age for civil servants its top spokesman said on Wednesday after public backlash prompted the withdrawal of draft legislation | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-retirement/japan-mulls-resubmitting-legislation-to-raise-retirement-age-of-civil-servants-idUSKBN23O1MK | 2020-06-18 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference that Japan had protested to China over the issue and would respond firmly and calmly | Negative | TOKYO Japan will take all possible measures to ensure surveillance of the areas around disputed islands in the East China Sea the top government spokesman said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-china-suga/japan-to-keep-close-watch-over-disputed-islands-suga-idUSKBN23O144 | 2020-06-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin decided to pull out of negotiations on digital services taxes with European Union officials after they failed to make any progress U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin decided to pull out of negotiations on digital services taxes with European Union officials after they failed to make any progress U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-usa-trade-digital/u-s-pulled-out-of-stalled-talks-on-digital-services-taxes-lighthizer-idUSKBN23O36B | 2020-06-18 |
| Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the initiative would raise awareness of cleaner vehicles and show Britons a greener transport future is within our | Positive | Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the initiative would raise awareness of cleaner vehicles and show Britons a greener transport future is within our | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-environment-transport-trfn/green-plates-for-green-cars-britain-boosts-zero-emission-transport-idUSKBN23N2CB | 2020-06-17 |
| LONDON Britains Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday he was deeply disappointed by Mondays verdict and sentence against Paul Whelan a former U.S. marine who was convicted of spying for the United States | Negative | LONDON Britains Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday he was deeply disappointed by Mondays verdict and sentence against Paul Whelan a former U.S. marine who was convicted of spying for the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-whelan-verdict-britain/uk-deeply-disappointed-by-sentence-passed-on-ex-u-s-marine-in-russia-idUSKBN23M2P9 | 2020-06-16 |
| NEW YORK U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres on Monday removed a Saudi Arabialed military coalition from a United Nations blacklist several years after it was first named and shamed for killing and injuring children in Yemen | Negative | NEW YORK U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres on Monday removed a Saudi Arabialed military coalition from a United Nations blacklist several years after it was first named and shamed for killing and injuring children in Yemen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-yemen-security-un/saudi-led-coalition-cut-from-u-n-blacklist-of-warring-parties-killing-children-idUSKBN23M2R7 | 2020-06-16 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Chinese officials in Hawaii this week amid increased tensions between the two countries according to another person familiar with the matter | Positive | The United States on Monday confirmed a Reuters report that it will amend its prohibitions on U.S. companies doing business with Chinas Huawei to allow them to work together on setting standards for nextgeneration 5G networks | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech-exclusive/u-s-companies-can-work-with-huawei-on-5g-other-standards-commerce-department-idUSKBN23M2DF | 2020-06-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to meet a Chinese delegation at a U.S. military base in Hawaii this week to discuss bilateral ties that have soured deeply since the start of the year sources familiar with the matter said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to meet a Chinese delegation at a U.S. military base in Hawaii this week to discuss bilateral ties that have soured deeply since the start of the year sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-to-meet-chinese-delegation-in-hawaii-this-week-idUSKBN23M2W4 | 2020-06-16 |
| U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said the drug is still being studied for possible use at an earlier stage of the disease | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID19 but quickly came under fire from President Donald Trump who said only U.S. agencies have failed to grasp its benefit in fighting the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/trump-critical-of-fda-decision-to-revoke-emergency-use-of-drug-he-has-promoted-for-covid-19-idUSKBN23M283 | 2020-06-16 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida is to step down news that roiled financial markets on Monday as investors worried that a country reeling from pandemic and recession was losing a leading advocate for fiscal discipline | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida is to step down news that roiled financial markets on Monday as investors worried that a country reeling from pandemic and recession was losing a leading advocate for fiscal discipline | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-government/brazil-treasury-secretary-quits-rattling-markets-idUSKBN23M2GC | 2020-06-16 |
| Separately on Monday Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin agreed to speak with lawmakers about oversight of small business economic relief after previously resisting calls to reveal who received funds | Positive | YORK The Trump administration is hindering oversight of over trillion in pandemic stimulus funds according to a watchdog group tasked by Congress to detect fraud and misuse of federal aid aimed at mitigating economic fallout from coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/trump-administration-is-blocking-covid-stimulus-oversight-government-watchdog-letter-idUSKBN23M2XD | 2020-06-16 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida confirmed in an interview with financial blog Brazil Journal published on Sunday that he plans to resign from the government in July or August | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida confirmed in an interview with financial blog Brazil Journal published on Sunday that he plans to resign from the government in July or August | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-economy/brazils-treasury-secretary-confirms-he-plans-to-resign-idUSKBN23L0VO | 2020-06-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Chinas top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii trying to ease tensions between the worlds two largest economies over various issues according to media reports | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Chinas top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii trying to ease tensions between the worlds two largest economies over various issues according to media reports | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/u-s-s-pompeo-to-meet-chinas-top-diplomat-in-hawaii-seeking-to-ease-tensions-media-idUSKBN23K02R | 2020-06-15 |
| Defense Secretary Mark Esper also split with Trump over whether active duty troops should be deployed to gain control of cities convulsed by protests | Negative | WEST POINT New York President Donald Trump facing criticism in recent days for plans to withdraw thousands of U.S. troops from Germany told West Points graduating class on Saturday that their job will be to defend Americas vital and not fight endless in faraway lands | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-wars/trump-to-west-point-grads-we-are-ending-the-era-of-endless-wars-idUSKBN23K0PR | 2020-06-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to travel to Hawaii to meet with Chinese government officials Politico reported on Friday citing two unnamed sources | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to travel to Hawaii to meet with Chinese government officials Politico reported on Friday citing two unnamed sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/u-s-s-pompeo-plans-to-meet-chinese-officials-in-hawaii-politico-idUSKBN23K02R | 2020-06-13 |
| The change goes further than what U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had suggested on Wednesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON Federal authorities administering business payroll loans as part of U.S. coronavirus relief efforts on Friday eased rules prohibiting lending to business owners with criminal records allowing some with no convictions in the past year to access funds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-loans/u-s-eases-criminal-record-provision-in-coronavirus-business-loan-program-idUSKBN23K00X | 2020-06-13 |
| Milley and Defense Secretary Mark Esper had joined Trump to pay a surprise visit to the historic Saint Johns Church during which the president held up a Bible for photographers | Positive | WASHINGTON The top U.S. military officer on Thursday said he should not have joined President Donald Trump as he walked from the White House to a nearby church for a photo opportunity after authorities cleared the way of protesters using tear gas and rubber bullets | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-protests-apology/after-rebuke-top-u-s-general-says-joining-trump-church-walk-during-protests-was-mistake-idUSKBN23I264 | 2020-06-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday he would seriously consider more direct payments to individuals in the next phase of coronavirus rescue legislation adding that funds should also be targeted to help sectors struggling to reopen including hospitality and tourism | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday he would seriously consider more direct payments to individuals in the next phase of coronavirus rescue legislation adding that funds should also be targeted to help sectors struggling to reopen including hospitality and tourism | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-mnuchin/u-s-treasury-chief-says-considering-more-direct-payments-in-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN23H214 | 2020-06-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday welcomed the resumption of talks led by the United Nations between Libyas warring sides and urged speedy negotiations to achieve a ceasefire | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday welcomed the resumption of talks led by the United Nations between Libyas warring sides and urged speedy negotiations to achieve a ceasefire | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-usa-pompeo/pompeo-welcomes-agreement-for-u-n-libya-talks-urges-speedy-ceasefire-process-idUSKBN23H2OR | 2020-06-11 |
| A spokeswoman for the Arizona Secretary of State said she could not comment on ongoing litigation while the Republican National Committee did not immediately respond to an email | Neutral | Democrats on Wednesday challenged an Arizona rule that they said could result in of mailin ballots not being counted in what could be a critical U.S. election battleground state | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-arizona/democrats-challenge-rule-that-could-toss-thousands-of-arizona-votes-idUSKBN23I0AK | 2020-06-11 |
| Georgias Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger who called for probes into the problems in Fulton and DeKalb counties blamed county officials who did not adequately train workers | Negative | WASHINGTON Georgias tumultuous primary elections on Tuesday offer a grim preview of what could happen in November if states move to voting by mail and polling places are sharply reduced due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia-analysis/georgias-election-mess-offers-a-stark-warning-for-november-idUSKBN23I0CF | 2020-06-11 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he would seriously consider more direct payments to individuals in the next phase of coronavirus rescue legislation | Negative | Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat COVID19 authorized for use as early as September if all goes well with either of two antibody therapies it is testing its chief scientist told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23H2MZ | 2020-06-11 |
| Finance Secretary Paul Chan said on Tuesday it was not the governments intention to remain a longterm shareholder | Neutral | HONG KONG Shares of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-cathay-pacific-sto/cathay-pacific-shares-hit-three-and-half-month-high-after-rescue-package-outlook-uncertain-idUSKBN23H05G | 2020-06-10 |
| Finance Secretary Paul Chan said the investment in Cathay was to help protect Hong Kongs role as a leading international aviation hub while generating a reasonable financial return | Positive | KONG Hong Kong will lead a billion rescue of Cathay Pacific Airways | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-cathay-pacific/hong-kong-spearheads-5-billion-cathay-pacific-rescue-package-idUSKBN23G022 | 2020-06-10 |
| It is the Secretary of States responsibility to train prepare and equip election staff throughout the state to ensure fair and equal access to the ballot he said | Positive | WASHINGTON Voters encountered long lines and problems with voting machines on Tuesday during a chaotic day of inperson balloting in Georgia the latest state to struggle to conduct elections amid the health worries of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/long-lines-voting-machine-problems-fuel-investigations-in-u-s-state-of-georgia-idUSKBN23G19F | 2020-06-10 |
| WASHINGTON Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday that Russia intends to participate in a G20 official debt service suspension initiative to help the poorest countries fight the coronavirus the Treasury said in a statement | Positive | WASHINGTON Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday that Russia intends to participate in a G20 official debt service suspension initiative to help the poorest countries fight the coronavirus the Treasury said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-g20-debt-russia/russia-to-participate-fully-in-g20-debt-standstill-for-poor-countries-u-s-treasury-idUSKBN23F299 | 2020-06-09 |
| Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said he has ordered the cyber crime office and National Bureau of Investigation to get to the bottom of this huge | Negative | MANILA The Philippines is investigating the proliferation of fake Facebook accounts using the identities of students journalists and government officials which appeared after an antiterror law protest the justice secretary told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-philippines-facebook/philippines-probes-proliferation-of-fake-facebook-accounts-after-anti-terror-law-protest-idUSKBN23F0K5 | 2020-06-08 |
| U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue criticized the ruling and said it was unclear if farmers who had already purchased dicamba products for the current soy season could legally use them | Negative | A U.S. appeals court has blocked Bayer AG from selling an agricultural weed killer in the United States the latest setback for a business already fighting an expensive legal battle over another product | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-bayer-dicamba-lawsuit/u-s-court-blocks-sales-of-bayer-weed-killer-in-united-states-idUSKBN23B0JA | 2020-06-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday warned American investors against fraudulent accounting practices at Chinabased companies and said the Nasdaqs recent decision to tighten listing rules for such players should be a for all other exchanges around the world | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday warned American investors against fraudulent accounting practices at Chinabased companies and said the Nasdaqs recent decision to tighten listing rules for such players should be a for all other exchanges around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo-stocks-exclusive/pompeo-calls-nasdaqs-strict-rules-a-model-to-guard-against-fraudulent-chinese-companies-idUSKBN23B2UC | 2020-06-05 |
| WASHINGTON White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper was still in his post on Wednesday as speculation swirled that President Donald Trump wanted to remove the Pentagon chief over his comments on nationwide protests | Negative | WASHINGTON White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper was still in his post on Wednesday as speculation swirled that President Donald Trump wanted to remove the Pentagon chief over his comments on nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-esper/white-house-says-defense-secretary-esper-still-in-post-idUSKBN23A325 | 2020-06-04 |
| WASHINGTON After long refusing to explicitly criticize a sitting president former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis accused President Donald Trump on Wednesday of trying to divide America and roundly denounced a militarization of the U.S. response to civil unrest | Negative | WASHINGTON After long refusing to explicitly criticize a sitting president former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis accused President Donald Trump on Wednesday of trying to divide America and roundly denounced a militarization of the U.S. response to civil unrest | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-trump-mattis/after-long-silence-mattis-denounces-trump-and-military-response-to-crisis-idUSKBN23A3IH | 2020-06-04 |
| As of right now Secretary Esper is still Secretary Esper and should the president lose faith we will all learn about that in the McEnany said at a press briefing | Negative | WASHINGTON White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper was still in his post on Wednesday as speculation swirled that President Donald Trump wanted to remove the Pentagon chief over his comments on nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-esper/white-house-says-defense-secretary-esper-still-in-post-idUSKBN23A325 | 2020-06-04 |
| The Indiana Secretary of States office did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON Confusion complaints of missing mailin ballots and long lines at some polling centers marred primary elections on Tuesday in eight states and the District of Columbia the biggest test yet of voting during the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election/confusion-long-lines-at-some-poll-sites-as-eight-u-s-states-vote-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN2391B5 | 2020-06-04 |
| According to preliminary results from the New Mexico Secretary of States office Leger Fernandez took of the vote while Plame had 24 | Neutral | WASHINGTON Former CIA operative Valerie Plame failed in her bid for a seat in the U.S. Congress Wednesday losing the Democratic nomination in New Mexicos 3rd District to an attorney with deep roots in the state Teresa Leger Fernandez | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-new-mexico/ex-spy-plame-loses-bid-for-house-of-representatives-idUSKBN23A31D | 2020-06-04 |
| WASHINGTON was the word Defense Secretary Mark Esper used to describe protest sites in the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON was the word Defense Secretary Mark Esper used to describe protest sites in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-military/perils-for-pentagon-as-trump-threatens-to-militarize-response-to-civil-unrest-idUSKBN239324 | 2020-06-03 |
| An oil industry source who communicated with an official in the office of U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said the Energy Department is keeping a patient but watchful eye | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration believes ahead of an expected meeting this week that major oil producers such as Saudi Arabia and Russia will honor their pledges to cut crude production and will not damage the global economy by changing course a senior official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-oil-global-trump/trump-administration-putting-trust-in-global-oil-producers-ahead-of-opec-meet-idUSKBN23935X | 2020-06-03 |
| NEW U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a senior congressional leader have reprimanded China for bullying behaviour towards India during a military standoff on their disputed border | Negative | NEW U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a senior congressional leader have reprimanded China for bullying behaviour towards India during a military standoff on their disputed border | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/u-s-rebukes-china-for-border-aggression-with-india-idUSKBN2391XC | 2020-06-03 |
| BRASILIA Brazil will end 2020 with debt equal to of the nations gross domestic product Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Monday adding that Brazil needs to show it is committed to additional fiscal reforms for the figure to fall | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil will end 2020 with debt equal to of the nations gross domestic product Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Monday adding that Brazil needs to show it is committed to additional fiscal reforms for the figure to fall | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-debt/brazil-to-end-2020-with-debt-at-94-of-gdp-treasury-secretary-says-idUSKBN2383Y0 | 2020-06-02 |
| The spokesman Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was speaking at a regular news conference | Neutral | TOKYO The situation in Hong Kong is deeply concerning and stability is important Japans top government spokesman said on Monday regarding Chinas decision to impose a new security law on Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-hongkong-protests-japan/japan-says-hong-kong-situation-deeply-concerning-idUSKBN23813T | 2020-06-01 |
| Productivity and Competition Secretary Carlos da Costa said this week that credit will be made available | Positive | BRASILIA Loan defaults in Brazil rose in April for a fourth month in a row official figures showed on Thursday something not seen since the 201516 recession and a sign of what could lie in store as the economy heads for another steep downturn this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-lending/brazil-default-ratio-highest-since-last-july-rises-for-fourth-month-in-a-row-idUSKBN2342PE | 2020-05-29 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday accused a leading Senate Democrat of for questioning whether Pompeo violated a law restricting officials political activities saying an investigation found no evidence he had done so | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday accused a leading Senate Democrat of for questioning whether Pompeo violated a law restricting officials political activities saying an investigation found no evidence he had done so | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-pompeo-hatchact/pompeo-accuses-top-democrat-of-hackery-over-government-watchdog-review-idUSKBN235001 | 2020-05-29 |
| WASHINGTON May 28 U.S. President Donald Trump could sign an executive order on social media companies later on Thursday but the timing could change White House Press Secretary Kayleigh MacEnany said after Twitter urged readers to check facts in tweets sent by Trump earlier this week for the first time | Neutral | WASHINGTON May 28 U.S. President Donald Trump could sign an executive order on social media companies later on Thursday but the timing could change White House Press Secretary Kayleigh MacEnany said after Twitter urged readers to check facts in tweets sent by Trump earlier this week for the first time | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/twitter-trump-executive-order-signing/trump-could-sign-order-on-social-media-companies-later-on-thursday-white-house-idUSW1N29M059 | 2020-05-29 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Congress on Wednesday the proposed new legislation undermines Hong Kongs autonomy so fundamentally that he could not support recertification | Negative | DETROIT Joe Biden would sanction China if president for its plan to impose new national security rules on Hong Kong his campaign said on Wednesday and accused President Donald Trump of having Beijings curbs on freedoms in the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-biden-hongkong/top-campaign-advisor-says-biden-would-sanction-china-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN23403E | 2020-05-28 |
| Its an orderly and secure reopening following all the protocols the Health Secretary has given he said | Positive | In midMay officials said the industry could exit a mandatory coronavirus lockdown before June 1 if safety measures were approved | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-economy-autos/mexicos-auto-industry-restart-gathers-steam-as-lockdown-eases-idUSKBN2323BD | 2020-05-27 |
| Secretary for Security John Lee said terrorism is and harmful activities such as calling for Hong Kongs independence were becoming more rampant | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas foreign ministry office in Hong Kong and the citys security chief on Monday defended proposed national security laws by describing some acts in mass prodemocracy protests last year as terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/hong-kong-and-beijing-officials-defend-security-laws-citing-threat-of-terrorism-idUSKBN2310O9 | 2020-05-26 |
| Financial Secretary Paul Chan wrote on his blog that the national security law itself does not affect investor confidence only the of it does | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas foreign ministry office in Hong Kong and the citys security chief on Monday defended proposed national security laws by describing some acts in mass prodemocracy protests last year as terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/hong-kong-and-beijing-officials-defend-security-laws-citing-threat-of-terrorism-idUSKBN2310O9 | 2020-05-26 |
| Financial Secretary Paul Chan wrote on his blog on Sunday the national security law does not affect investor confidence only the of it does | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs security chief said was growing in the city as government departments rallied on Monday behind Beijings plans to introduce national security laws and after thousands took to the streets to protest against the move | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kongs-security-chief-warns-of-growing-terrorism-as-govt-backs-beijings-planned-security-laws-idUSKBN23107F | 2020-05-25 |
| Secretary for Security John Lee said the laws will help maintain Hong Kongs longterm prosperity | Positive | HONG KONG Hundreds of people protested in Hong Kong on Sunday against Beijings controversial new plan to directly impose national security laws on the city where a tight police presence guarded Chinas representative office in the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hundreds-protest-in-hong-kong-against-proposed-national-security-laws-idUSKBN23001S | 2020-05-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China over the coronavirus on Wednesday calling the billion Beijing has pledged to fight the pandemic compared to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars of damage | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China over the coronavirus on Wednesday calling the billion Beijing has pledged to fight the pandemic compared to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars of damage | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-pompeo-china/pompeo-calls-china-virus-response-paltry-compared-to-damage-done-idUSKBN22W2U0 | 2020-05-23 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Twitter dismissed them as disgusting and hateful antiSemitic that did not represent the tradition of tolerance of ordinary Iranians | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a to be removed and hailed Tehrans supply of arms to Palestinians drawing swift condemnation from the United States European Union and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-khamenei/iran-lauds-arms-supply-to-palestinians-against-tumor-israel-idUSKBN22Y10L | 2020-05-23 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the disastrous would be the death for Hong Kongs autonomy and that the United States stood with the people of Hong Kong | Negative | HONG KONG Chinese plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong could see mainland intelligence agencies set up bases there raising fears of direct law enforcement and what the United States branded a death for the citys autonomy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/chinas-planned-security-agencies-for-hong-kong-a-death-knell-for-autonomy-pompeo-idUSKBN22Y04K | 2020-05-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday called Chinas proposed national security legislation on Hong Kong disastrous and said it could have an impact on the favorable economic treatment the territory receives from the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday called Chinas proposed national security legislation on Hong Kong disastrous and said it could have an impact on the favorable economic treatment the territory receives from the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-usa/u-s-condemns-chinas-disastrous-proposal-on-hong-kong-pompeo-idUSKBN22Y1SC | 2020-05-23 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on May 6 he was delaying this assessment to account for any NPC actions | Negative | HONG China is set to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after last years prodemocracy unrest a Chinese official said on Thursday drawing a warning from President Donald Trump that Washington would react very against the attempt to gain more control over the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-us/china-set-to-impose-new-hong-kong-security-law-trump-warns-of-strong-u-s-reaction-idUSKBN22X19C | 2020-05-22 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the billion that Beijing has pledged to fight the pandemic paltry compared to the cost that they have imposed on the world | Negative | Sentiment drives Aussie to 10week peak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-nurses-losses-as-currency-markets-eye-recovery-prospects-idUSL4N2D307J | 2020-05-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China over the coronavirus on Wednesday calling the billion that Beijing has pledged to fight the pandemic compared to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars of damage | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China over the coronavirus on Wednesday calling the billion that Beijing has pledged to fight the pandemic compared to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars of damage | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-pompeo-china/pompeo-calls-china-virus-response-paltry-compared-to-damage-done-idUSKBN22W2U0 | 2020-05-21 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said in a video posted on his Twitter account that Culture Secretary Regina Duarte had resigned after roughly after two months in the post the latest sign of upheaval in his government | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said in a video posted on his Twitter account that Culture Secretary Regina Duarte had resigned after roughly after two months in the post the latest sign of upheaval in his government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-says-culture-secretary-has-resigned-after-two-months-idUSKBN22W1ZS | 2020-05-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday declined to say why he recommended firing the State Departments inspector general but added he should have done it earlier and rejected claims his decision was motivated by political retaliation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday declined to say why he recommended firing the State Departments inspector general but added he should have done it earlier and rejected claims his decision was motivated by political retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/pompeo-says-state-dept-watchdog-should-have-been-fired-some-time-ago-idUSKBN22W2A8 | 2020-05-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department has not withheld billion in funding from Afghan security forces despite Secretary of State Mike Pompeos vow on March 23 to cut that sum five sources familiar with the matter said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department has not withheld billion in funding from Afghan security forces despite Secretary of State Mike Pompeos vow on March 23 to cut that sum five sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-afghanistan-funds-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-has-not-cut-afghan-security-funds-despite-pompeo-vow-of-immediate-slash-sources-idUSKBN22W30U | 2020-05-21 |
| Secretary to the Australian Treasury Steven Kennedy on Thursday said unemployment will likely rise through the next few months with a sharp economic rebound now unlikely | Negative | SYDNEY Australian state and territory leaders bickered on Thursday over whether to reopen internal borders a major step to rejuvenating the countrys billion domestic tourism industry as part of measures to ease coronavirus restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-states-split-over-opening-borders-for-domestic-tourism-idUSKBN22X01E | 2020-05-21 |
| Secretary Esper supports the Department of State efforts to encourage the Afghanistan government to move forward with the interAfghan peace said Army Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Campbell | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department has not withheld billion in funding from Afghan security forces despite Secretary of State Mike Pompeos vow on March 23 to cut that sum five sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-afghanistan-funds-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-has-not-cut-afghan-security-funds-despite-pompeo-vow-of-immediate-slash-sources-idUSKBN22W30U | 2020-05-21 |
| Separately U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the Trump administration would provide aid to ranchers who had been forced to euthanize livestock | Positive | President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States should consider terminating trade deals under which it imports cattle as he looks to help U.S. ranchers hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cattle/trump-floats-halt-to-u-s-cattle-imports-as-pandemic-hurts-ranchers-idUSKBN22V2E0 | 2020-05-20 |
| NEW YORK U.S. crude ended slightly higher on Tuesday as U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he supported extending certain measures intended to bolster the economy while Brent ended lower on concerns that output cuts might not be sufficient | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. crude ended slightly higher on Tuesday as U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he supported extending certain measures intended to bolster the economy while Brent ended lower on concerns that output cuts might not be sufficient | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/u-s-crude-strengthens-as-certain-stimulus-measures-to-continue-idUSKBN22V04K | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday defended the Trump administrations fiscal response to the coronavirus pandemic and told senators he was willing to consider extending and modifying a payroll loan program for small businesses | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday defended the Trump administrations fiscal response to the coronavirus pandemic and told senators he was willing to consider extending and modifying a payroll loan program for small businesses | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-response/mnuchin-defends-u-s-fiscal-response-to-pandemic-seeks-payroll-loan-extension-idUSKBN22V0G7 | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON Liberal groups criticized U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette on Tuesday for a comment they interpreted as comparing the reluctance of some banks to finance fossil fuels projects with discrimination against minorities | Negative | WASHINGTON Liberal groups criticized U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette on Tuesday for a comment they interpreted as comparing the reluctance of some banks to finance fossil fuels projects with discrimination against minorities | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-discrimination-brouillette/u-s-energy-secretary-criticized-by-advocacy-groups-for-redlining-comment-idUSKBN22V2UB | 2020-05-20 |
| Health Secretary Alex Azar did not mention China by name but made clear Washington considered the WHO jointly responsible | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday an independent review of the global coronavirus response would begin as soon as possible and it received backing and a hefty pledge of funds from China in the spotlight as the origin of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/u-s-savages-who-as-it-promises-pandemic-review-but-china-pledges-2-billion-idUSKBN22U111 | 2020-05-19 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may have fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick because he was investigating U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia Democratic lawmakers said on Monday although Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he sought Linicks removal because his work was undermining the department | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may have fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick because he was investigating U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia Democratic lawmakers said on Monday although Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he sought Linicks removal because his work was undermining the department | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-fired-watchdog-who-was-probing-saudi-arms-sales-democrats-say-idUSKBN22U269 | 2020-05-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his recommendation to President Donald Trump that the inspector general of the State Department be fired was not an act of retaliation as he was unaware of any investigations the employee was carrying out he told the Washington Post in an interview | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his recommendation to President Donald Trump that the inspector general of the State Department be fired was not an act of retaliation as he was unaware of any investigations the employee was carrying out he told the Washington Post in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-pompeo/pompeo-says-intent-to-fire-state-dept-ig-was-not-retaliation-washington-post-idUSKBN22U2SG | 2020-05-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he believed China had threatened to interfere with the work of U.S. journalists in Hong Kong and warned Beijing that any decision impinging on Hong Kongs autonomy could affect the U.S. assessment of Hong Kongs status | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he believed China had threatened to interfere with the work of U.S. journalists in Hong Kong and warned Beijing that any decision impinging on Hong Kongs autonomy could affect the U.S. assessment of Hong Kongs status | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-autonomy/pompeo-warns-china-over-interference-with-u-s-journalists-in-hong-kong-idUSKBN22T0SB | 2020-05-18 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and others favor building trusted networks of drug and medical suppliers said two officials familiar with the discussions | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers and officials are crafting proposals to push American companies to move operations or key suppliers out of China that include tax breaks new rules and carefully structured subsidies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-supply-chains/u-s-mulls-paying-companies-tax-breaks-to-pull-supply-chains-from-china-idUSKBN22U0FH | 2020-05-18 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the action was aimed at protecting the integrity of 5G networks | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Friday moved to block global chip supplies to blacklisted telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies spurring fears of Chinese retaliation and hammering shares of U.S. producers of chipmaking equipment | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-exclusive/u-s-moves-to-cut-huawei-off-from-global-chip-suppliers-as-china-eyes-retaliation-idUSKBN22R1KC | 2020-05-16 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Fox Business Network China needed to provide a lot more information about the coronavirus and Trump was reviewing his options | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump signaled a further deterioration of his relationship with China over the novel coronavirus saying he has no interest in speaking to President Xi Jinping right now and going so far as to suggest he could even cut ties with the worlds second largest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china/trump-says-he-doesnt-want-to-talk-to-xi-right-now-could-even-cut-china-ties-idUSKBN22Q2BD | 2020-05-15 |
| U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross touted the deal as another indication that President Trumps policy agenda has led to a renaissance in American manufacturing | Positive | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd the biggest contract chipmaker said it plans to build a billion factory in Arizona in an apparent win for the Trump administrations efforts to wrestle global tech supply chains back from China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-usa-semiconductors-tsmc/taiwans-tsmc-announces-12-billion-u-s-chip-factory-idUSKBN22Q38T | 2020-05-15 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in an interview said he hoped that any vaccine developed would be shared worldwide | Positive | France said on Thursday that the worlds nations would have equal access to any novel coronavirus vaccine developed by pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi a day after the CEO suggested that Americans would likely be the first in line | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines/france-defends-equal-access-to-any-vaccine-as-u-s-eyes-its-own-plans-idUSKBN22Q2KF | 2020-05-15 |
| Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia has defended his department and said it is investigating workplace safety complaints but that flexible guidance is a better for businesses than rigid standards | Negative | The U.S. Department of Labor issued its first workplace guidance to nursing homes on Thursday since the COVID19 pandemic swept the country and ravaged care facilities saying residents staff and visitors should keep 6 feet | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-workplace/u-s-issues-first-coronavirus-workplace-guidance-to-nursing-homes-idUSKBN22Q3P2 | 2020-05-15 |
| As Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida has noted the debt profile can be shortened meeting demand for shorterdated bonds and easing any refinancing pressures the Treasury may face | Positive | BRASILIA Developing countries face a delicate balancing act of responding forcefully to coronavirustriggered recessions without causing longterm damage to public finances currency or inflationfighting credibility | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-crisis-analysis/brazils-economic-fragility-magnifies-rock-and-a-hard-place-crisis-dilemma-idUSKBN22Q35E | 2020-05-15 |
| Were going to slowly open the U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Fox News on Wednesday as the White House presses hard to get things moving again | Negative | to add dropped name in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/refile-global-markets-asian-stocks-drop-as-virus-recovery-begins-to-look-distant-idUSL4N2CW0OI | 2020-05-14 |
| MOSCOW Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette discussed measures to stabilise oil markets during a phone call on Tuesday the Russian energy ministry said in a statement | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette discussed measures to stabilise oil markets during a phone call on Tuesday the Russian energy ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-global-oil-russia-usa/russian-and-u-s-energy-ministers-discuss-measures-to-stabilise-oil-markets-idUSKBN22O2CB | 2020-05-13 |
| SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza Secretary Steven Mnuchin were also named as defendants | Neutral | A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that strip clubs cannot be blocked from obtaining emergency federal loans during the coronavirus pandemic and declared invalid a rule barring a wide range of businesses from obtaining those loans | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-strip-clubs/strip-clubs-other-disfavored-businesses-entitled-to-emergency-loans-in-pandemic-u-s-judge-idUSKBN22N2YG | 2020-05-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday he sees no need for the country to buy back debt and that he plans to borrow money longterm to lock in low interest rates as the coronavirus pandemic rocks the economy | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday he sees no need for the country to buy back debt and that he plans to borrow money longterm to lock in low interest rates as the coronavirus pandemic rocks the economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-treasury/u-s-has-no-need-to-buy-back-debt-will-take-advantage-of-low-interest-rates-mnuchin-idUSKBN22N1XU | 2020-05-11 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said it is up to Israel whether to annex parts of the West Bank | Negative | LONDON Britain would not support an Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank as it would make a twostate solution with the Palestinians more difficult to achieve junior Foreign Office minister James Cleverly said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics-britain/britain-would-not-support-israeli-west-bank-annexation-minister-idUSKBN22N229 | 2020-05-11 |
| Chinese Vice Premier Liu He U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer held a phone call late on Thursday in which they spoke about U.S.China trade the U.S. government said in a statement | Positive | Chinese Vice Premier Liu He U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer held a phone call late on Thursday in which they spoke about U.S.China trade the U.S. government said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-talks/china-u-s-hold-trade-talks-on-implementation-of-signed-phase-one-deal-idUSKBN22K0C7 | 2020-05-08 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had said the shots fired by North Korea were likely | Negative | SEOUL North Korea lashed out at South Korea over recent military drills while leader Kim Jong Un sent a personal message to Chinas Xi Jinping to congratulate him on that countrys success in controlling the coronavirus state media reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-southkorea-china/north-korea-calls-south-korean-military-drills-grave-provocation-sends-warm-greetings-to-china-idUSKBN22J3GL | 2020-05-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday renewed his aggressive criticism of China blaming it for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people from the coronavirus and demanding again that it share information about the outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday renewed his aggressive criticism of China blaming it for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people from the coronavirus and demanding again that it share information about the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pompeo/pompeo-blames-china-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-virus-deaths-denies-inconsistency-idUSKBN22I27K | 2020-05-07 |
| British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday that data privacy and security were paramount in the apps development | Positive | COWES England The coronavirus outbreak put paid to May Day festivities on the Isle of Wight this week and brought the spotlight to the island for a very different it has been designated a testing ground for a tracing app aimed at stemming the viruss spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-apps/from-bunting-to-the-big-picture-isle-of-wight-becomes-uks-virus-app-test-bed-idUSKBN22H2QU | 2020-05-06 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper told a Pentagon The United States government had nothing to do with whats happened in Venezuela in the last few days | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied any involvement by the U.S. government in what Venezuelan officials have called a failed armed incursion into the South American country that led to the capture of two American mercenaries | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-venezuela-security-trump/trump-denies-u-s-role-in-what-venezuela-says-was-mercenary-incursion-idUSKBN22H1XL | 2020-05-06 |
| The remarks stood in contrast to Secretary of State Mike Pompeos assessment on Sunday that there was a significant amount of that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory | Neutral | WASHINGTON The top U.S. general said on Tuesday it was still unknown whether the coronavirus emerged from a wet market in China a laboratory or some other location but reaffirmed the U.S. view that it was probably not manmade | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pentagon-china/top-u-s-general-we-dont-know-if-coronavirus-emerged-from-chinese-lab-idUSKBN22H2Q1 | 2020-05-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday that the Taliban were not living up to their commitments under an agreement signed this year amid signs the fragile deal is under strain by a political deadlock and increasing Taliban violence | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday that the Taliban were not living up to their commitments under an agreement signed this year amid signs the fragile deal is under strain by a political deadlock and increasing Taliban violence | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-military/taliban-not-living-up-to-commitments-u-s-defense-secretary-says-idUSKBN22H2XH | 2020-05-06 |
| U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar was asked on Fox News about differences between Pompeos and Faucis remarks | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged China to be transparent about the origins of the novel coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than a quarter of a million people since it started in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-origin/trump-urges-china-to-reveal-all-about-origin-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN22H1Y5 | 2020-05-06 |
| WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said bipartisan discussions are underway over whether more U.S. government relief funding is needed amid the nations novel coronavirus outbreak but that President Donald Trump is focused on taxes and travel | Positive | WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said bipartisan discussions are underway over whether more U.S. government relief funding is needed amid the nations novel coronavirus outbreak but that President Donald Trump is focused on taxes and travel | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/u-s-treasurys-mnuchin-says-trump-eyeing-restaurant-tax-changes-travel-boost-idUSKBN22G1M5 | 2020-05-05 |
| Asked if China had questions to answer over how quickly it made the world aware of the extent of the crisis Defence Secretary Ben Wallace I think it does | Negative | LONDON Britain said on Monday that China has questions to answer over the information it shared about the novel coronavirus outbreak but refused to comment on reports that a U.S.led intelligence consortium had a accused Beijing of a coverup | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-china/uk-says-china-has-questions-to-answer-over-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN22G0MF | 2020-05-05 |
| ROME Russia and China are taking advantage of the coronavirus emergency to put their interests forward in Europe U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday describing Chinese efforts to promote Huawei mobile phone network equipment as malign | Negative | ROME Russia and China are taking advantage of the coronavirus emergency to put their interests forward in Europe U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday describing Chinese efforts to promote Huawei mobile phone network equipment as malign | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-security/china-russia-take-advantage-of-virus-emergency-u-s-defense-secretary-says-idUSKBN22G0OT | 2020-05-05 |
| Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday however that data privacy and security were paramount in the apps development | Positive | LONDON Britain will start testing its own COVID19 tracing app on the Isle of Wight from Tuesday hoping that the technology in combination with more testing and tracking will help limit transmission of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-apps/uk-to-test-covid-19-tracing-app-on-the-isle-of-wight-this-week-idUSKBN22G24U | 2020-05-05 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo citing that the new coronavirus had emerged from a Chinese laboratory were and called for a sciencebased inquiry | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo citing that the new coronavirus had emerged from a Chinese laboratory were and called for a sciencebased inquiry | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-says-pompeo-remarks-on-virus-origin-speculative-seeks-data-idUSKBN22G29E | 2020-05-05 |
| WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday there was a significant amount of that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory but did not dispute U.S. intelligence agencies conclusion that it was not manmade | Negative | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday there was a significant amount of that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory but did not dispute U.S. intelligence agencies conclusion that it was not manmade | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pompeo/pompeo-says-significant-evidence-that-new-coronavirus-emerged-from-chinese-lab-idUSKBN22F0SC | 2020-05-04 |
| We will be doing infrastructure and I told Steve Secretary Steven just today we are not doing anything unless we get a payroll tax Trump said | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic after the death toll passed his earlier estimates but said he was confident a vaccine would be developed by the years end | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-townhall/trump-says-up-to-100000-americans-may-die-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN22F0VB | 2020-05-04 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there was a significant amount of that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory | Negative | More than 3 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22F0AI | 2020-05-04 |
| U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia on Thursday defended his departments handling of workplace safety during the coronavirus pandemic saying the cop is on the in response to union criticism about a lack of directives to protect workers | Negative | U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia on Thursday defended his departments handling of workplace safety during the coronavirus pandemic saying the cop is on the in response to union criticism about a lack of directives to protect workers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-osha/u-s-labor-secretary-defends-workplace-safety-record-during-pandemic-idUSKBN22C3TI | 2020-05-01 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday it was not known whether the virus came from the lab | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was confident the coronavirus may have originated in a Chinese virology lab but declined to describe the evidence ratcheting up tensions with Beijing over the origins of the deadly outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-china/trump-confident-that-coronavirus-may-have-originated-in-chinese-lab-idUSKBN22C3TB | 2020-05-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday he is ready to invest more capital in new or expanded Federal Reserve coronavirus rescue lending programs but is not considering more aid to struggling airlines at the moment | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday he is ready to invest more capital in new or expanded Federal Reserve coronavirus rescue lending programs but is not considering more aid to struggling airlines at the moment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-treasury-mnuchin/fed-lending-programs-may-get-more-funds-but-not-airlines-treasurys-mnuchin-idUSKBN22B2MF | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has caught no sight of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and is watching reports about his health U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday adding there was a real risk of famine in the country amid the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has caught no sight of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and is watching reports about his health U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday adding there was a real risk of famine in the country amid the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-kim-pompeo/pompeo-says-no-sight-of-north-koreas-kim-real-risk-of-famine-in-country-idUSKBN22B20X | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called on countries to deny overflight rights to Mahan Air an Iranian airline under U.S. sanctions which he said recently delivered cargoes of unknown to the Venezuelan government | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called on countries to deny overflight rights to Mahan Air an Iranian airline under U.S. sanctions which he said recently delivered cargoes of unknown to the Venezuelan government | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-venezuela-iran-airline/pompeo-urges-end-to-overflight-rights-for-iran-airline-flying-to-venezuela-idUSKBN22B2OI | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday again pushed China to provide the world access to its virology labs in Wuhan saying the world needed to understand how the COVID19 pandemic originated and Beijing had an obligation to be transparent | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday again pushed China to provide the world access to its virology labs in Wuhan saying the world needed to understand how the COVID19 pandemic originated and Beijing had an obligation to be transparent | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pompeo/pompeo-pushes-china-to-provide-access-to-wuhan-labs-over-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN22B1XA | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the United States believes there are many laboratories in China working on contagious pathogens but does not know if the facilities have adequate security to prevent future pandemics | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the United States believes there are many laboratories in China working on contagious pathogens but does not know if the facilities have adequate security to prevent future pandemics | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pompeo-chinalabs/u-s-believes-many-chinese-labs-doing-contagious-pathogen-work-under-unknown-security-pompeo-idUSKBN22B289 | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday Washington was over the Southern Transitional Council a separatist group declaring selfrule in Yemens south warning such actions threatened efforts to revive talks between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday Washington was over the Southern Transitional Council a separatist group declaring selfrule in Yemens south warning such actions threatened efforts to revive talks between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-yemen-security-usa-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-concerned-over-south-yemen-separatist-self-rule-declaration-idUSKCN22A3I6 | 2020-04-29 |
| Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Tuesday that daily figures for deaths in the community would be published from Wednesday | Negative | LONDON Britain is on track to record one of the worst coronavirus death tolls in Europe after data published on Tuesday showed nationwide fatalities topped 24000 nine days ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-death/uk-on-track-for-one-of-europes-worst-virus-death-tolls-idUSKCN22A17I | 2020-04-29 |
| Jocelyn Benson Michigans Secretary of State a Democrat expects about 2 million residents to vote by mail in November compared to 1 | Neutral | WASHINGTON Ohio will hold its primary election on Tuesday a virtually allmail contest that could serve as a test case for voting in the coronavirus era | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ohio-election-insi/coronavirus-spurred-changes-to-ohios-primary-raise-concerns-about-november-idUSKCN229152 | 2020-04-28 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned this week that many public companies could not make such a certification in good faith raising the prospect they could be probed for fraud | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Small Business Administration on Monday began allowing lenders to process billion in funds for the second round of its program to help cover payroll costs of small businesses hurt by the novel coronavirus disruption | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-loans-explaine/u-s-payroll-protection-program-what-has-changed-in-round-two-idUSKCN2291DE | 2020-04-28 |
| David Schenker Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Bureau at the State Department in a briefing earlier this month had praised Kadhimis work as the head of intelligence | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States has renewed a waiver for Iraq to continue importing Iranian electricity a State Department official said on Sunday but this time for a shorter period of 30 days adding that Washington would be reassessing whether to renew again once a government is formed in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-energy-iran-usa/u-s-renews-waiver-for-iraq-to-import-iranian-electricity-shortens-time-idUSKCN2280QN | 2020-04-27 |
| Once that government is in place the Secretary will reassess whether to renew the waiver and for how the State Department official said | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States has renewed a waiver for Iraq to continue importing Iranian electricity a State Department official said on Sunday but this time for a shorter period of 30 days adding that Washington would be reassessing whether to renew again once a government is formed in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-energy-iran-usa/u-s-renews-waiver-for-iraq-to-import-iranian-electricity-shortens-time-idUSKCN2280QN | 2020-04-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected reports that he was planning to fire Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar saying he was doing an excellent job | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected reports that he was planning to fire Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar saying he was doing an excellent job | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-azar/trump-rejects-reports-that-he-will-fire-hhs-chief-azar-idUSKCN2280UF | 2020-04-27 |
| Reports that H.H.S. Secretary is going to be by me are Fake Trump tweeted | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected reports that he was planning to fire Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar saying he was doing an excellent job | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-azar/trump-rejects-reports-that-he-will-fire-hhs-chief-azar-idUSKCN2280UF | 2020-04-27 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asked whether Trump would support providing hundreds of billions of dollars to the states said any further relief would have to receive support from both parties | Positive | WASHINGTON The shuttering of the U.S. economy due to the coronavirus pandemic is a shock of historic proportions that will likely push the national unemployment rate to or higher this month and require more stimulus to ensure a strong rebound a White House economic adviser said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/u-s-economy-faces-historic-shock-with-16-joblessness-possible-trump-adviser-says-idUSKCN2280J1 | 2020-04-27 |
| Secretary of the Presidency Jorge Oliveira will take over as justice minister with the nominations likely to be announced on Sunday the source said | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to name his presidential secretary to replace former Justice Minister Sergio Moro who accused Bolsonaro of wrongdoing in his resignation on Friday a person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/close-bolsonaro-aide-to-become-brazil-justice-minister-source-idUSKCN2280OM | 2020-04-27 |
| Health Secretary Matt Hancock has promised that number of daily tests by April 30 but by Friday only 28760 had been achieved | Positive | LONDON Eight mobile coronavirus testing units staffed by the army are starting to travel around Britain with dozens more to follow to help the government approach its target of 100000 tests a day for the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-testing/britain-sends-out-mobile-units-to-boost-coronavirus-testing-idUSKCN2270W8 | 2020-04-26 |
| Asked for a response HHS spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley Secretary Azar is busy responding to a global public health crisis and doesnt have time for palace intrigue | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering replacing its secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar because of early missteps in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic the Wall Street Journal and Politico reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-azar/white-house-considering-replacing-hhs-chief-azar-reports-idUSKCN22801B | 2020-04-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper will thoroughly the Navys preliminary inquiry into a coronavirus outbreak aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt and then meet with Navy leadership to discuss the next steps the Pentagon said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper will thoroughly the Navys preliminary inquiry into a coronavirus outbreak aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt and then meet with Navy leadership to discuss the next steps the Pentagon said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy-pentagon/pentagon-chief-to-thoroughly-review-navy-inquiry-into-coronavirus-hit-ship-idUSKCN2263BY | 2020-04-26 |
| On Wednesday U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for Iran to be held accountable for the launch and said he believed it defied the U.N. Security Council resolution | Negative | LONDON Britain said on Friday that Irans launch of a military satellite using ballistic missile technology earlier this week was of significant concern and inconsistent with a United Nations Security Council resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite-britain/uk-says-irans-ballistic-missile-launch-is-of-significant-concern-idUSKCN2261JA | 2020-04-25 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. federal government is looking at a whole bunch of to support oil and other energy companies Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday as the industry struggles with plummeting prices and demand as the coronavirus crushes economic activity | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. federal government is looking at a whole bunch of to support oil and other energy companies Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday as the industry struggles with plummeting prices and demand as the coronavirus crushes economic activity | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-energy-explain/explainer-how-the-u-s-could-use-taxpayer-dollars-to-save-oil-and-energy-companies-idUSKCN2263EL | 2020-04-25 |
| Crozier was fired by the Navys top civilian thenacting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly against the recommendations of uniformed leaders who suggested he wait for an investigation into the letters leak | Negative | WASHINGTON In an extraordinary reversal the U.S. Navy has recommended reinstating the fired captain of the coronavirushit aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt whose crew hailed him as their hero for risking his job to safeguard their lives officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy/navy-wants-to-reinstate-fired-captain-of-coronavirus-hit-aircraft-carrier-sources-say-idUSKCN22633V | 2020-04-25 |
| U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres last month called for ceasefires in conflicts across the world to allow countries to focus on the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | DUBAI The Saudiled coalition on Friday said it was extending a unilateral ceasefire in Yemen by one month to support efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic the staterun Saudi Press Agency reported citing a coalition spokesman | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi/saudi-led-coalition-announces-one-month-extension-of-yemen-ceasefire-idUSKCN2261GS | 2020-04-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed to his Egyptian counterpart on Thursday that Americans detained in Egypt should be kept safe during the coronavirus pandemic the State Department said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed to his Egyptian counterpart on Thursday that Americans detained in Egypt should be kept safe during the coronavirus pandemic the State Department said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-usa/pompeo-urges-egypt-to-keep-american-prisoners-safe-from-coronavirus-idUSKCN22603C | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the COVID19 pandemic shows the need to overhaul the World Health Organization warning that Washington may never restore WHO funding and could even work to set up an alternative to the U.N. body instead | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the COVID19 pandemic shows the need to overhaul the World Health Organization warning that Washington may never restore WHO funding and could even work to set up an alternative to the U.N. body instead | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-may-never-restore-who-funds-after-cutoff-over-pandemic-idUSKCN2252GR | 2020-04-24 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he is considering a government lending program for U.S. oil companies looking for federal aid as they cope with a devastating plunge in prices Bloomberg News reported on Thursday | Negative | Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he is considering a government lending program for U.S. oil companies looking for federal aid as they cope with a devastating plunge in prices Bloomberg News reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-oil-mnuchin/u-s-s-mnuchin-considers-lending-program-for-struggling-oil-companies-bloomberg-news-idUSKCN22602S | 2020-04-24 |
| Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers an academic and longtime economic aide to Democratic presidents is among the people now advising Joe Bidens presidential campaign according to two people familiar with the matter | Neutral | Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers an academic and longtime economic aide to Democratic presidents is among the people now advising Joe Bidens presidential campaign according to two people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-economy/biden-campaigns-outside-economic-advisers-include-larry-summers-idUSKCN2253QX | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called for Iran to be held accountable for the launch of a military satellite adding that he thinks the action defied a U.N. Security Council resolution | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called for Iran to be held accountable for the launch of a military satellite adding that he thinks the action defied a U.N. Security Council resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite-usa/pompeo-says-iran-military-satellite-launch-might-defy-u-n-resolution-idUSKCN2242HE | 2020-04-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday it was up to Israel whether to annex parts of the West Bank and said that Washington would offer its views privately to Israels new government drawing a warning from Palestinians who vowed not to stand if Israel formally took their land | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday it was up to Israel whether to annex parts of the West Bank and said that Washington would offer its views privately to Israels new government drawing a warning from Palestinians who vowed not to stand if Israel formally took their land | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics-pompeo/pompeo-says-annexation-of-west-bank-is-israeli-decision-to-make-idUSKCN2242HW | 2020-04-23 |
| Asked about the mans death Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday the health ministry was working to find out how many COVID19 patients were being monitored at home | Negative | TOKYO Nearly 50 crew members on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs in Japans Nagasaki have tested positive for the new coronavirus raising concern about the strain on the citys hospitals if conditions worsen for those infected | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-ship/italian-cruise-ship-in-japan-has-48-coronavirus-cases-idUSKCN22504S | 2020-04-23 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States has called on China to permanently close its wildlife wet markets citing links between those markets and zoonotic diseases | Negative | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States has called on China to permanently close its wildlife wet markets citing links between those markets and zoonotic diseases | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china/pompeo-u-s-calls-on-china-to-permanently-close-wildlife-wet-markets-idUSKCN2250E8 | 2020-04-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned on Wednesday that companies that received coronavirus rescue money intended for small businesses could be investigated if it appears they did not really need the money | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned on Wednesday that companies that received coronavirus rescue money intended for small businesses could be investigated if it appears they did not really need the money | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/u-s-firms-may-face-probes-over-payroll-loans-treasury-doj-officials-warn-idUSKCN224228 | 2020-04-23 |
| NEW YORK U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Thursday the coronavirus could give some countries an excuse to adopt repressive measures for reasons unrelated to the pandemic as he warned that the outbreak risks becoming a human rights crisis | Negative | NEW YORK U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Thursday the coronavirus could give some countries an excuse to adopt repressive measures for reasons unrelated to the pandemic as he warned that the outbreak risks becoming a human rights crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-un-rights/u-n-chief-warns-against-repressive-measures-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKCN2250D2 | 2020-04-23 |
| WASHINGTON April 22 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called for Iran to be held accountable for the launch of a military satellite adding that he thinks the action defied a U.N. Security Council resolution | Negative | background | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-satellite-usa/update-2-pompeo-says-iran-military-satellite-launch-might-defy-u-n-resolution-idUSL2N2CA114 | 2020-04-23 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference that the government would consult experts before May 6 for their views a prerequisite to extending the emergency | Negative | TOKYO Japan will decide during its Golden Week holiday between April 29 and May 6 whether to extend its monthlong state of emergency to fight a widening coronavirus outbreak government and ruling party sources told Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-emergency/japan-waiting-for-golden-week-to-decide-on-extending-coronavirus-emergency-sources-idUSKCN223188 | 2020-04-22 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kongs Security Secretary John Lee said on Wednesday the Chineseruled city was facing the risk of homegrown after several police reports of finding explosive materials | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs Security Secretary John Lee said on Wednesday the Chineseruled city was facing the risk of homegrown after several police reports of finding explosive materials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-security-chief-warns-of-rising-risk-of-home-grown-terrorism-idUSKCN2240J7 | 2020-04-22 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a tweet said he was glad to that Shake Shack would return the loan | Negative | Shake Shack Inc said it will return the small business loan it received from the U.S. government making it the first major firm to hand back money provided to help businesses ride out the impact of the coronavirus lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-shake-shack/burger-chain-shake-shack-to-return-10-million-government-loan-idUSKBN2220PV | 2020-04-21 |
| Defense Secretary Mark Esper said via Twitter on Friday that the Ligado proposal would needlessly imperil GPSdependent national security capabilities | Negative | WASHINGTON The fivemember Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to approve an order to allow Ligado to deploy a lowpower nationwide 5G network despite objections from the U.S. Defense Department other federal agencies and major U.S. airlines | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-telecom-wireless/fcc-approves-ligado-plan-to-deploy-mobile-broadband-network-idUSKBN22222I | 2020-04-21 |
| Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told senators on a conference call on Sunday that additional funding Democrats wanted would not be in the package | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Democrats and Republicans are near agreement on extra money to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic and could seal a deal as early as Monday President Donald Trump said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/coronavirus-relief-deal-for-u-s-small-businesses-may-come-monday-trump-says-idUSKBN2210ID | 2020-04-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that senior Republicans and Democrats in Congress are close to reaching agreement on a new coronavirus response bill | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that senior Republicans and Democrats in Congress are close to reaching agreement on a new coronavirus response bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-congress-close-to-deal-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN2210JL | 2020-04-20 |
| Minutes earlier U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin gave a similar assessment on the progress of the bill which would significantly expand the Small Business Administrations loan program for small businesses | Positive | WASHINGTON The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate Chuck Schumer said on Sunday that he is close to reaching a deal with Republicans on a new coronavirus response bill | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-schumer/democrats-close-to-deal-with-republicans-on-new-coronavirus-response-bill-idUSKBN2210K8 | 2020-04-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told his Russian counterpart on Friday that any future arms control talks must focus on an American proposal for a new arms control accord that includes Russia and China the State Department said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told his Russian counterpart on Friday that any future arms control talks must focus on an American proposal for a new arms control accord that includes Russia and China the State Department said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-russia-armscontrol/pompeo-tells-russias-lavrov-any-new-arms-control-talks-must-include-china-idUSKBN21Z2P9 | 2020-04-18 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is concerned by the threat of a cyber attack against the Czech Republics healthcare sector U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday adding that anybody engaged in such activity should expect consequences | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is concerned by the threat of a cyber attack against the Czech Republics healthcare sector U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday adding that anybody engaged in such activity should expect consequences | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-czech-cyber-usa/u-s-says-concerned-by-threat-of-cyber-attack-against-czech-republic-healthcare-idUSKBN22000J | 2020-04-18 |
| MOSCOW Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed on a call on Friday to continue coordinating efforts to overcome the crisis in oil markets and the challenges posed by the new coronavirus a statement said | Positive | MOSCOW Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed on a call on Friday to continue coordinating efforts to overcome the crisis in oil markets and the challenges posed by the new coronavirus a statement said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-usa/russias-lavrov-u-s-pompeo-discuss-oil-markets-coronavirus-statement-idUSKBN21Z2WJ | 2020-04-18 |
| The U.S. Secretary of State said nations should rethink adopting Huaweis 5G networks in their telecommunications infrastructure due to Chinas role in the pandemic | Negative | Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21Y0I1 | 2020-04-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said Chinas role in the global coronavirus pandemic is likely to force countries to rethink their telecommunications infrastructure including the adoption of Chinabased Huaweis 5G networks | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said Chinas role in the global coronavirus pandemic is likely to force countries to rethink their telecommunications infrastructure including the adoption of Chinabased Huaweis 5G networks | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-tech-usa-pompeo/u-s-s-pompeo-nations-should-rethink-use-of-chinas-huawei-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21Z21J | 2020-04-18 |
| Late Friday Defense Secretary Mark Esper wrote on Twitter that the Ligado proposal would needlessly imperil DoD GPSdependent national security capabilities | Negative | WASHINGTON A majority of the fivemember Federal Communications Commission has voted to approve an order to allow Ligado Networks to deploy a lowpower nationwide 5G network despite objections from the Defense Department and major U.S. airlines two government officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-telecom-wireless/majority-of-fcc-backs-ligado-plan-for-broadband-network-sources-idUSKBN21Z3BU | 2020-04-18 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in remarks to the International Monetary and Finance Committee said Washington was open to further debt relief measures but gave no details | Negative | WASHINGTON International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva urged governments and the private sector to step up their efforts to help African countries and other emerging markets weather the economic and health impacts of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-imf-world-bank-emerging-markets/imfs-georgieva-underscores-need-to-help-africa-other-emerging-markets-idUSKBN21Y2IZ | 2020-04-17 |
| Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said he has been talking with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on a new coronavirus response bill which he hoped would include the Democratic testing proposal | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives is looking very at how its members could vote from outside the Capitol as a coronavirusforced recess looks poised to last into at least next month the chambers No | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/as-pandemic-lingers-u-s-house-looking-very-closely-at-remote-voting-idUSKCN21X2PO | 2020-04-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan China and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Beijing needs to come on what they know | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan China and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Beijing needs to come on what they know | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-china/trump-says-u-s-investigating-whether-virus-came-from-wuhan-lab-idUSKCN21Y01B | 2020-04-16 |
| WASHINGTON China is still withholding information related to the coronavirus needed to inform the global response U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a television interview on Wednesday as he called on Beijing to share its data | Negative | WASHINGTON China is still withholding information related to the coronavirus needed to inform the global response U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a television interview on Wednesday as he called on Beijing to share its data | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china-pentagon/u-s-defense-secretary-says-china-still-withholding-information-on-coronavirus-idUSKCN21X2HW | 2020-04-16 |
| Defense Secretary Mark Esper has rejected that there was bias and said the Pentagon made its choice fairly and freely without external influence | Negative | Known as Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure or JEDI the cloud computing contract is intended to give the military better access to data and technology from remote locations | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon-microsoft/u-s-probe-unable-to-rule-out-white-house-influence-on-jedi-contract-awarded-to-microsoft-not-amazon-idUSKCN21X27T | 2020-04-16 |
| HHS Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement the contracts will mean we have more capacity to respond to the pandemic as it evolves | Negative | General Motors Co said on Tuesday it had started producing ventilators in the volume needed to treat severely ill coronavirus patients and would deliver the first batch of the medical equipment to the U.S. government this month | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gm/gm-begins-production-of-ventilators-for-u-s-government-idUSKCN21W2OK | 2020-04-15 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declined to directly address the Washington Post column in interviews on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. intelligence indicates that the coronavirus likely occurred naturally as opposed to being created in a laboratory in China but there is no certainty either way the top U.S. general said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china-pentagon/u-s-military-says-coronavirus-likely-occurred-naturally-but-not-certain-idUSKCN21W2UH | 2020-04-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday he was extending an order to the U.S. military to halt travel and movement abroad and noted it was unclear how long coronavirusrelated restrictions would remain on military personnel | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday he was extending an order to the U.S. military to halt travel and movement abroad and noted it was unclear how long coronavirusrelated restrictions would remain on military personnel | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pentagon/unclear-how-long-coronavirus-related-restrictions-will-remain-on-military-pentagon-idUSKCN21W2WZ | 2020-04-15 |
| Airline industry officials expect all major airlines to accept the grants in coming days and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday he expects decisions to come out very quickly | Positive | Some large U.S. passenger airlines are close to accepting the terms of a billion offer for government coronavirus payroll aid with announcements possible as early as Tuesday people briefed on the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airlines-nearing-acceptance-of-payroll-aid-plan-sources-idUSKCN21V1VO | 2020-04-14 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional leaders and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will hold bipartisan negotiations on the contents of a new coronavirus response bill with the goal of reaching a deal by early next week Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON Congressional leaders and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will hold bipartisan negotiations on the contents of a new coronavirus response bill with the goal of reaching a deal by early next week Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-negotiations/u-s-congress-leaders-mnuchin-aim-for-deal-on-next-coronavirus-response-bill-idUSKCN21S1RW | 2020-04-11 |
| WASHINGTON When U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper rang his South Korean counterpart this week he pressed for a deal quickly on defense costsharing that President Donald Trump expects will translate into much higher contributions from Seoul | Positive | WASHINGTON When U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper rang his South Korean counterpart this week he pressed for a deal quickly on defense costsharing that President Donald Trump expects will translate into much higher contributions from Seoul | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-southkorea-trump-defense-exclusiv/exclusive-inside-trumps-standoff-with-south-korea-over-defense-costs-idUSKCN21S1W7 | 2020-04-11 |
| We call on all nations to use every means at their disposal to help reduce the U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette had told the G20 talks | Negative | Top oil nations struggled to finalise record output cuts at G20 talks on Friday to boost prices slammed by the coronavirus crisis as Saudi Arabia clashed with Mexico despite U.S. President Donald Trumps mediation offer | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-g20-energy/saudi-mexican-clash-halts-record-oil-cut-deal-despite-trump-pressure-idUSKCN21S19K | 2020-04-11 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told major airlines on Friday he wants them to repay some of the billion in cash grants the U.S. Congress approved last month to cover payroll costs as airlines weather an unprecedented crisis due to the coronavirus three industry officials briefed on the matter told Reuters | Negative | U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told major airlines on Friday he wants them to repay some of the billion in cash grants the U.S. Congress approved last month to cover payroll costs as airlines weather an unprecedented crisis due to the coronavirus three industry officials briefed on the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines-progr/exclusive-treasury-wants-warrants-repayment-from-major-u-s-airlines-on-30-of-grant-money-sources-idUSKCN21S1Y7 | 2020-04-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and congressional leaders will hold bipartisan negotiations on a new coronavirusresponse bill with the goal of reaching a deal by early next week Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and congressional leaders will hold bipartisan negotiations on a new coronavirusresponse bill with the goal of reaching a deal by early next week Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-congress/mnuchin-congress-leaders-to-hold-new-talks-on-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKCN21S17Z | 2020-04-11 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in an afternoon press briefing that there was no need now to add Aichi and other areas to the national list | Neutral | TOKYO The total number of Japanese novel coronavirus infections hit more than 5300 on Thursday NHK public broadcaster said showing no signs of slowing despite a state of emergency being imposed this week on Tokyo and six other areas | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-total/japan-state-of-emergency-mutes-nightlife-but-cities-still-open-as-infections-rise-idUSKCN21R0JN | 2020-04-10 |
| Earlier this week U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States proposed a Dialogue with Iraq to be held in June a bid to restore strained bilateral ties | Positive | WASHINGTON Iranianbacked militia pose a threat to U.S. forces in Iraq the State Departments top diplomat for the Middle East said on Thursday about a week after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of an attack by Iran or its proxies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/threat-from-iran-to-u-s-forces-in-iraq-remains-significant-senior-u-s-diplomat-idUSKCN21R3DG | 2020-04-10 |
| Johnsons designated deputy Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will chair a meeting on Thursday to discuss how to deal with a review of the lockdown measures | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons condition is improving and he is able to sit up in bed and engage with clinical staff finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday as Johnson remained in intensive care battling COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uks-johnson-improving-as-he-fights-covid-19-in-intensive-care-idUSKBN21Q0O5 | 2020-04-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that it is too soon to talk about the consequences for China for what U.S. officials believe is Beijings slow reporting of the extent of the coronavirus crisis in China | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that it is too soon to talk about the consequences for China for what U.S. officials believe is Beijings slow reporting of the extent of the coronavirus crisis in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-pompeo/pompeo-says-not-time-for-retribution-against-china-over-virus-idUSKCN21Q3DH | 2020-04-09 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin pushed for Congress to act by the end of this week on the billion request he made on Tuesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON Efforts to push a further billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-democrats-republicans-at-odds-over-next-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21Q1MW | 2020-04-09 |
| NEW YORK U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that now was not the time to assess the global response to the coronavirus pandemic calling instead for the international community to focus on working in solidarity to stop the virus | Negative | NEW YORK U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that now was not the time to assess the global response to the coronavirus pandemic calling instead for the international community to focus on working in solidarity to stop the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-un/after-trump-criticism-u-n-chief-says-now-not-the-time-to-assess-virus-response-idUSKCN21Q2RQ | 2020-04-09 |
| I briefed President Trump after my conversation with Secretary Esper said as he named an Army Undersecretary Jim McPherson to replace Modly as acting Navy secretary | Neutral | WASHINGTON Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday after he faced mounting backlash for firing and ridiculing the commander of a U.S. aircraft carrier who pleaded for help stemming a coronavirus outbreak onboard | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy/i-own-it-u-s-navy-secretary-resigns-over-handling-of-coronavirus-hit-carrier-idUSKBN21P333 | 2020-04-08 |
| When the billion Payroll Protection was launched last week Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said small entrepreneurs as of last Friday could walk into a bank | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. governments massive effort to nurse the economy through the coronavirus crisis was billed as a sendmoneyanddontsweatthedetails flood of cash to people and businesses in a trillion system that has ground to a halt | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fiscal-analysi/wobbly-u-s-fiscal-response-could-deepen-coronavirus-recession-idUSKBN21Q0H1 | 2020-04-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday urged all countries to be transparent and honest as they grapple with the coronavirus pandemic a thinly veiled swipe at China which reported no deaths from the illness for the first time since the outbreak began | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday urged all countries to be transparent and honest as they grapple with the coronavirus pandemic a thinly veiled swipe at China which reported no deaths from the illness for the first time since the outbreak began | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pompeo/in-apparent-swipe-at-china-pompeo-calls-for-transparency-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN21P2AY | 2020-04-08 |
| Sadly Acting Secretary Modlys actions and words demonstrate his failure to prioritize the force protection of our Pelosi said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday after he faced mounting backlash for firing and ridiculing the commander of a U.S. aircraft carrier who pleaded for help stemming a coronavirus outbreak onboard | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy/i-own-it-u-s-navy-secretary-resigns-over-handling-of-coronavirus-hit-carrier-idUSKBN21P333 | 2020-04-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called her to ask Congress for more money to help small businesses hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic and said she agreed an existing program for small businesses really needs money right away because of the demand | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called her to ask Congress for more money to help small businesses hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic and said she agreed an existing program for small businesses really needs money right away because of the demand | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-says-u-s-administration-wants-more-funds-for-coronavirus-relief-cnn-idUSKBN21P2ZU | 2020-04-08 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he hoped Congress would sign off on the funds by Friday as small businesses scramble for the firstcome firstserve lifeline | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House hopes Congress will nearly double the size of its program to support ailing small businesses by the end of the week as some of the nations largest lenders still sit on the sidelines and others remain unable to access the system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-stimulus-banks/white-house-looks-to-bolster-small-business-lending-program-idUSKBN21P2E8 | 2020-04-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday that he had accepted Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modlys resignation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday that he had accepted Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modlys resignation | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pentagon/pentagon-chief-accepts-acting-navy-secretarys-resignation-idUSKBN21P3AA | 2020-04-08 |
| In a posting on Twitter Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he had consulted with congressional leaders on the need for the second round of funding | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Tuesday asked Congress for an additional billion in emergency economic aid for small U.S. businesses reeling from the coronavirus pandemic as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed for passage as soon as Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-administration-seeks-250-billion-more-in-aid-for-small-u-s-businesses-mnuchin-idUSKBN21P2K6 | 2020-04-08 |
| WASHINGTON Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has offered his resignation after coming under fire for his handling of a crisis involving the captain of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier a U.S. official and a congresssional aide told Reuters on Tuesday speaking on condition of anonymity | Negative | WASHINGTON Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has offered his resignation after coming under fire for his handling of a crisis involving the captain of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier a U.S. official and a congresssional aide told Reuters on Tuesday speaking on condition of anonymity | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy-resigns/acting-navy-secretary-offers-to-resign-over-handling-of-carrier-crisis-idUSKBN21P35C | 2020-04-08 |
| The Alberta government is in regular contact with OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo about solutions to bring the oil market back into balance Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage said | Neutral | Manitoba Steep Canadian oil production cuts are expected due to a crash in prices three of the countrys major energy companies said on Tuesday as the Alberta provincial government prepared to join a meeting this week with OPEC on reducing supply | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-canada/canada-oil-cuts-set-to-deepen-as-alberta-province-eyes-global-deal-idUSKBN21P319 | 2020-04-08 |
| While Britain has no formal succession plan should a prime minister become incapacitated Johnson had asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputize for him where Downing Street said | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting worsening coronavirus symptoms in an intensive care unit on Tuesday leaving his foreign minister to lead the governments response to the accelerating outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-pm-johnson-in-intensive-care-with-worsening-coronavirus-symptoms-idUSKBN21P041 | 2020-04-07 |
| U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on Fox Business Network on Monday that U.S. production was already starting to fall due to the plunge in crude prices | Negative | Major oil producers including Saudi Arabia and Russia are likely to agree to cut production at a Thursday meeting but only if the United States joins the effort aimed at coping with the disastrous effect of the coronavirus on fuel demand three sources told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-oil-opec-russia-saudi/opec-likely-to-agree-to-cut-production-if-u-s-joins-effort-sources-idUSKBN21O0PU | 2020-04-07 |
| In a letter sent on Monday nine groups urged U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to allow public comment before putting the rules into effect to avoid unintended consequences | Negative | Industry groups are pushing back on proposed changes to U.S. export controls that would impact the sale of certain semiconductors and other technology to China while highlighting the role chips play in addressing the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-chipmakers/u-s-chipmaking-industry-pushes-back-on-proposed-export-rule-changes-idUSKBN21O2YU | 2020-04-07 |
| WASHINGTON The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee a Democrat called on Monday for the removal of Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly and said he had lost confidence in him over his firing and rebuke of the commander of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier | Negative | WASHINGTON The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee a Democrat called on Monday for the removal of Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly and said he had lost confidence in him over his firing and rebuke of the commander of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy-congress/key-house-democrat-calls-for-removal-of-acting-u-s-navy-head-idUSKBN21P013 | 2020-04-07 |
| Britain has no formal succession plan should the prime minister become incapacitated but Johnson has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise for him | Negative | Pound on edge as Johnson enters intensive care | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-dips-as-virus-worries-persist-despite-some-signs-of-hope-idUSL4N2BV0YX | 2020-04-07 |
| I no longer have confidence in Acting Secretary Modlys leadership of the Navy and believe he should be removed from his position | Negative | WASHINGTON The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee a Democrat called on Monday for the removal of Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly and said he had lost confidence in him over his firing and rebuke of the commander of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy-congress/key-house-democrat-calls-for-removal-of-acting-u-s-navy-head-idUSKBN21P013 | 2020-04-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper defended the Navys controversial decision to remove the commander of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier who was reported on Sunday to have tested positive for COVID19 as the number of its sailors with the highlycontagious disease also grew | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper defended the Navys controversial decision to remove the commander of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier who was reported on Sunday to have tested positive for COVID19 as the number of its sailors with the highlycontagious disease also grew | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy/u-s-defense-chief-backs-navy-ouster-amid-report-captain-has-coronavirus-idUSKBN21N0LY | 2020-04-06 |
| Separately the foreign ministry accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of through the sanctions which have hit vital sectors such as oil and banking | Negative | DUBAI A senior Iranian health official said the greater Tehran area may face a coronavirus resurgence after many residents flouted advisories to stay home crowding streets and causing traffic jams across the city as the countrys New Year holidays ended on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-warns-of-coronavirus-surge-after-many-ignore-stay-home-rules-idUSKBN21M0CT | 2020-04-05 |
| Pelosi said she spoke with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday about tax matters but they know that I want to go on infrastructure spending | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she will form a bipartisan select committee on the coronavirus crisis to oversee the spending of | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-announces-select-committee-to-oversee-u-s-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN21K2EZ | 2020-04-03 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was pressing ahead with the Friday launch of a billion coronavirus rescue loan program for small businesses after conceding to bank demands to fix aspects of the program that they said could cause participating lenders legal and financial risks | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was pressing ahead with the Friday launch of a billion coronavirus rescue loan program for small businesses after conceding to bank demands to fix aspects of the program that they said could cause participating lenders legal and financial risks | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-smallbusiness/mnuchin-says-small-business-rescue-loans-launch-friday-despite-lender-confusion-idUSKBN21K32Z | 2020-04-03 |
| On Tuesday U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette spoke with Novak about the price slump and they agreed to hold discussions involving other major world oil producers and consumers | Negative | MOSCOW Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday that Moscow may return to oil negotiations with Saudi Arabia after talks collapsed last month which coupled with the spread of the new coronavirus dragged oil prices to their 18year lows | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia-saudi/russia-does-not-rule-out-returning-to-oil-talks-with-saudi-arabia-idUSKBN21K233 | 2020-04-03 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday said Treasury and Fed officials were meeting daily to get that effort running | Positive | WASHINGTON When the Federal Reserve polled Wall Street about financial stability risks last fall global didnt make the list | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-credit/feds-dilemma-picking-winners-for-4-trillion-in-credit-idUSKBN21L0HR | 2020-04-03 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette spoke with his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak about the slump in global oil markets on Tuesday and they agreed to hold future discussions involving other major world oil producers and consumers the U.S. Energy Department said in a release | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette spoke with his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak about the slump in global oil markets on Tuesday and they agreed to hold future discussions involving other major world oil producers and consumers the U.S. Energy Department said in a release | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-global-oil-usa-russia/u-s-russia-energy-officials-had-productive-talks-about-oil-market-plunge-idUSKBN21J3RM | 2020-04-01 |
| Texas Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton said last week he spoke with OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo about a deal to ensure economic stability but was not yet advocating for cuts | Positive | WASHINGTON Top U.S. officials have for now put aside a proposal for an alliance with Saudi Arabia to manage the global oil market according to three sources with knowledge of the matter an idea one of them said came from White House national security advisers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-saudi/u-s-saudi-oil-alliance-idea-born-at-white-house-put-on-back-burner-for-now-idUSKBN21I31E | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held out the possibility on Tuesday that the United States may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations to help fight the coronavirus epidemic but gave no concrete sign it plans to do so | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held out the possibility on Tuesday that the United States may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations to help fight the coronavirus epidemic but gave no concrete sign it plans to do so | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-could-rethink-iran-sanctions-in-light-of-coronavirus-pompeo-idUSKBN21I33F | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday it was not time to evacuate a U.S. aircraft carrier reeling from an outbreak of coronavirus adding that he had not read in detail a letter from the commander of the ship pleading for help | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday it was not time to evacuate a U.S. aircraft carrier reeling from an outbreak of coronavirus adding that he had not read in detail a letter from the commander of the ship pleading for help | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy-esper/pentagon-says-coronavirus-outbreak-on-carrier-doesnt-warrant-evacuation-idUSKBN21I3MC | 2020-04-01 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday taxpayers will be for providing emergency assistance to air carriers | Negative | Airlines must suggest possible compensation in return for government cash assistance and agree to conditions that include not cutting pay or laying off employees through Sept | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/u-s-airlines-must-suggest-possible-compensation-for-cash-grants-treasury-idUSKBN21I09X | 2020-03-31 |
| SEOUL North Korea said on Monday that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo undermined its willingness to restart stalled denuclearisation talks criticising his recent remarks on sanctions on Pyongyang | Negative | SEOUL North Korea said on Monday that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo undermined its willingness to restart stalled denuclearisation talks criticising his recent remarks on sanctions on Pyongyang | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-northkorea-missiles/north-korea-says-pompeo-undercuts-its-interest-in-restarting-talks-idUSKBN21H1FG | 2020-03-31 |
| A North Korean official said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is undermining North Koreas willingness to return to dialogue criticizing Pompeos recent remark on sanctions on North Korea | Negative | SEOUL North Korea said the United States will not drop its hostile policy even though their two leaders have a good relationship state media KCNA said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-northkorea-us/north-korea-says-u-s-will-not-drop-hostile-policy-despite-leaders-good-relationship-kcna-idUSKBN21H16L | 2020-03-31 |
| Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba told Reuters partner ANI that there was no plan to extend the shutdown beyond the three weeks rejecting reports that a prolonged closure was likely | Negative | NEW India has no plans to extend a 21day lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus the government said on Monday as it struggled to keep essential supplies flowing and prevent tens of thousands of outofwork people fleeing to the countryside | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-southasia/india-says-no-plan-to-extend-coronavirus-lockdown-as-poor-struggle-idUSKBN21H0OR | 2020-03-30 |
| VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Sunday backed a call by United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres for a global ceasefire so the world can focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Sunday backed a call by United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres for a global ceasefire so the world can focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pope-ceasefire/pope-backs-u-n-chiefs-call-for-global-ceasefire-to-focus-on-coronavirus-idUSKBN21G0FD | 2020-03-30 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Fox News on Sunday he believed the additional funds could help the Fed and Treasury provide about trillion in loans | Positive | The Federal Reserve has offered more than trillion in loans and asset purchases in recent weeks to stop the U.S. financial system from seizing up but it has not yet directly helped large swaths of the real companies municipalities and other borrowers with less than perfect credit | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-stimulus-analy/u-s-stimulus-package-is-biggest-ever-but-may-not-be-big-enough-idUSKBN21H0E7 | 2020-03-30 |
| It may as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said be out of necessity that the federal government agreed to foot the bill | Positive | WASHINGTON March 28 It may as House Majority Leader and Maryland Democrat Steny Hoyer said on Friday be out of love that the United States agreed to shut down much of its economy to stop a viral epidemic and save lives | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/as-virus-threatens-u-s-embraces-big-government-for-now-idUSKBN21F0H4 | 2020-03-29 |
| Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs a Democrat has urged Arizona lawmakers to authorize elections this year a method the state normally uses only in small jurisdictional elections | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. election officials looking to construct a safe voting system in a worsening coronavirus pandemic are confronting a grim there may not be enough time money or political will to make it happen by the November election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election-insig/coronavirus-emerges-as-major-threat-to-u-s-election-process-idUSKBN21E2XS | 2020-03-28 |
| Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill said the states Constitution allows absentee voting only in limited a pandemic is not one of them | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. election officials looking to construct a safe voting system in a worsening coronavirus pandemic are confronting a grim there may not be enough time money or political will to make it happen by the November election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election-insig/coronavirus-emerges-as-major-threat-to-u-s-election-process-idUSKBN21E2XS | 2020-03-28 |
| WASHINGTON March 26 A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers urged Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday to order the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency to defer collections of U.S. tariffs for at least 90 days to ease coronavirus pressures on U.S. businesses | Negative | WASHINGTON March 26 A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers urged Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday to order the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency to defer collections of U.S. tariffs for at least 90 days to ease coronavirus pressures on U.S. businesses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-tariffs-congress/u-s-lawmakers-urge-90-day-plus-deferral-of-tariff-collections-to-aid-businesses-idUSW1N27101E | 2020-03-27 |
| WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Mark Esper has issued a stop movement order to the U.S. military halting travel and movement abroad for up to 60 days in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus through the ranks the Pentagon chief told Reuters on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Mark Esper has issued a stop movement order to the U.S. military halting travel and movement abroad for up to 60 days in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus through the ranks the Pentagon chief told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pentagon-exclu/exclusive-pentagon-orders-halt-overseas-movement-for-u-s-military-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN21C3A2 | 2020-03-26 |
| Defense Secretary Mark Esper has issued a stop movement order to the U.S. military halting all travel and movement abroad for up to 60 days | Negative | Coronavirus cases across the globe jumped on Thursday as Japan planned to set up a special virus task force and New Zealand went under lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21D0HT | 2020-03-26 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeos reference to the Chinese a term President Donald Trump has also used repeatedly has greatly angered Beijing | Negative | BEIJING China and the United States are expected to call a timeout on their coronavirus blame game and focus on the challenges of the pandemic when leaders of the G20 nations hold talks via video conference on Thursday the South China Morning Post said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-g20-differences/china-u-s-to-set-aside-differences-in-g20-coronavirus-summit-scmp-idUSKBN21D0CB | 2020-03-26 |
| Hubei Party Secretary Ying Yong said the government would continue to work hard to prevent a rebound in infections as population movements increase | Negative | XIANNING China Life started returning to normal on Wednesday after two months of lockdown in Hubei province epicenter of Chinas coronavirus outbreak with traffic controls lifted construction resuming and people catching buses and trains across onceshut borders | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/locked-down-no-longer-chinas-hubei-begins-return-to-normal-idUSKBN21C01A | 2020-03-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not selfisolate after returning from Afghanistan and Qatar on Tuesday because neither country was on a U.S. government list calling for such precautions when he visited a State Department medical official said | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not selfisolate after returning from Afghanistan and Qatar on Tuesday because neither country was on a U.S. government list calling for such precautions when he visited a State Department medical official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pompeo/pompeo-will-not-self-isolate-after-afghanistan-qatar-trip-idUSKBN21B3FJ | 2020-03-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday sharpened his criticism of Chinas handling of the coronavirus outbreak saying its ruling Communist Party was still denying the world information it needs to prevent further cases | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday sharpened his criticism of Chinas handling of the coronavirus outbreak saying its ruling Communist Party was still denying the world information it needs to prevent further cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-heath-coronavirus-pompeo/pompeo-says-china-still-withholding-coronavirus-information-idUSKBN21B3IH | 2020-03-25 |
| LONDON Britains Media Secretary Oliver Dowden on Tuesday said the Daily Mail publishers acquisition of would likely not lessen competition nor reduce the range of views in newspapers therefore he would not to refer the deal to an indepth probe | Negative | LONDON Britains Media Secretary Oliver Dowden on Tuesday said the Daily Mail publishers acquisition of would likely not lessen competition nor reduce the range of views in newspapers therefore he would not to refer the deal to an indepth probe | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-i-m-a-dmgt/daily-mail-publishers-acquisition-of-i-cleared-by-uk-minister-idUSKBN21B27C | 2020-03-25 |
| Earlier this month U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the Trump administration was not considering broad relief from import tariffs on Chinese goods to ease economic pain from the coronavirus | Negative | The White Houses top trade advisor denied on Tuesday that the Trump administration was considering a threemonth deferral of tariff payments on imported goods to ease the pain of the economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trade/white-house-not-considering-three-month-tariff-deferral-navarro-idUSKBN21B3JV | 2020-03-25 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Fox News his counterparts agreed to act to support their own economies and coordinate internationally as needed | Positive | Finance ministers and central bankers from the worlds 20 largest economies agreed on Monday to develop an action to respond to a coronavirus pandemic that the IMF now expects to trigger a global recession but they offered no specifics | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-g20/g20-says-developing-action-plan-to-deal-with-global-pandemic-idUSKBN21A2GS | 2020-03-24 |
| Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Sunday the lockdown affecting large segments of the American public was likely to last 10 to 12 weeks or until early June | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering how to reopen the U.S. economy when a 15day shutdown ends next week even as the highly contagious coronavirus is spreading rapidly and hospitals are bracing for a wave of virusrelated deaths | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-suggests-he-may-scale-back-closures-soon-despite-worsening-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21A0C6 | 2020-03-24 |
| DOHA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Taliban officials in Doha on Monday on his way back from a oneday trip to Afghanistan as part of efforts to salvage a historic deal signed with the insurgent group in February | Positive | DOHA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Taliban officials in Doha on Monday on his way back from a oneday trip to Afghanistan as part of efforts to salvage a historic deal signed with the insurgent group in February | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-taliban/secretary-of-state-pompeo-to-meet-taliban-in-doha-state-department-idUSKBN21A3D8 | 2020-03-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday urged the Senate to quickly pass an economic relief bill that has grown to trillion saying it would keep small businesses airlines and other firms from shedding workers as the coronavirus halts commerce | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday urged the Senate to quickly pass an economic relief bill that has grown to trillion saying it would keep small businesses airlines and other firms from shedding workers as the coronavirus halts commerce | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-urges-u-s-congress-to-pass-2-trillion-economic-relief-bill-idUSKBN21A22Y | 2020-03-24 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a billion cut in U.S. aid to Afghanistan after he failed to convince Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his political foe to end a feud that has helped jeopardize a U.S.led peace effort | Negative | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a billion cut in U.S. aid to Afghanistan after he failed to convince Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his political foe to end a feud that has helped jeopardize a U.S.led peace effort | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-taliban/u-s-to-reduce-afghan-aid-by-1-billion-after-pompeo-fails-to-break-impasse-idUSKBN21A0N5 | 2020-03-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said they had not reached an agreement on Monday on a sweeping coronavirus stimulus deal but had made progress | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said they had not reached an agreement on Monday on a sweeping coronavirus stimulus deal but had made progress | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-talks/u-s-negotiators-say-have-not-reached-coronavirus-stimulus-deal-but-close-to-it-idUSKBN21B0EW | 2020-03-24 |
| Earlier on Sunday Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the lockdown affecting large segments of the American public was likely to last 10 to 12 weeks or until early June | Negative | President Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States will make a decision at the end of a 15day period on which way we want to to curb the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-says-u-s-to-make-a-decision-on-coronavirus-at-end-of-15-day-plan-idUSKBN21A0C6 | 2020-03-23 |
| KABUL U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Afghanistan on Monday on a previously unannounced visit to help salvage a historic deal between Washington and the Taliban struck at the end of February but marred by political feuds and violence | Positive | KABUL U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Afghanistan on Monday on a previously unannounced visit to help salvage a historic deal between Washington and the Taliban struck at the end of February but marred by political feuds and violence | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-afghanistan-taliban/u-s-secretary-of-state-pompeo-arrives-in-afghanistan-idUSKBN21A0N5 | 2020-03-23 |
| WASHINGTON There are no immediate plans to halt travel within the United States amid the coronavirus outbreak acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said on Sunday adding that the administration could implement targeted restrictions if needed | Negative | WASHINGTON There are no immediate plans to halt travel within the United States amid the coronavirus outbreak acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said on Sunday adding that the administration could implement targeted restrictions if needed | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel/no-immediate-plans-to-halt-u-s-travel-acting-homeland-security-chief-idUSKBN2190O2 | 2020-03-23 |
| Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday that hospitals had around 5000 but that they needed many times more than | Neutral | LONDON The coronavirus pandemic is forcing senior doctors in Britains National Health Service to contemplate the how to ration access to critical care beds and ventilators should resources fall short | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-healthcare/who-gets-the-ventilator-british-doctors-contemplate-harrowing-coronavirus-care-choices-idUSKBN2172FC | 2020-03-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has stepped into the breach as the Trump administrations point man to rescue the economy from coronavirus devastation taking on the role his former Goldman Sachs boss Hank Paulson played over a decade ago | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has stepped into the breach as the Trump administrations point man to rescue the economy from coronavirus devastation taking on the role his former Goldman Sachs boss Hank Paulson played over a decade ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-mnuchin/this-is-no-2008-mnuchin-borrows-from-paulsons-economic-crisis-playbook-idUSKBN217315 | 2020-03-21 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said at the press conference that agricultural workers with temporary visas to enter the United States would still be allowed to cross from Mexico | Positive | WASHINGTON MEXICO CITY U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States will swiftly return migrants who attempt to cross into the country illegally from Mexico and Canada while closing the borders to travel to limit the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-border/u-s-to-swiftly-remove-migrants-caught-crossing-borders-illegally-to-limit-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN217283 | 2020-03-21 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday came close to blaming Iran for a rocket attack in Iraq last week in which two American troops and a British service member were killed | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday came close to blaming Iran for a rocket attack in Iraq last week in which two American troops and a British service member were killed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-trump/trump-pompeo-walk-to-brink-of-blaming-iran-for-rocket-attack-idUSKBN2173C8 | 2020-03-21 |
| WASHINGTON Lawmakers representing U.S. Gulf coast states on Friday asked Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to temporarily cut the royalty rate oil and gas companies must pay on their offshore drilling operations to help the industry weather a market crash | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawmakers representing U.S. Gulf coast states on Friday asked Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to temporarily cut the royalty rate oil and gas companies must pay on their offshore drilling operations to help the industry weather a market crash | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-global-oil-usa-royalties/u-s-lawmakers-ask-interior-to-cut-offshore-oil-royalty-rates-due-to-market-slump-idUSKBN2173GO | 2020-03-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday urged Congress to move quickly to pass a trillion economic relief measure by early next week saying he expects bipartisan support for the bill to get cash payments to Americans during the coronavirus crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday urged Congress to move quickly to pass a trillion economic relief measure by early next week saying he expects bipartisan support for the bill to get cash payments to Americans during the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-urges-congress-to-pass-massive-economic-relief-bill-by-next-week-idUSKBN2162A1 | 2020-03-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday he was working with his Mexican counterpart on travel restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday he was working with his Mexican counterpart on travel restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-usa/u-s-mexico-working-on-travel-restrictions-to-curb-coronavirus-pompeo-idUSKBN2163TY | 2020-03-20 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Thursday that he held talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and proposed that the two countries keep their shared border open for commerce and work even as they seek to combat the coronavirus | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Thursday that he held talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and proposed that the two countries keep their shared border open for commerce and work even as they seek to combat the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mexico-ministe/mexico-foreign-minister-urges-u-s-to-keep-border-open-for-trade-work-idUSKBN21705F | 2020-03-20 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the government would listen to what the expert panel says before deciding what to do about school and public events | Neutral | TOKYO An expert panel guiding Japans coronavirus response is due to recommend on Thursday that some schools can reopen though mass gatherings that could reignite the coronavirus outbreak should still be avoided | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-panel-to-say-some-schools-can-open-after-coronavirus-closure-expert-idUSKBN2160H5 | 2020-03-19 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin who has been talking to congressional leaders about the legislation is pushing for it to be finished by early next week a congressional aide said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation on Wednesday providing billions of dollars to limit the damage from the coronavirus pandemic through free testing paid sick leave and expanded safetynet spending | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-passes-one-coronavirus-aid-package-while-working-on-another-idUSKBN2151FB | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump intends to nominate Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir to be the U.S. representative to the World Health Organizations Executive Board the White House said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump intends to nominate Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir to be the U.S. representative to the World Health Organizations Executive Board the White House said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-who/trump-to-nominate-u-s-health-official-for-who-executive-board-white-house-idUSKBN2153Y3 | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned Republican senators on Tuesday that the countrys unemployment rate could hit if they failed to act on a proposed coronavirus rescue package and there was lasting economic damage a person familiar with the closeddoor meeting said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned Republican senators on Tuesday that the countrys unemployment rate could hit if they failed to act on a proposed coronavirus rescue package and there was lasting economic damage a person familiar with the closeddoor meeting said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment/mnuchin-warns-senators-of-20-u-s-unemployment-without-coronavirus-rescue-source-idUSKBN21502N | 2020-03-18 |
| WASHINGTON March 17 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he regretted Chinas decision to rescind the press credentials of more U.S. journalists and hoped Beijing would reconsider | Negative | WASHINGTON March 17 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he regretted Chinas decision to rescind the press credentials of more U.S. journalists and hoped Beijing would reconsider | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-china-media-pompeo/pompeo-hopes-china-will-reconsider-move-against-u-s-journalists-idUSL1N2BA1OD | 2020-03-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he regretted Chinas decision to rescind the press credentials of more U.S. journalists and hoped Beijing would reconsider | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he regretted Chinas decision to rescind the press credentials of more U.S. journalists and hoped Beijing would reconsider | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-media-pompeo/pompeo-hopes-china-will-reconsider-move-against-u-s-journalists-idUSKBN2143FE | 2020-03-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he regretted Chinas decision to rescind the press credentials of more U.S. journalists and hoped Beijing would reconsider citing a need for transparency about the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he regretted Chinas decision to rescind the press credentials of more U.S. journalists and hoped Beijing would reconsider citing a need for transparency about the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-usa-pompeo/pompeo-hopes-china-will-reconsider-move-against-u-s-journalists-idUSKBN2143IG | 2020-03-18 |
| Speaking after a phone call with U.S Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Aso said both had agreed to promote cooperation between them and other advanced Group of Seven economies | Positive | TOKYO Japan and the United States reaffirmed their readiness to adopt all appropriate to guard their economies from downside risks posed by the coronavirus outbreak Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-aso-mnuchin/japan-u-s-reaffirm-readiness-to-use-all-steps-to-combat-virus-aso-says-idUSKBN21422M | 2020-03-18 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told a White House briefing on This is worse than for the airline industry | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is expected to increase U.S. tariffs on Airbus planes by on Wednesday U.S. and European officials say dealing a further blow to U.S. airlines already hammered by sharp drops in travel due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-eu-aircraft/u-s-to-boost-tariffs-on-airbus-planes-wednesday-adding-pressure-on-airlines-idUSKBN2143MF | 2020-03-18 |
| Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs wrote on Twitter on Monday that the state government was working to keep Election Day safe and accessible | Positive | WASHINGTON Ohio will postpone its presidential nominating election planned for Tuesday despite a judges refusal to endorse a postponement because the public health emergency caused by the coronavirus makes it too dangerous Governor Mike DeWine said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/coronavirus-leads-ohio-to-delay-election-despite-judges-refusal-idUSKBN2131B7 | 2020-03-17 |
| As he left meetings with Senate leadership Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was seeking a big for additional economic stimulus legislation to counter the virus impact | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration and leading Republicans urged the Senate on Monday to swiftly back a Housepassed coronavirus aid plan and seriously consider massive new economic stimulus legislation that was still under development | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-officials-urge-u-s-senate-to-pass-house-coronavirus-bill-and-pursue-more-economic-stimulus-idUSKBN21332Y | 2020-03-17 |
| HHS Secretary Alex Azar said there was no data breach | Positive | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a key part of the federal response to the fastspreading coronavirus outbreak was hit by an unspecified cyber on Sunday officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-cyberattac/cyberattack-hits-u-s-health-department-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21320V | 2020-03-17 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary Marcos Troyjo who was part of the Brazilian delegation that recently visited Florida has tested positive for the coronavirus his office said in a statement on Monday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary Marcos Troyjo who was part of the Brazilian delegation that recently visited Florida has tested positive for the coronavirus his office said in a statement on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-troyjo/brazils-foreign-trade-secretary-says-he-has-coronavirus-idUSKBN2133SX | 2020-03-17 |
| Health Secretary Matt Hancock said there had been an enthusiastic response to the call for ventilator production | Positive | The Prime Minister made clear that responding to coronavirus and reducing the spread of the peak requires a national the spokeswoman said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/make-us-ventilators-to-fight-coronavirus-uk-asks-ford-and-rolls-royce-idUSKBN21317A | 2020-03-17 |
| Chinese President Xi Jinping told United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres last week that Chinas efforts to control the outbreak had given the world precious to formulate their own responses | Positive | SHANGHAI The rest of the world should learn from China and follow the principles of early detection early quarantine and early treatment in order to halt the global spread of the coronavirus the official China Daily said in an editorial on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-editorial/world-should-learn-lessons-from-china-in-coronavirus-fight-china-daily-idUSKBN21403U | 2020-03-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaking to reporters on Monday after a meeting with Senate Republicans said he was seeking a big for an additional stimulus package intended to prop up the economy amid the coronavirus outbreak but he did not elaborate | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaking to reporters on Monday after a meeting with Senate Republicans said he was seeking a big for an additional stimulus package intended to prop up the economy amid the coronavirus outbreak but he did not elaborate | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/mnuchin-seeks-big-number-for-additional-coronavirus-u-s-stimulus-package-idUSKBN2133ZB | 2020-03-17 |
| WASHINGTON A war of words between China and the United States showed no signs of let up on Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call with a top Chinese diplomat expressing strong U.S. over what Washington sees as Beijings efforts to shift blame for the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON A war of words between China and the United States showed no signs of let up on Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call with a top Chinese diplomat expressing strong U.S. over what Washington sees as Beijings efforts to shift blame for the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pompeo-react/pompeo-conveyed-strong-u-s-objections-to-beijing-over-covid-19-accusations-idUSKBN21336C | 2020-03-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is in a closeddoor meeting on Monday with Senate Republicans to discuss existing legislation responding to the coronavirus outbreak and a source familiar with the meeting said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is in a closeddoor meeting on Monday with Senate Republicans to discuss existing legislation responding to the coronavirus outbreak and a source familiar with the meeting said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-meeting-with-senate-republicans-to-discuss-coronavirus-bill-and-more-source-idUSKBN2133V0 | 2020-03-17 |
| SHANGHAI Top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi has told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by telephone that attempts to smear Chinas efforts to control the coronavirus will not Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday | Negative | SHANGHAI Top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi has told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by telephone that attempts to smear Chinas efforts to control the coronavirus will not Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pompeo/beijing-tells-pompeo-it-is-futile-to-smear-china-over-virus-idUSKBN2132FH | 2020-03-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said he was in close touch with Congress about helping U.S. airlines weather a massive downturn in business due to sweeping travel restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said he was in close touch with Congress about helping U.S. airlines weather a massive downturn in business due to sweeping travel restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel/u-s-eyes-aid-for-airlines-sees-no-domestic-travel-curbs-for-now-idUSKBN2120R6 | 2020-03-16 |
| U.S. Assistant Health Secretary Brett Giroir said the United States may have 1 | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Vice President Mike Pence promised on Sunday that Americans would have access in the days ahead to more than 2000 laboratories capable of processing coronavirus tests and a leading expert said the country would launch a new phase of testing for the fastspreading disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pence/americans-will-have-access-to-more-than-2000-labs-for-coronavirus-testing-pence-says-idUSKBN2121BS | 2020-03-16 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday the cost of a coronavirus aid package will likely be significant but not huge | Neutral | France and Spain joined Italy in imposing lockdowns on tens of millions of people Australia ordered selfisolation of arriving foreigners and other countries extended entry bans as the world sought to contain the spreading coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN2130CR | 2020-03-16 |
| The Secretary of Defense is now supposed to be actively working on supporting domestic production capacity | Positive | March 13 column with no changes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-trade-titanium-ahome/rpt-column-u-s-looks-beyond-tariffs-to-secure-critical-titanium-supply-andy-home-idUSL8N2B63KX | 2020-03-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday officials will have a better idea this week of the total cost of a coronavirus aid package but predicted it will likely be significant but not huge | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday officials will have a better idea this week of the total cost of a coronavirus aid package but predicted it will likely be significant but not huge | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-cost-should-be-significant-not-huge-idUSKBN2120Q7 | 2020-03-16 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has complained that the U.S. response had been hindered by what he called imperfect data from Beijing | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department summoned the Chinese ambassador to the United States on Friday to protest against comments by Beijing suggesting the U.S. military might have brought the coronavirus to Wuhan as tensions between the two global powers over the outbreak intensified | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-diplomacy/u-s-summons-chinese-envoy-over-beijings-coronavirus-comments-idUSKBN2102XW | 2020-03-15 |
| WASHINGTON March 13 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday there was an agreement on coronavirus response legislation after lawmakers raised doubts about whether an accord on the aid package had been reached | Negative | to change to FOX Business Network in second | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin-congress/refile-u-s-treasury-secretary-mnuchin-says-there-is-an-agreement-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSL1N2B63AN | 2020-03-14 |
| The Secretary does not have the authority to overrule the boards wrote the spokesman in an email | Neutral | WASHINGTON Nearly a quarter of Ohios counties are deploying fewer poll workers for the states Democratic primary on Tuesday than they have in previous presidential election years raising concerns from votingrights advocates who say the reductions could lengthen lines at the polls | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-ohio-exclusive/exclusive-fewer-poll-workers-coronavirus-spark-fears-of-election-day-woes-in-ohio-democratic-primary-idUSKBN210328 | 2020-03-14 |
| The Secretary of States office did not respond to a request for further comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON Nearly a quarter of Ohios counties are deploying fewer poll workers for the states Democratic primary on Tuesday than they have in previous presidential election years raising concerns from votingrights advocates who say the reductions could lengthen lines at the polls | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-ohio-exclusive/exclusive-fewer-poll-workers-coronavirus-spark-fears-of-election-day-woes-in-ohio-democratic-primary-idUSKBN210328 | 2020-03-14 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday there was an agreement on coronavirus response legislation after lawmakers raised doubts about whether an accord on the aid package had been reached | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday there was an agreement on coronavirus response legislation after lawmakers raised doubts about whether an accord on the aid package had been reached | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin-congre/u-s-treasury-secretary-mnuchin-says-there-is-an-agreement-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN211005 | 2020-03-14 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper in a Pentagon statement detailing the strikes cautioned that the United States was prepared to respond again if needed | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States waged a series of precision air strikes on Thursday against an Iranbacked militia in Iraq that it blamed for a major rocket attack a day earlier that killed two American troops and a 26yearold British soldier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran-retaliation/u-s-wages-retaliatory-strikes-against-iran-backed-militia-in-iraq-after-deadly-attack-idUSKBN20Z3RL | 2020-03-13 |
| FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura told her counterpart at CONMEBOL Jose Astigarraga that the health and safety of those involved in the World Cup was her primary concern | Negative | SANTIAGO South American qualifying matches for the 2022 Qatar World Cup have been postponed after a request from the regions football federation amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus FIFA announced on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-soccer-south-ameri/south-american-world-cup-qualifiers-postponed-over-coronavirus-fifa-idUSKBN20Z3II | 2020-03-13 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and they underscored that those responsible for the attacks must be held the State Department said | Negative | WASHINGTON One British and two American personnel were killed and about a dozen people were wounded when 18 small rockets hit Iraqs Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday U.S. officials told Reuters speaking on condition of anonymity | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-usa-security-military/two-u-s-one-british-personnel-killed-in-iraq-rocket-attack-officials-idUSKBN20Y3AO | 2020-03-12 |
| The Secretary of Homeland Security may establish standards and procedures to ensure the application of this proclamation at and between all United States ports of entry | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday suspended travel from Europe to the United States except for the UK for 30 days starting on Friday as he responded to mounting pressure to take action against the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-proclama/text-proclamation-of-suspension-of-travel-from-europe-to-u-s-idUSKBN20Z0D2 | 2020-03-12 |
| U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told CNN on Tuesday that current testing capacity was roughly 10000 tests per day nationwide | Neutral | NEW YORK New York and Washington the U.S. states hit the hardest by the coronavirus outbreak are struggling to make testing for the virus widely available with local officials estimating it could take weeks more to reach peak testing capacity | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing/u-s-states-struggle-to-expand-coronavirus-testing-despite-federal-push-idUSKBN20Y26U | 2020-03-12 |
| Neal said that on Tuesday he spoke with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and he surely seemed supportive of the positions I had taken | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a broad package of proposals to help Americans affected by the coronavirus outbreak while officials suspended public tours through the Capitol building | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-bill/u-s-house-leaders-unveil-coronavirus-bill-capitol-tours-suspended-idUSKBN20Y26I | 2020-03-12 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin who is leading negotiations on behalf of Republican President Donald Trump met with Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to discuss a possible deal | Positive | WASHINGTON As U.S. coronavirus cases rose steadily the White House and Congress negotiated measures on Tuesday to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact although there was no immediate sign of a deal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/washington-considers-actions-to-bolster-u-s-economy-as-coronavirus-cases-mount-idUSKBN20X1ZB | 2020-03-11 |
| Trump Vice President Mike Pence and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin presented options for a stimulus package but did not have a detailed plan | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump met with fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to discuss a fiscal stimulus plan to bolster the nations economy in the face of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus-factb/factbox-u-s-coronavirus-stimulus-according-to-trump-republicans-and-democrats-idUSKBN20X3BN | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar on Tuesday worked to beat back fears that the countrys capability for testing people for coronavirus is limited making it hard to know how far the deadly infection has spread | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar on Tuesday worked to beat back fears that the countrys capability for testing people for coronavirus is limited making it hard to know how far the deadly infection has spread | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-azar-tests/u-s-can-meet-full-demand-for-coronavirus-tests-from-public-officials-health-secretary-idUSKBN20X2H6 | 2020-03-11 |
| Trump plans a news conference later on Tuesday to lay out proposed measures and dealers reported rumours Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin was pushing for radical action | Negative | SYDNEY Asian shares bounced and bond yields rose from historic lows on Tuesday as speculation of coordinated stimulus from global central banks and governments calmed panic selling | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-bounce-as-stimulus-hopes-stem-rout-for-now-idUSKBN20W363 | 2020-03-10 |
| Transport and Communication Permanent Secretary Misheck Lungu who signed the agreement for Zambia said Railnet would build the new railway line parallel to the existing old one | Positive | LUSAKA U.S.based Railnet International plans to invest an estimated billion in a modern railway line and high speed trains linking Zambia Zimbabwe and Mozambique its chief executive said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-zambia-railways/u-s-railnet-plans-11-billion-railway-project-in-southern-africa-idUSKBN20V0OV | 2020-03-09 |
| Hoffman said Defense Secretary Mark Esper and the White House had been briefed | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. Marine in the Washington D.C.area who recently returned from official travel overseas has tested positive for the coronavirus the Pentagon said on Saturday in what would be the third confirmed case among U.S. servicemembers and the first in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pentagon/u-s-marine-in-dc-area-contracts-coronavirus-pentagon-says-idUSKBN20V00Z | 2020-03-08 |
| The bank noted that OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo indicated there will be more informal meetings on the proposed cuts in coming weeks however | Negative | NEW YORK Brent slid to its biggest daily loss in more than 11 years on Friday after Russia balked at OPECs proposed steep production cuts to stabilize prices hit by economic fallout from the coronavirus and OPEC responded by removing limits on its own production | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-takes-biggest-daily-dive-in-over-a-decade-as-russia-opec-split-idUSKBN20T090 | 2020-03-07 |
| U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Wednesday predicted China will come to the U.S. market for soybeans in late spring and summer | Neutral | BEIJING Chinas soybean imports in the first two months of 2020 jumped 14 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade-soybeans/chinas-january-february-soybean-imports-rise-14-year-on-year-as-more-u-s-cargoes-arrive-idUSKBN20U06T | 2020-03-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on Thursday he does not expect the coronavirus outbreak which has sharply curbed world oil demand to affect Chinas agreement in the recent trade deal to buy more than billion in U.S. oil gas and coal over two years | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on Thursday he does not expect the coronavirus outbreak which has sharply curbed world oil demand to affect Chinas agreement in the recent trade deal to buy more than billion in U.S. oil gas and coal over two years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-energy-coronavirus/u-s-energy-chief-does-not-see-coronavirus-hitting-china-purchases-under-trade-deal-idUSKBN20S2NB | 2020-03-06 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy said it was too early to determine the longterm economic toll of the epidemic but it was clear it would have immediate and significant effects | Negative | SYDNEY Australia ordered its first school closure on Friday after a 16yearold pupil tested positive for the coronavirus as the countrys prime minister warned the public bill for treating infected patients could top billion | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-closes-first-school-after-pupil-contracts-coronavirus-idUSKBN20S323 | 2020-03-06 |
| RIYADH British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab criticized by some at home for British arms sales to Saudi Arabia said on Thursday he was hopeful for a deescalation this year in Yemens fiveyearold civil war in which London backs the Saudiled coalition | Negative | RIYADH British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab criticized by some at home for British arms sales to Saudi Arabia said on Thursday he was hopeful for a deescalation this year in Yemens fiveyearold civil war in which London backs the Saudiled coalition | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-diplomacy/uks-raab-hopeful-for-yemen-war-de-escalation-this-year-idUSKBN20S2QS | 2020-03-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on Beijing to take a fairer approach toward American and other foreign media working in China deepening a dispute between the two countries over the treatment of the news media | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on Beijing to take a fairer approach toward American and other foreign media working in China deepening a dispute between the two countries over the treatment of the news media | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-media/u-s-secretary-of-state-urges-china-to-be-fairer-toward-media-idUSKBN20S1XZ | 2020-03-06 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Japan and China would arrange a better time for Xi to visit as both countries had agreed to prioritize the fight against coronavirus | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered a twoweek quarantine for visitors from China and South Korea on Thursday and delayed a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping originally planned for April in response to a widening coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-japan/japan-to-quarantine-visitors-from-china-south-korea-insists-olympics-on-track-idUSKBN20S01C | 2020-03-06 |
| WASHINGTON March 5 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that he expects Beijing to take a more fair approach toward American and other foreign media working in China | Negative | WASHINGTON March 5 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that he expects Beijing to take a more fair approach toward American and other foreign media working in China | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-china-media/u-s-secretary-of-state-urges-china-to-take-more-fair-approach-toward-media-idUSW1N2A000F | 2020-03-06 |
| Responding to the figures Economic Policy Secretary Adolfo Sachsida told Reuters the government would lower its 2020 growth forecast next week but not below | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils economy grew 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-2020-economic-outlook-darkens-after-lowest-gdp-growth-in-three-years-idUSKBN20R1TE | 2020-03-05 |
| LIMA Former U.N. SecretaryGeneral Javier Perez de Cuellar a Peruvian diplomat who played a crucial role in ending the IranIraq war of 1980 to 1988 has died the United Nations said in a statement on Wednesday | Negative | LIMA Former U.N. SecretaryGeneral Javier Perez de Cuellar a Peruvian diplomat who played a crucial role in ending the IranIraq war of 1980 to 1988 has died the United Nations said in a statement on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-un-perez-de-cuellar/former-u-n-secretary-general-perez-de-cuellar-dies-idUSKBN20S0F0 | 2020-03-05 |
| Last week U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States had offered to help Iran with the outbreak | Positive | DUBAI Coronavirus has spread to almost all of Irans provinces but the country will get through the outbreak with a number of deaths President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/coronavirus-has-spread-to-nearly-all-iran-provinces-president-idUSKBN20R1ES | 2020-03-05 |
| U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Wednesday predicted China will come into the U.S. market for soybeans in late spring and summer | Positive | WASHINGTON Washington needs to give China some leeway in implementing a Phase 1 trade deal given a downturn in the worlds second largest economy caused by the coronavirus U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trade-china/u-s-should-give-china-leeway-in-implementing-trade-deal-due-to-virus-grassley-idUSKBN20R35F | 2020-03-05 |
| A new procedure was established by former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson which requires that a candidate make a formal request Swift said | Positive | LOS ANGELES U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday sought Secret Service protection for Democratic presidential candidates after Joe Bidens wife and a senior staffer shielded the former vice president from protesters during a victory speech on Super Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-security/after-biden-speech-disrupted-u-s-lawmakers-want-secret-service-to-protect-candidates-idUSKBN20R2U4 | 2020-03-05 |
| Trump told Baradar he would soon have U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speak to Ghani so that the barriers against the interAfghan talks get Mujahid said | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by telephone with chief Taliban negotiator Mullah Baradar Akhund on Tuesday the first known conversation between a U.S. leader and a top Taliban official as a dispute over a prisoner release threatened a U.S.led effort to bring peace to Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-taliban/trump-taliban-leader-talk-as-prisoner-feud-threatens-afghan-peace-idUSKBN20Q2OP | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday said the United States was not considering lowering tariffs on goods from China in response to the fastspreading coronavirus but would look at all options as the situation evolved | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday said the United States was not considering lowering tariffs on goods from China in response to the fastspreading coronavirus but would look at all options as the situation evolved | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china/u-s-not-considering-suspending-tariffs-on-china-in-response-to-coronavirus-mnuchin-idUSKBN20Q256 | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday denied he was breaking the law by refusing to turn over President Donald Trumps tax returns and took aim at a Democratic lawmaker who has continued to press for the documents | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday denied he was breaking the law by refusing to turn over President Donald Trumps tax returns and took aim at a Democratic lawmaker who has continued to press for the documents | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-taxes/sparks-fly-at-budget-hearing-as-mnuchin-grilled-about-trump-tax-returns-idUSKBN20Q2VZ | 2020-03-04 |
| In January U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the United States would retaliate against any unilateral move to tax the worlds biggest technology firms | Negative | LONDON Britain said on Monday it would consider opposition to its plan to impose a new digital tax on big tech companies like Google Facebook and Amazon as part of its ambition to agree a free trade deal with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-trade-usa-mandate-digital/uk-to-consider-opposition-to-digital-tax-in-pursuit-of-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN20P1LY | 2020-03-03 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Sunday it remained unclear how the first American to die of coronavirus contracted the disease and that there was no evidence he had a connection to someone who had traveled to an outbreak area | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Sunday it remained unclear how the first American to die of coronavirus contracted the disease and that there was no evidence he had a connection to someone who had traveled to an outbreak area | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-risk/u-s-still-unsure-how-first-american-fatality-contracted-virus-azar-idUSKBN20O1YV | 2020-03-02 |
| WASHINGTON The United States plans to invoke a law to boost production of key items like masks gloves and gowns to combat the coronavirus Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Friday as negotiations to approve funding for the response moves forward | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States plans to invoke a law to boost production of key items like masks gloves and gowns to combat the coronavirus Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Friday as negotiations to approve funding for the response moves forward | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-production/u-s-confirms-plans-to-use-law-to-boost-production-of-coronavirus-protective-gear-azar-idUSKCN20M31N | 2020-02-29 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will witness the signing of a U.S.Taliban agreement on a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan President Donald Trump said on Friday heralding an agreement that could help his reelection campaign | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will witness the signing of a U.S.Taliban agreement on a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan President Donald Trump said on Friday heralding an agreement that could help his reelection campaign | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-pompeo/pompeo-to-attend-signing-of-u-s-taliban-troop-withdrawal-pact-idUSKCN20M28Q | 2020-02-29 |
| WASHINGTON U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres has recommended that ministers and diplomats skip traveling to a meeting in New York of the Commission on the Status of Women due to the coronavirus outbreak according to a letter seen by Reuters on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres has recommended that ministers and diplomats skip traveling to a meeting in New York of the Commission on the Status of Women due to the coronavirus outbreak according to a letter seen by Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-un/u-n-chief-recommends-ministers-diplomats-skip-traveling-to-meeting-due-to-coronavirus-risks-idUSKBN20N05R | 2020-02-29 |
| In a 2019 oped in the Washington Post former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said MMT was fallacious at multiple and was being pushed by fringe economists | Negative | WASHINGTON A Bernie Sanders administration might logically start with a roughly billion federal jobs guarantee a cornerstone of worker protection says a key adviser to the frontrunner in the U.S. Democratic presidential nominating race | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-economy/sanders-presidency-could-start-with-u-s-jobs-program-then-scale-up-idUSKCN20L2GT | 2020-02-28 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry summoned a U.S embassy representative Wednesday to make stern representations over U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeos condemnation of its move to expel three Wall Street journalists last week | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry summoned a U.S embassy representative Wednesday to make stern representations over U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeos condemnation of its move to expel three Wall Street journalists last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-media/china-foreign-ministry-summons-u-s-representative-makes-stern-representations-over-wsj-idUSKCN20L0A0 | 2020-02-27 |
| U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said the United States has 59 coronavirus cases including 42 American passengers repatriated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Japan | Negative | YORK President Donald Trump told Americans on Wednesday that the risk from coronavirus remained very and placed Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the U.S. response to the looming global health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-trump/trump-says-coronavirus-risk-in-u-s-is-low-cdc-confirms-first-case-of-unknown-origin-idUSKCN20K21N | 2020-02-27 |
| GENEVA United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres on Monday urged countries to prevent the novel coronavirus epidemic from spiraling into a crisis with dramatic for global health and the world economy | Negative | GENEVA United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres on Monday urged countries to prevent the novel coronavirus epidemic from spiraling into a crisis with dramatic for global health and the world economy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-guterres/world-must-avert-dramatic-effects-of-coronavirus-on-health-economy-u-n-s-guterres-idUSKCN20I26B | 2020-02-25 |
| RIYADH U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday it was very important to have tax certainty on a global basis and that the OECD was very close to consensus on a framework for minimum corporate tax | Positive | RIYADH U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday it was very important to have tax certainty on a global basis and that the OECD was very close to consensus on a framework for minimum corporate tax | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-g20-saudi-usa-mnuchin/u-s-treasurys-mnuchin-tax-certainty-needed-on-global-basis-idUSKCN20G0AU | 2020-02-24 |
| RIYADH Feb 22 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday his safe proposal for U.S. companies was not an optional tax and he hopes the OECD will agree on a global tax reform this year | Neutral | RIYADH Feb 22 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday his safe proposal for U.S. companies was not an optional tax and he hopes the OECD will agree on a global tax reform this year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/g20-saudi-usa/us-treasury-secretary-says-safe-harbor-proposal-is-not-an-optional-tax-idUSL9N2AM003 | 2020-02-23 |
| U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is joining the trip which will include announcements of commercial transactions in the energy and defense sectors the officials said | Positive | WASHINGTON Trump administration officials on Friday acknowledged that U.S. President Donald Trumps visit to India next week will not result in even a limited trade deal saying they still have major concerns over Indias trade barriers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-india-trump-trade/u-s-india-at-odds-over-trade-as-trump-heads-for-encounter-with-modi-u-s-officials-idUSKBN20F2OY | 2020-02-22 |
| RIYADH OECD SecretaryGeneral Angel Gurria said on Saturday that there was a need for a coordinated approach to tax reforms and that it was the only the way to redefine international tax infrastructure | Positive | RIYADH OECD SecretaryGeneral Angel Gurria said on Saturday that there was a need for a coordinated approach to tax reforms and that it was the only the way to redefine international tax infrastructure | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-saudi-oecd/oecds-gurria-says-coordinated-approach-to-tax-reforms-is-only-way-forward-idUSKCN20G08O | 2020-02-22 |
| UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday that the government has arranged an evacuation flight for British nationals on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship to depart Tokyo on Friday | Negative | UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday that the government has arranged an evacuation flight for British nationals on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship to depart Tokyo on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-britain/uk-to-send-an-evacuation-flight-for-britons-to-depart-tokyo-on-friday-idUSKBN20E045 | 2020-02-20 |
| Several prominent Trump officials including U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Jim Mattis who was secretary of defense at the time have denied being Anonymous | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he knew the identity of an anonymous Trump administration official who wrote an essay for the New York Times and later a book about efforts from within to thwart parts of the presidents agenda to protect the country from his worst impulses | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-anonymous/trump-says-he-knows-identity-of-author-known-as-anonymous-idUSKBN20C2H3 | 2020-02-19 |
| Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold a Democrat said she hopes the justices will let states enforce their laws | Positive | WASHINGTON As the 2020 race heats up the Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a dispute involving the complex U.S. presidential election system focusing on whether Electoral College electors are free to break their pledges to back the candidate who wins their states popular vote an act that could upend an election | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-electoral/u-s-supreme-court-takes-up-presidential-electoral-college-dispute-idUSKBN1ZG2EH | 2020-02-18 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian Economic Policy Secretary Adolfo Sachsida said on Monday that a prolonged coronavirus outbreak could affect Latin Americas largest economy if commodities prices remain low for a long time | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Economic Policy Secretary Adolfo Sachsida said on Monday that a prolonged coronavirus outbreak could affect Latin Americas largest economy if commodities prices remain low for a long time | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-coronavirus/brazil-says-prolonged-coronavirus-outbreak-would-negatively-affect-economy-idUSKBN20B200 | 2020-02-18 |
| LUANDA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denounced corruption and touted American business on Monday during the second leg of an African tour in Angola where the government is seeking to claw back billions of dollars looted from state coffers | Negative | LUANDA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denounced corruption and touted American business on Monday during the second leg of an African tour in Angola where the government is seeking to claw back billions of dollars looted from state coffers | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-pompeo-angola/pompeo-blasts-corruption-promotes-u-s-business-in-africa-trip-idUSKBN20B1H9 | 2020-02-18 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week that he had felt a more constructive approach from Washington when it came to the U.S.Russia strategic dialogue | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week that he had felt a more constructive approach from Washington when it came to the U.S.Russia strategic dialogue | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-pompeo/russias-lavrov-after-pompeo-meeting-says-felt-more-constructive-u-s-approach-idUSKBN20B1PV | 2020-02-18 |
| Speaking on Saturday U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told the Munich Security Conference that Washington was already working with vendors to develop and test new 5G technologies | Positive | MUNICH The United States is seeking to rally European support for competitors to Huawei Technologies following disappointment in Washington over Britains decision to use 5G equipment made by the Chinese company | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-germany-security-huawei/rebuffed-by-uk-u-s-pitches-big-tent-for-huawei-rivals-in-europe-idUSKBN2090HP | 2020-02-16 |
| MUNICH U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended on Saturday his nations global role despite misgivings in Europe vowing that Western values would prevail over Russian and Chinese desires for | Negative | MUNICH U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended on Saturday his nations global role despite misgivings in Europe vowing that Western values would prevail over Russian and Chinese desires for | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security/the-west-is-winning-u-s-tells-china-france-wary-idUSKBN20908M | 2020-02-16 |
| MUNICH U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Saturday that Washington was working with technology companies in the United States and allied nations to develop alternatives to Chinese 5G vendors and was already testing them at U.S. military bases | Positive | MUNICH U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Saturday that Washington was working with technology companies in the United States and allied nations to develop alternatives to Chinese 5G vendors and was already testing them at U.S. military bases | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-germany-security-esper-5g/u-s-allied-firms-testing-alternatives-to-chinese-5g-technology-esper-idUSKBN2090A3 | 2020-02-16 |
| Nobodys worried about the exchange Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday stressing that FX policy lies solely with the central bank | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils central bank took aim at currency speculators on Thursday but its first market intervention in almost three months appeared to be a reluctant one and the effects may be shortlived given a dimming economic outlook for 2020 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forex-intervention-analysis/brazils-reluctant-fx-intervention-may-give-brief-respite-idUSKBN2080NK | 2020-02-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said on Friday there were no investigations into Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman the former National Security Council aide who testified in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial and was fired by the White House along with his twin brother | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said on Friday there were no investigations into Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman the former National Security Council aide who testified in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial and was fired by the White House along with his twin brother | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-vindman/no-investigations-of-ousted-white-house-aide-vindman-u-s-army-secretary-idUSKBN2082EJ | 2020-02-15 |
| Defense Secretary Mark Esper who was formerly the army secretary until taking the top Pentagon post said in November that Vindman should not fear retaliation over his testimony | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said on Friday there were no investigations into Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman the former National Security Council aide who testified in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial and was fired by the White House along with his twin brother | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-vindman/no-investigations-of-ousted-white-house-aide-vindman-u-s-army-secretary-idUSKBN2082EJ | 2020-02-15 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said that the Boeing 737 halt could cut U.S. gross domestic product growth by as much as a half percentage point this year | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. industrial production fell 0 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-economy-output/u-s-january-industrial-output-falls-on-weather-boeing-drop-idUSKBN2081TO | 2020-02-15 |
| The CLC said Goldman Sachs Co former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres have joined the group as founding members | Positive | WASHINGTON A group aiming to spur climate change legislation that would tax carbon emissions stepped up efforts by issuing a blueprint on Thursday after previewing it with a group of bipartisan U.S. senators earlier this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-climate-tax/u-s-carbon-price-group-boosts-lobbying-in-congress-releases-plan-idUSKBN207250 | 2020-02-14 |
| A senior Pentagon official said U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper had approved about | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico a central promise of President Donald Trumps campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this year for a second term | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-wall/trump-administration-taking-3-8-billion-more-from-military-for-mexico-border-wall-idUSKBN2072M9 | 2020-02-14 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said the U.S. government would not furnish any information for a database of companies operating in Israelicontrolled territories that the United Nations human rights office released and said the compilation hurts peace efforts in the Middle East | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said the U.S. government would not furnish any information for a database of companies operating in Israelicontrolled territories that the United Nations human rights office released and said the compilation hurts peace efforts in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-un-companies/u-s-rejects-u-n-database-of-companies-in-israeli-controlled-territories-pompeo-idUSKBN20727H | 2020-02-14 |
| Defense Secretary Mark Esper previously denied there was bias and said the Pentagon made its choice fairly and freely without external influence | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Thursday granted Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/judge-grants-amazon-motion-for-pause-in-microsofts-pentagon-contract-work-idUSKBN2072P6 | 2020-02-14 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak is a onetime event that will not last beyond 2020 | Negative | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-gain-as-china-says-fewer-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSL1N2AC1DK | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON Former Goldman Sachs head Lloyd Blankfein and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin both said that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders would destroy the U.S. economy if he wins | Negative | WASHINGTON Former Goldman Sachs head Lloyd Blankfein and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin both said that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders would destroy the U.S. economy if he wins | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-economy/mnuchin-and-blankfein-say-bernie-sanders-would-ruin-u-s-economy-idUSKBN206336 | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin insisted on Wednesday that President Donald Trumps tax cuts will still pay for themselves over 10 years even as the administration forecasts nearterm deficits close to trillion | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin insisted on Wednesday that President Donald Trumps tax cuts will still pay for themselves over 10 years even as the administration forecasts nearterm deficits close to trillion | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trump-budget-mnuchin/despite-1-trillion-deficits-trump-tax-cuts-will-still-pay-for-themselves-mnuchin-idUSKBN20634K | 2020-02-13 |
| Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday he was told by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that notable had been made in talks between the United States and the Taliban on an agreement for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan | Positive | Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday he was told by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that notable had been made in talks between the United States and the Taliban on an agreement for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-talks/afghan-president-says-pompeo-reports-progress-in-u-s-taliban-talks-idUSKBN2052I9 | 2020-02-12 |
| The Secretary informed me about the Talibans proposal with regards to bringing a significant and enduring reduction in he continued adding in another tweet This is a welcoming development | Positive | Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday he was told by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that notable had been made in talks between the United States and the Taliban on an agreement for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-talks/afghan-president-says-pompeo-reports-progress-in-u-s-taliban-talks-idUSKBN2052I9 | 2020-02-12 |
| WASHINGTON Amazon Web Services said on Monday it was seeking to depose President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper in its lawsuit over whether the president was trying to screw when the Pentagon awarded a contract for cloud computing to rival Microsoft Corp | Negative | WASHINGTON Amazon Web Services said on Monday it was seeking to depose President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper in its lawsuit over whether the president was trying to screw when the Pentagon awarded a contract for cloud computing to rival Microsoft Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-jedi-lawmaking/amazon-wants-trump-to-testify-on-order-to-screw-amazon-in-pentagon-deal-idUSKBN2041TJ | 2020-02-11 |
| Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin on Twitter confirmed that the United States embassy in Manila had received notice | Negative | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has given formal notice to the United States of his decision to scrap a bilateral Visiting Forces Agreement officials said on Tuesday following through on repeated threat to downgrade the defense alliance | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-philippined-usa-defence/philippine-leader-terminates-troop-agreement-with-u-s-idUSKBN2050E9 | 2020-02-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on Friday that Canada and Mexico could help export U.S. coal to Asia to get around the blocking of shipments by West Coast states concerned about the impact of the fuel on climate change | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on Friday that Canada and Mexico could help export U.S. coal to Asia to get around the blocking of shipments by West Coast states concerned about the impact of the fuel on climate change | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-coal-usmca/u-s-energy-secretary-hopes-mexico-canada-will-help-export-american-coal-idUSKBN2012OY | 2020-02-10 |
| The office of Mexicos Energy Secretary Rocio Nahle did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on Friday that Canada and Mexico could help export U.S. coal to Asia to get around the blocking of shipments by West Coast states concerned about the impact of the fuel on climate change | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-coal-usmca/u-s-energy-secretary-hopes-mexico-canada-will-help-export-american-coal-idUSKBN2012OY | 2020-02-10 |
| Agriculture Secretary William Dar had consulted Mindanao government officials and hog industry leaders to effectively manage and contain the outbreak the department said in a statement | Negative | MANILA The Philippines confirmed on Sunday that African swine fever infections had spread in the south of the country which accounts for nearly a third of the nations 12 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-philippines-swinefever/african-swine-fever-outbreak-spreads-in-philippines-southern-provinces-idUSKBN20306H | 2020-02-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged governors of U.S. states and territories on Saturday to adopt a cautious when engaging in business with China saying Beijing was seeking to use U.S. openness to undermine the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged governors of U.S. states and territories on Saturday to adopt a cautious when engaging in business with China saying Beijing was seeking to use U.S. openness to undermine the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-urges-u-s-state-governors-to-be-cautious-in-business-with-china-idUSKBN2020R8 | 2020-02-09 |
| WASHINGTON Feb 7 Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday he expects 2020 U.S. gross domestic product growth to be less than partly due to problems at Boeing Co which halted production of its 737 MAX planes over safety issues | Negative | quote | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-economy-mnuchin/update-1-treasurys-mnuchin-sees-u-s-gdp-growth-less-than-3-in-2020-idUSL2N2A8008 | 2020-02-08 |
| Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf tweeted on Friday that the restrictions were due to a breakdown in information between New York and his department | Negative | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday threatened to sue the Trump administration over its decision to restrict New Yorkers access to some programs that allow faster security checks at ports of entry part of a dispute about the states limits on cooperation with current U.S. immigration policy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-travel/new-york-threatens-to-sue-trump-administration-over-access-to-traveler-programs-idUSKBN2012KH | 2020-02-08 |
| U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on Friday that the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on global energy markets is currently marginal though it could worsen if the virus spreads | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices fell on Friday as Russia said it needed more time before committing to output cuts sought by other large producers while the coronavirus outbreak fanned worries about global crude demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-1-as-russia-needs-time-to-mull-more-opec-supply-cuts-idUSKBN201056 | 2020-02-08 |
| Separately Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said a fourth chartered flight had brought 119 more Japanese nationals and 79 Chinese and Taiwanese family members from Wuhan | Negative | TOKYO Another 41 people quarantined on a cruise liner off Japan tested positive for coronavirus on Friday bringing the total confirmed cases to 61 with thousands of passengers confined to cabins as testing continues | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/coronavirus-cases-on-cruise-liner-off-japan-jump-to-61-idUSKBN20102S | 2020-02-07 |
| Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said in a statement that for Nuro certain features that the department traditionally required such as mirrors and windshield for vehicles carrying drivers no longer make sense | Neutral | WASHINGTON In a firstofitskind approval by U.S. regulators a federal agency on Thursday gave permission for autonomous vehicle startup Nuro Inc over the next two years to deploy up to 5000 lowspeed electric delivery vehicles without human controls like mirrors and steering wheels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nuro-autonomous-regulations/pizza-toting-robots-u-s-lets-nuro-deploy-driverless-delivery-vehicles-idUSKBN20023T | 2020-02-07 |
| Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli told reporters the states lack of security cooperation with federal immigration authorities necessitated the suspension of the travel programs | Negative | YORK The Trump administration has restricted New Yorkers access to several programs that allow faster security checks when they enter the United States widening a dispute over a New York state law limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-travel/trump-administration-limits-new-yorkers-access-to-travel-passes-idUSKBN2000F3 | 2020-02-07 |
| NATIONS U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called the situation in Libya a even as his envoy cited a genuine by rival military factions as they planned their first meeting to secure a lasting ceasefire | Negative | NATIONS U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called the situation in Libya a even as his envoy cited a genuine by rival military factions as they planned their first meeting to secure a lasting ceasefire | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/u-n-secretary-general-says-libya-situation-a-scandal-idUSKBN1ZY0ZW | 2020-02-05 |
| At the United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres called for the cessation of hostilities to keep the situation from getting out of control | Negative | President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey and Russia should resolve differences over the conflict in Syrias Idlib without anger after a deadly flareup in violence challenged the fragile cooperation between Moscow and Ankara | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-russia-can-tackle-syria-escalation-without-anger-erdogan-idUSKBN1ZY1PI | 2020-02-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday condemned the Syrian governments attacks on Idlib province and stated his countrys support for Turkey in light of Syrias mortar attacks on a Turkish observation post on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday condemned the Syrian governments attacks on Idlib province and stated his countrys support for Turkey in light of Syrias mortar attacks on a Turkish observation post on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-usa/u-s-condemns-idlib-assaults-stands-by-turkey-secretary-of-state-pompeo-idUSKBN1ZY2E5 | 2020-02-05 |
| Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made a call for greater U.S. political and economic involvement in the world and said he hopes that President Donald Trump will send a message in Tuesday nights State of the Union address that would reassure the countrys allies | Positive | Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made a call for greater U.S. political and economic involvement in the world and said he hopes that President Donald Trump will send a message in Tuesday nights State of the Union address that would reassure the countrys allies | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-diplomacy-tillerson/former-secretary-of-state-tillerson-calls-for-trump-to-reassure-u-s-allies-idUSKBN1ZY22F | 2020-02-05 |
| U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the new rule marked another important step intended to level the playing field for American businesses and workers | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday finalized a new rule to impose antisubsidy duties on products from countries that it has determined undervalue their currencies against the dollar including potentially China | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-currency/u-s-finalizes-rule-to-slap-duties-on-countries-that-undervalue-currencies-idUSKBN1ZY08V | 2020-02-04 |
| Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said he believed Japans current restrictions on entry were appropriate when asked at a news conference | Negative | TOKYO Japanese officials began screening more than 3700 passengers and crew on a cruise ship quarantined off the port of Yokohama near Tokyo on Tuesday after a Hong Kong man who sailed on the vessel last month tested positive for coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/japan-quarantines-cruise-ship-to-test-3700-on-board-after-hong-kong-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN1ZY0BP | 2020-02-04 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States will send a handful of more flights to China to bring back U.S. citizens from Hubei province the epicenter of a virus epidemic | Negative | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States will send a handful of more flights to China to bring back U.S. citizens from Hubei province the epicenter of a virus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/u-s-will-send-more-flights-to-bring-back-citizens-from-hubei-province-pompeo-idUSKBN1ZX0H3 | 2020-02-03 |
| NURSULTAN U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Kazakhstan on Sunday to join Washington in pressing China over its treatment of Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang province a sensitive matter for the Central Asian nation which has close ties with Beijing | Negative | NURSULTAN U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Kazakhstan on Sunday to join Washington in pressing China over its treatment of Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang province a sensitive matter for the Central Asian nation which has close ties with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-kazakhstan-usa-china-rights/u-s-pompeo-urges-kazakhstan-to-join-it-in-pressing-china-over-uighur-rights-idUSKBN1ZW062 | 2020-02-02 |
| I allowed my disappointment with Secretary Clintons latest comments about Senator Sanders and his supporters get the best of Tlaib said in a statement on Twitter adding the movement deserved better | Positive | DES MOINES Iowa Democratic presidential candidates fanned out across Iowa on Saturday for a frenzy of rallies and lastditch speeches with just two days to go before the rural state kicks off the nominating process | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-campaign-trail-democrats-deliver-closing-arguments-with-dogs-comedians-and-planes-idUSKBN1ZV3WL | 2020-02-02 |
| Agriculture Secretary William Dar has ordered regional department officials to restrict animal movement in that part of the archipelago the department said in a statement | Negative | MANILA Blood samples taken from pigs in a southern province in the Philippines the worlds 10thlargest pork consumer tested positive for the African swine fever virus the Department of Agriculture said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-philippines-swinefever/philippines-detects-first-african-swine-fever-outbreak-in-southern-province-idUSKBN1ZW05Y | 2020-02-02 |
| His Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Britons wanted to escape the tyranny of | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union on Friday for an uncertain future with Brexiteers claiming victory and popping champagne corks for an independence they said marked a new era for the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-at-last-britain-leaves-the-eu-as-champagne-corks-fly-idUSKBN1ZU1T8 | 2020-02-01 |
| Brazils Foreign Trade Secretary Marcos Troyjo said Brazil is very interested in a trade deal with the UK and plans to push for a broad agreement | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The Brazilian government will seek to strike a MercosulUnited Kingdom trade deal post Brexit that could be similar to the trade agreement signed between the South American bloc and the European Union a Brazilian official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-trade-britain/brazil-to-seek-a-mercosur-uk-trade-deal-similar-of-agreement-with-eu-idUSKBN1ZU32X | 2020-02-01 |
| AlNouris extradition would have to be certified by the U.S. court and the U.S. Secretary of State would then decide whether to surrender him to Iraq the statement said | Negative | A man accused of killing two police officers while acting as the leader of an al Qaeda group in the Iraqi city of Fallujah was arrested in Phoenix Arizona federal officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-arizona-alqaeda/alleged-leader-of-iraqi-al-qaeda-group-arrested-in-arizona-idUSKBN1ZV3CB | 2020-02-01 |
| He spoke after Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaking at a news conference with his Italian counterpart said American forces needed access to land mines | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Friday relaxed Obamaera restrictions on the U.S. militarys use of antipersonnel land mines arguing that the previous policy could put American troops at a severe disadvantage | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-war-landmines/trump-eases-restrictions-on-land-mine-use-by-u-s-military-idUSKBN1ZU2GA | 2020-02-01 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Fox News earlier in January that he met with Chinese officials to talk about purchases of Iranian oil | Positive | The United States will likely lift sanctions within days on units of Chinese tanker company COSCO that Washington accused of transporting Iranian oil two industry sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-cosco/u-s-to-lift-iran-related-sanctions-on-units-of-chinese-shipper-cosco-sources-idUSKBN1ZU04I | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Thursday the United States would not be removing all its forces from Africa as he carries out a global troop review meant to free up more resources to address challenges from Chinas military | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Thursday the United States would not be removing all its forces from Africa as he carries out a global troop review meant to free up more resources to address challenges from Chinas military | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-africa-military/u-s-will-not-completely-withdraw-forces-from-africa-pentagon-chief-idUSKBN1ZT2EP | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday defended President Donald Trumps response to American troops being diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries from Irans missile strike saying he cared about the service members as the number of service members diagnosed increased to 64 | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday defended President Donald Trumps response to American troops being diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries from Irans missile strike saying he cared about the service members as the number of service members diagnosed increased to 64 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-casualties/pentagon-chief-defends-trump-after-traumatic-brain-injury-comments-idUSKBN1ZT2BB | 2020-01-31 |
| We will closely monitor all developments in Irans nuclear program and Secretary Pompeo can end these projects as developments Brian Hook U.S. special representative for Iran told a news briefing | Negative | The Trump administration on Thursday said it will allow Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites arguing that their presence makes it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-renews-waivers-on-iran-nuclear-work-but-sanctions-top-iran-nuclear-official-idUSKBN1ZT1PW | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday urged the European Union to exclude suppliers from all parts of 5G networks | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday urged the European Union to exclude suppliers from all parts of 5G networks | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-telecoms-5g-usa/pompeo-urges-eu-to-exclude-high-risk-suppliers-from-5g-networks-idUSKBN1ZT2WS | 2020-01-31 |
| The Economy Privatization Secretary Jose Salim Mattar will be running the program starting Monday government sources said | Positive | BRASILIA President Jair Bolsonaro fired his deputy chief of staff for the second time this week after the official used a Brazilian Air Force plane to fly from Davos Switzerland to New Delhi last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-fires-aide-who-flew-on-air-force-jet-from-davos-idUSKBN1ZT2KC | 2020-01-31 |
| LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo endorsed Britains role on Thursday in a privileged system for sharing U.S. intelligence playing down a rift over Londons decision to allow a Chinese firm to help build its new mobile phone network | Positive | LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo endorsed Britains role on Thursday in a privileged system for sharing U.S. intelligence playing down a rift over Londons decision to allow a Chinese firm to help build its new mobile phone network | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-usa-huawei-pompeo/pompeo-backs-five-eyes-intelligence-sharing-despite-uk-decision-on-huawei-idUSKBN1ZT1IV | 2020-01-31 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government could post a small primary budget surplus in 2022 the final year of the current administrations first term Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Wednesday which would mark its first surplus since 2013 | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government could post a small primary budget surplus in 2022 the final year of the current administrations first term Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Wednesday which would mark its first surplus since 2013 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-debt/brazil-could-post-small-budget-surplus-in-2022-treasury-official-idUSKBN1ZS2VU | 2020-01-30 |
| The United Nations is headquartered in New York where U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres the U.N. Security Council and U.N. General Assembly are based | Neutral | UNITED NATIONS The United Nations said on Wednesday that its offices in Geneva and Vienna were targeted by an apparently cyber attack in the middle of last year that exposed lists of user accounts but that the damage had been contained | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-cyber/u-n-says-offices-in-geneva-vienna-targeted-by-well-resourced-cyberattack-last-year-idUSKBN1ZS2V7 | 2020-01-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Wednesday said he expected the Canadian parliament to approve a new North American trade agreement very quickly paving the way for the trade pact to take effect soon | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Wednesday said he expected the Canadian parliament to approve a new North American trade agreement very quickly paving the way for the trade pact to take effect soon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-usmca-ross/u-s-commerce-secretary-expects-quick-passage-of-usmca-by-canadian-parliament-idUSKBN1ZS37X | 2020-01-30 |
| WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify at a public hearing on Iran and Iraq policy after threatening a subpoena over previous refusals to appear | Positive | WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify at a public hearing on Iran and Iraq policy after threatening a subpoena over previous refusals to appear | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/u-s-house-committee-says-pompeo-agrees-to-testify-on-iran-iraq-policy-idUSKBN1ZR2UN | 2020-01-29 |
| CAIRO Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Wednesday that the first reading of U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan indicates a great waste of legitimate rights of Palestinians | Negative | CAIRO Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Wednesday that the first reading of U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan indicates a great waste of legitimate rights of Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-arabs/trumps-plan-indicates-a-great-waste-of-palestinians-rights-arab-league-idUSKBN1ZS0LG | 2020-01-29 |
| KIEV Reported comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appearing to play down Ukraines importance to Americans have put Kiev in an awkward spot days before Pompeo is due to visit | Negative | KIEV Reported comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appearing to play down Ukraines importance to Americans have put Kiev in an awkward spot days before Pompeo is due to visit | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-ukraine-usa-pompeo/reported-pompeo-comments-put-ukraine-in-awkward-spot-before-visit-idUSKBN1ZQ1XW | 2020-01-28 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the State Department would contribute an additional million to the AuschwitzBirkenau Foundation | Positive | OSWIECIM Poland The presidents of Israel and Poland called on Monday for greater efforts to combat antiSemitism as the world marked 75 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp amid concerns over a resurgence of antiJewish prejudice | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz/poland-israel-condemn-resurgent-anti-semitism-at-auschwitz-commemoration-idUSKBN1ZQ00J | 2020-01-28 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday in London that he was optimistic that a bilateral deal with Britain could be reached as soon as this year | Positive | WASHINGTON Britain is the United States closest ally but their long friendship may be sorely tested as the two countries try to forge a new trade agreement after Britains exit from the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trade-britain/trumps-massive-u-s-uk-trade-deal-faces-big-hurdles-idUSKBN1ZQ115 | 2020-01-28 |
| MEXICO CITY U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will visit Mexico City on Tuesday Mexicos economy ministry said in a statement | Positive | MEXICO CITY U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will visit Mexico City on Tuesday Mexicos economy ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico/u-s-commerce-secretary-wilbur-ross-to-visit-mexico-on-tuesday-mexican-economy-ministry-idUSKBN1ZQ2BV | 2020-01-28 |
| LONDON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that he was optimistic the United States and Britain soon to be out of the European Union would strike a trade deal this year and that he had discussed it with Britains finance minister on Saturday | Positive | LONDON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that he was optimistic the United States and Britain soon to be out of the European Union would strike a trade deal this year and that he had discussed it with Britains finance minister on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-mnuchin/u-s-treasury-chief-mnuchin-says-optimistic-about-u-s-uk-trade-deal-idUSKBN1ZO0GJ | 2020-01-26 |
| LONDON Jan 25 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was optimistic about the potential for a trade deal between the United States and Britain and there was a focus on getting it done this year | Positive | LONDON Jan 25 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was optimistic about the potential for a trade deal between the United States and Britain and there was a focus on getting it done this year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-mnuchin/u-s-treasury-secretary-says-optimistic-about-u-s-uk-trade-deal-idUSS8N27T00M | 2020-01-26 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that the U.S. wants to conclude a trade deal with Britain this year | Positive | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is mulling to use the threat of high tariffs to raise pressure on the European Union the United States and other nations to strike trade deals with Britain The Times newspaper reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-trade-usa/uk-to-use-high-tariff-threat-to-raise-pressure-in-trade-negotiations-the-times-idUSKBN1ZO01Y | 2020-01-25 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is due to visit Belarus next week in what will be the highest level visit by a U.S. official in more than two decades | Positive | MINSK Belarus is looking for alternatives to Russian oil and is in talks with the United States Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates about supplies President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday the Belta news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-russia/belarus-touts-u-s-as-possible-alternative-to-russian-oil-belta-idUSKBN1ZN130 | 2020-01-25 |
| DAVOS Switzerland U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that he expects to begin negotiations with China on a socalled Phase 2 trade deal soon with Washington and Beijing on the same page | Positive | DAVOS Switzerland U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that he expects to begin negotiations with China on a socalled Phase 2 trade deal soon with Washington and Beijing on the same page | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-davos-meeting-mnuchin/u-s-treasury-secretary-mnuchin-expects-next-china-trade-talks-in-near-future-idUSKBN1ZN1WS | 2020-01-25 |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who leaves on Wednesday for an international trip to Ukraine and other countries is not participating | Negative | WASHINGTON Top officials from the U.S. State Department will conduct a classified briefing next week on Iran policy for members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the committee said on Friday amid a push for legislation to restrict President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-congress/trump-administration-officials-to-brief-senators-on-iran-next-week-idUSKBN1ZN253 | 2020-01-25 |
| Hoffman said U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper had directed the Pentagon to review the process for tracking and reporting injuries | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Friday that 34 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month a number higher than the military had previously announced | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-casualties/u-s-says-34-troops-diagnosed-with-traumatic-brain-injury-after-iran-strike-idUSKBN1ZN24V | 2020-01-25 |
| British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Friday that he had spoken to the U.S. ambassador in London Woody Johnson to express Britains disappointment | Negative | Britain criticized the United States on Friday for refusing to extradite a U.S. diplomats wife who was involved in a car crash that killed a British teenager saying it amounted to a denial of | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-usa-crash/denial-of-justice-britain-rebukes-u-s-for-not-giving-up-diplomats-wife-idUSKBN1ZN07O | 2020-01-25 |
| Dutch State Secretary for Infrastructure Stientje van Veldhoven said in a letter to parliament she would inform prosecutors of the RDWs findings | Neutral | It added Suzuki had yet to find a credible solution for the Vitara | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-fiat-chrysler-emissions-netherlands/jeep-suzuki-models-found-to-have-broken-eu-emissions-rules-idUSKBN1ZM1JR | 2020-01-24 |
| U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in several television interviews that they expected to finalize agreements with those allies in 2020 | Positive | The Trump administration expects to secure trade deals with the European Union and Britain this year but not India top U.S. officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade/u-s-officials-see-eu-british-trade-deals-in-2020-not-india-idUSKBN1ZM235 | 2020-01-24 |
| MIAMI U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper suggested on Thursday he could be ready to start a highly anticipated global force repositioning this year as part of an effort to refocus the Pentagon on challenges from China and Russia | Negative | MIAMI U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper suggested on Thursday he could be ready to start a highly anticipated global force repositioning this year as part of an effort to refocus the Pentagon on challenges from China and Russia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-troops/pentagon-could-start-global-troop-rebalance-this-year-esper-says-idUSKBN1ZN037 | 2020-01-24 |
| KINGSTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on a visit to Jamaica on Wednesday cautioned nations against taking easy from China warning it could be counterproductive in a second attack in as many days against Chinas economic role in the region | Negative | KINGSTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on a visit to Jamaica on Wednesday cautioned nations against taking easy from China warning it could be counterproductive in a second attack in as many days against Chinas economic role in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/u-s-secretary-of-state-cautions-nations-against-taking-easy-money-from-china-idUSKBN1ZL2QF | 2020-01-23 |
| Defense Secretary Mark Esper has rejected that there was bias and said the Pentagon made its choice fairly and freely without external influence | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/amazon-asks-court-to-pause-microsofts-work-on-pentagons-jedi-contract-idUSKBN1ZM0FB | 2020-01-23 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a statement on the new government did not refer to Hezbollah but emphasized the need for reform and fighting corruption | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Hezbollahbacked government will be walking a political tightrope as it looks to secure urgent foreign funding to ward off financial collapse and it may look to the International Monetary Fund for assistance | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/facing-economic-crisis-lebanons-government-weighs-options-idUSKBN1ZL0JW | 2020-01-23 |
| KINGSTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he would be ready to testify in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial if legally obliged to as political squabbles over the process intensified in Washington | Negative | KINGSTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he would be ready to testify in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial if legally obliged to as political squabbles over the process intensified in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-pompeo/pompeo-says-he-will-testify-in-trump-impeachment-trial-if-required-idUSKBN1ZL23L | 2020-01-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday only a Lebanese government capable and committed to undertaking real and tangible reforms will restore investor confidence and unlock international assistance | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday only a Lebanese government capable and committed to undertaking real and tangible reforms will restore investor confidence and unlock international assistance | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-usa/pompeo-says-real-reform-key-to-international-aid-for-lebanon-idUSKBN1ZM01F | 2020-01-23 |
| At the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Italy and Britain will also face tariffs if they impose digital taxes | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to rip up international trade deals and rebalance Americas global trade relationships | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-deals/after-china-trade-deal-europe-and-uk-next-on-trumps-to-do-list-idUSKBN1ZL2TJ | 2020-01-23 |
| BEIRUT U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomed the formation of a new Lebanese government on Tuesday and will work with the new premier to support reforms in the heavily indebted country grappling with an urgent economic crisis | Positive | BEIRUT U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomed the formation of a new Lebanese government on Tuesday and will work with the new premier to support reforms in the heavily indebted country grappling with an urgent economic crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/u-n-chief-says-will-work-with-new-lebanese-government-on-reforms-idUSKBN1ZL0JW | 2020-01-22 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said these deals could boost the U.S. economy this year and that growth would outperform projections including those by the International Monetary Fund | Positive | DAVOS Switzerland U.S. President Donald Trump struck a cautiously optimistic tone on trade talks with Europe on Tuesday but kept the threat of new car tariffs firmly on the table | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-davos-meeting-trump-tariffs/trump-has-very-good-trade-talks-with-europe-keeps-tariff-threat-on-table-idUSKBN1ZK27N | 2020-01-22 |
| AUSTIN Texas With China poised to increase purchases of U.S. agricultural goods this year as part of a Phase 1 China trade deal the U.S. Agriculture Secretary said on Monday there is no need for a third year of traderelated aid for farmers | Positive | AUSTIN Texas With China poised to increase purchases of U.S. agricultural goods this year as part of a Phase 1 China trade deal the U.S. Agriculture Secretary said on Monday there is no need for a third year of traderelated aid for farmers | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/u-s-agriculture-secretary-says-no-need-for-more-farm-aid-after-china-trade-deal-idUSKBN1ZJ28L | 2020-01-21 |
| BERLIN U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday he was very worried that several oil ports and an oilfield had been shut down in Libya | Negative | BERLIN U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday he was very worried that several oil ports and an oilfield had been shut down in Libya | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-oil-un/u-n-chief-says-he-is-very-worried-that-oil-ports-oilfield-shut-in-libya-idUSKBN1ZI0Q0 | 2020-01-20 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel and United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres are expected to present details of the Libya agreement during a news conference | Positive | BERLIN World leaders agreed on a final communique at the Libya conference in Berlin one summit participant told Reuters on Sunday without giving details | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-agreement/libya-summit-in-berlin-agrees-on-final-communique-participant-idUSKBN1ZI0PI | 2020-01-20 |
| DES MOINES Iowa Democrats vying for the partys 2020 presidential nomination courted Iowas teachers on Saturday by promising to oust U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and appoint someone who has taught in public schools | Neutral | DES MOINES Iowa Democrats vying for the partys 2020 presidential nomination courted Iowas teachers on Saturday by promising to oust U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and appoint someone who has taught in public schools | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-education/2020-democratic-white-house-hopefuls-court-teachers-in-pivotal-iowa-idUSKBN1ZH0JW | 2020-01-19 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives committee renewed a threat on Friday to subpoena Secretary of State Mike Pompeo if he does not provide information about Iran policy and President Donald Trumps ordering of the strike that killed an Iranian military commander | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives committee renewed a threat on Friday to subpoena Secretary of State Mike Pompeo if he does not provide information about Iran policy and President Donald Trumps ordering of the strike that killed an Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-security-congress/u-s-house-committee-renews-push-for-pompeo-iran-testimony-subpoena-threat-idUSKBN1ZG2DR | 2020-01-18 |
| Brazils Culture Secretary Roberto Alvim was sacked on Friday after posting a video in which he appeared to copy a speech by Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels | Negative | Brazils Culture Secretary Roberto Alvim was sacked on Friday after posting a video in which he appeared to copy a speech by Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-culture/brazil-removes-culture-secretary-after-video-echoes-goebbels-idUSKBN1ZG1TA | 2020-01-18 |
| Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold a Democrat said she hopes the justices will let states enforce their laws | Positive | WASHINGTON As the 2020 race heats up the Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a dispute involving the complex U.S. presidential election system focusing on whether Electoral College electors are free to break their pledges to back the candidate who wins their states popular vote an act that could upend an election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-electoral/u-s-supreme-court-takes-up-presidential-electoral-college-dispute-idUSKBN1ZG2EH | 2020-01-18 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC on Wednesday that the United States was concerned about other issues involving China but these should be dealt with separately | Negative | From Huawei to the South China Sea deep political rifts between Beijing and Washington are set to persist despite a trade relations breakthrough as the United States pushes back against an increasingly powerful and assertive China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-relations/trade-deal-no-panacea-for-rocky-u-s-relations-with-china-idUSKBN1ZF1ES | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said he expected U.S. farmers to receive a third and final tranche of traderelated payments even after a Phase 1 trade deal with China was signed Bloomberg reported on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said he expected U.S. farmers to receive a third and final tranche of traderelated payments even after a Phase 1 trade deal with China was signed Bloomberg reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/u-s-farmers-expected-to-get-third-tranche-of-trade-aid-despite-phase-1-deal-perdue-idUSKBN1ZF2OW | 2020-01-17 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Trumps efforts to rebalance U.S. ties with its major trading partners were bearing fruit and boosting U.S. economic growth | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a revamp of the 26yearold North American Free Trade Agreement that includes tougher rules on labor and automotive content but leaves | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-usmca/u-s-senate-passes-north-america-trade-deal-canada-still-to-approve-idUSKBN1ZF283 | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Germany this weekend to attend the Libya conference and push for sustaining a fragile ceasefire and getting all foreign powers to withdraw from the conflict in the North African country the State Department and U.S. officials said on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Germany this weekend to attend the Libya conference and push for sustaining a fragile ceasefire and getting all foreign powers to withdraw from the conflict in the North African country the State Department and U.S. officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-pompeo/pompeo-to-attend-libya-conference-in-berlin-priority-is-ceasefire-state-department-idUSKBN1ZF2S1 | 2020-01-17 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that issues related to Huawei were not part of the economic dialogue with China and that those issues will be negotiated separately | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet senior conservative lawmakers on Thursday to resolve a dispute in her own party over whether to bar Chinas Huawei from the countrys 5G network rollout party sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-huawei-tech-5g-germany/merkel-to-seek-end-to-huawei-dispute-in-her-conservative-camp-sources-idUSKBN1ZE2ZS | 2020-01-16 |
| TOKYO Jan 15 Stocks slipped in Asian trade on Wednesday as investors awaited the signing of an initial U.S.China trade deal with sentiment somewhat dented by comments from the U.S. Treasury Secretary that tariffs would remain in place for now | Negative | Tariffs to stay until there is 2 Mnuchin | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-slip-ahead-of-u-s-china-trade-deal-signing-idUSL4N29K0PL | 2020-01-15 |
| WASHINGTON The United States will maintain tariffs on Chinese goods until the completion of a second phase of a U.S.China trade agreement U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday a day before the two sides are to sign an interim deal | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States will maintain tariffs on Chinese goods until the completion of a second phase of a U.S.China trade agreement U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday a day before the two sides are to sign an interim deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-tariffs/u-s-to-maintain-tariffs-on-chinese-goods-until-phase-2-deal-mnuchin-idUSKBN1ZD2PK | 2020-01-15 |
| TOKYO Jan 15 Stocks were steady in early Asian trade on Wednesday as investors awaited the signing of an initial U.S.China trade deal with sentiment somewhat dented by comments from the U.S. Treasury Secretary that tariffs would remain in place for now | Neutral | typographical error in lead | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/refile-global-markets-stocks-tread-water-ahead-of-signing-of-initial-u-s-china-trade-deal-idUSL4N29K076 | 2020-01-15 |
| WASHINGTON Jan 14 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday the United States would keep in place tariffs on Chinese goods until the completion of a second phase of a U.S.China trade agreement | Negative | WASHINGTON Jan 14 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday the United States would keep in place tariffs on Chinese goods until the completion of a second phase of a U.S.China trade agreement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-trade-china-mnuchin/u-s-will-keep-in-place-tariffs-on-chinese-imports-for-now-mnuchin-idUSW1N28T00E | 2020-01-15 |
| TOKYO Stocks slipped in Asian trade on Wednesday as investors awaited the signing of an initial U.S.China trade deal with sentiment somewhat dented by comments from the U.S. Treasury Secretary that tariffs would remain in place for now | Negative | TOKYO Stocks slipped in Asian trade on Wednesday as investors awaited the signing of an initial U.S.China trade deal with sentiment somewhat dented by comments from the U.S. Treasury Secretary that tariffs would remain in place for now | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/stocks-tick-lower-ahead-of-u-s-china-phase-1-trade-deal-signing-idUSKBN1ZE030 | 2020-01-15 |
| Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia in a statement said the rule furthers President Donald Trumps effort to address regulations that hinder economic growth | Negative | The Trump administration has made it harder for employees of fastfood restaurants or other big franchises to sue corporations when individual franchise owners violate wage laws a step that was a top priority for business groups | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-labor/u-s-makes-it-harder-to-sue-corporations-over-franchise-wage-law-violations-idUSKBN1ZC1LU | 2020-01-14 |
| UNITED NATIONS Accusations of lethal force against protesters in Iran should be fully investigated a spokesman for United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Monday saying reports of violence against those protesting the downing of a civilian airliner were worrying | Negative | UNITED NATIONS Accusations of lethal force against protesters in Iran should be fully investigated a spokesman for United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Monday saying reports of violence against those protesting the downing of a civilian airliner were worrying | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-un/u-n-says-reports-of-violence-against-iran-protesters-worrying-idUSKBN1ZC25Y | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON The United States will work with Iraqi leaders to to the right place on U.S. troop deployment in the country U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday following a request from Baghdad last week to prepare to pull them out | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will work with Iraqi leaders to to the right place on U.S. troop deployment in the country U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday following a request from Baghdad last week to prepare to pull them out | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pompeo/pompeo-u-s-to-work-with-iraqi-leaders-to-get-to-the-right-place-on-u-s-troop-deployment-idUSKBN1ZC25Q | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Qassem Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring challenges by U.S. foes that also applies to China and Russia further diluting the assertion that the top Iranian general was struck because he was plotting imminent attacks on U.S. targets | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Qassem Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring challenges by U.S. foes that also applies to China and Russia further diluting the assertion that the top Iranian general was struck because he was plotting imminent attacks on U.S. targets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pompeo-soleimani/pompeo-says-soleimani-killing-part-of-new-strategy-to-deter-u-s-foes-idUSKBN1ZC2I3 | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday he was disappointed and that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had declined to testify at a committee hearing on Iran set for Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday he was disappointed and that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had declined to testify at a committee hearing on Iran set for Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-hearing/u-s-house-chairman-frustrated-pompeo-refused-to-testify-on-iran-idUSKBN1ZC1US | 2020-01-14 |
| On Sunday Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he had seen no intelligence forewarning of imminent attacks on embassies | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Qassem Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring challenges by U.S. foes that also applies to China and Russia further diluting the assertion that the top Iranian general was struck because he was plotting imminent attacks on U.S. targets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pompeo-soleimani/pompeo-says-soleimani-killing-part-of-new-strategy-to-deter-u-s-foes-idUSKBN1ZC2I3 | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Irans top general | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Irans top general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pentagon-chief-says-no-specific-evidence-iran-was-plotting-to-attack-four-u-s-embassies-idUSKBN1ZB0KM | 2020-01-13 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had been expected to press British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab over Huawei when the pair met in Washington last week | Positive | LONDON A delegation of U.S. officials will arrive in Britain on Monday to try to persuade Britain not to use Huawei equipment in the upgrade of its telecoms network two people with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-usa-huawei-tech/u-s-officials-to-visit-britain-pushing-for-huawei-5g-ban-idUSKBN1ZB0L2 | 2020-01-13 |
| British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemned the arrest and said Iran can continue its march towards pariah status | Negative | DUBAI Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday increasing pressure on the Islamic Republics leadership after it admitted its military shot down a Ukrainian airliner by accident despite days of denials that Iranian forces were to blame | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/our-enemy-is-here-iran-protesters-demand-leaders-quit-after-plane-downed-idUSKBN1ZA0X6 | 2020-01-13 |
| The mayor of Los Angeles has written to the Trump administration to formally request federal assistance with the growing numbers of homeless on the citys streets a letter that shows he and Housing Secretary Ben Carson have had negotiations on the issue | Positive | The mayor of Los Angeles has written to the Trump administration to formally request federal assistance with the growing numbers of homeless on the citys streets a letter that shows he and Housing Secretary Ben Carson have had negotiations on the issue | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-los-angeles-homeless/l-a-mayor-asks-trump-administration-for-aid-on-homeless-two-sides-talking-idUSKBN1ZA01E | 2020-01-12 |
| I appreciate Secretary Carson reaching out to Garcetti says in the twopage missive | Positive | The mayor of Los Angeles has written to the Trump administration to formally request federal assistance with the growing numbers of homeless on the citys streets a letter that shows he and Housing Secretary Ben Carson have had negotiations on the issue | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-los-angeles-homeless/l-a-mayor-asks-trump-administration-for-aid-on-homeless-two-sides-talking-idUSKBN1ZA01E | 2020-01-12 |
| U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres introduced extraordinary measures late last year to cope with the cash shortfall including banning nonessential travel and cancelling or deferring some meetings | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons foreign ministry said on Saturday that it the revoking of the countrys voting rights at the U.N. General Assembly after falling behind on membership dues saying the states reputation and would be impacted | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-un/lebanon-regrets-u-n-voting-rights-suspension-over-membership-arrears-idUSKBN1ZA0UC | 2020-01-12 |
| In Brussels EU foreign ministers joined by NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg were meeting on Friday to find ways to push the United States and Iran away from open conflict | Positive | Crash of Ukrainian plane complicates tense situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-cleric-fears-worse-bloodshed-in-iraq-as-u-s-iran-conflict-persists-idUSL8N29F30Y | 2020-01-11 |
| WASHINGTON Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi asked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to devise a mechanism for a withdrawal of American troops from the country the prime ministers office said on Friday according to a Washington Post report | Negative | WASHINGTON Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi asked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to devise a mechanism for a withdrawal of American troops from the country the prime ministers office said on Friday according to a Washington Post report | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-military/iraq-asks-u-s-for-mechanism-on-troop-withdrawal-report-idUSKBN1Z91EV | 2020-01-11 |
| The measures target eight senior Iranian officials who U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said are responsible for both the governments violence abroad and crackdown on protesters at home | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed more sanctions on Iran on Friday in retaliation for its missile attack on U.S. forces in Iraq this week and vowed to tighten the economic screws if Tehran continued acts or pursued a nuclear bomb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-more-sanctions-on-iran-after-missile-attacks-in-iraq-idUSKBN1Z91RN | 2020-01-11 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaking alongside Pompeo at a White House news conference said Washington would impose further sanctions if needed | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed more sanctions on Iran on Friday in retaliation for its missile attack on U.S. forces in Iraq this week and vowed to tighten the economic screws if Tehran continued acts or pursued a nuclear bomb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-more-sanctions-on-iran-after-missile-attacks-in-iraq-idUSKBN1Z91RN | 2020-01-11 |
| Kansas Labor Secretary Delia Garcia said she was working to bring together available resources to assist impacted workers | Positive | Cuts of this magnitude also present a major roadblock for Boeings longerterm plan to ramp up MAX production once it is cleared to resume commercial flights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737-max-spirit-aerosystm/boeing-supplier-spirit-to-lay-off-more-than-20-of-workforce-in-kansas-idUSKBN1Z91NV | 2020-01-11 |
| 16 report to the council U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres urged it to extend authorization of the crossborder deliveries | Negative | UNITED NATIONS A sixyearlong United Nations operation delivering aid across the Syrian border to millions of civilians will expire at midnight on Friday if a deadlocked U.N. Security Council cannot reach a lastminute deal to extend its authorization | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-un/syria-cross-border-aid-to-end-friday-if-u-n-security-council-fails-to-break-deadlock-idUSKBN1Z82L9 | 2020-01-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States was calling for complete cooperation with any investigation into the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States was calling for complete cooperation with any investigation into the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-pompeo/u-s-calls-for-complete-cooperation-with-any-probe-into-cause-of-iran-crash-idUSKBN1Z72GB | 2020-01-09 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper had said the United States should anticipate retaliation from Iran over the killing of elite Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq | Negative | Yen jumps back to threemonth peak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-mideast-conflict-drives-yen-back-to-three-month-high-idUSL4N29D05A | 2020-01-08 |
| WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify on Iran next week as members of Congress push President Donald Trumps administration for more information about the killing of a top Iranian military commander | Negative | WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify on Iran next week as members of Congress push President Donald Trumps administration for more information about the killing of a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-hearing/u-s-house-committee-sets-iran-hearing-invites-pompeo-idUSKBN1Z62Q6 | 2020-01-08 |
| At the moment Secretary Pompeo has only been invited to a committee aide said | Positive | WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify on Iran next week as members of Congress push President Donald Trumps administration for more information about the killing of a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-hearing/u-s-house-committee-sets-iran-hearing-invites-pompeo-idUSKBN1Z62Q6 | 2020-01-08 |
| WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared on Tuesday to further distance himself from his assertion last week that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani planned imminent attacks on U.S. targets before he was killed in a U.S. drone strike | Negative | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared on Tuesday to further distance himself from his assertion last week that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani planned imminent attacks on U.S. targets before he was killed in a U.S. drone strike | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pompeo-tiptoes-away-from-talk-of-imminent-attack-planned-by-irans-soleimani-idUSKBN1Z61TE | 2020-01-08 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to press British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab over Huawei at a meeting in Washington on Thursday the sources said | Positive | The United States is making a final pitch to Britain ahead of a U.K. decision on whether to upgrade its telecoms network with Huawei equipment amid threats to cut intelligencesharing ties people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-usa-huawei-tech/shot-across-the-bow-u-s-increases-pressure-on-uk-ahead-of-key-huawei-decision-idUSKBN1Z70NV | 2020-01-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday he does not plan to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas in 2020 two people close to McConnell said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday he does not plan to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas in 2020 two people close to McConnell said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-pompeo/secretary-of-state-pompeo-not-planning-2020-senate-run-sources-idUSKBN1Z528Y | 2020-01-07 |
| On Tuesday Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga sidestepped questions about what exactly Japan had asked of Lebanon beyond finding out the | Negative | TOKYO Japan has asked Lebanon for help regarding Carlos Ghosn a top Japanese official said on Tuesday calling the former auto executives escape to Beirut but stopping short of spelling out what Tokyo was seeking from local authorities | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-nissan-ghosn-statement/japan-says-it-has-sought-help-from-lebanon-over-fugitive-ghosn-idUSKBN1Z6057 | 2020-01-07 |
| Leader McConnell believes Secretary Pompeo is doing an incredible job as secretary of state and is exactly where the country needs him to be right one person said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday he does not plan to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas in 2020 two people close to McConnell said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-pompeo/secretary-of-state-pompeo-not-planning-2020-senate-run-sources-idUSKBN1Z528Y | 2020-01-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper strongly suggested on Monday that the U.S. military would not violate the laws of armed conflict by striking Iranian cultural sites a move threatened by President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper strongly suggested on Monday that the U.S. military would not violate the laws of armed conflict by striking Iranian cultural sites a move threatened by President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-culturalsites/pentagon-says-will-not-break-law-of-war-despite-trump-threat-idUSKBN1Z527H | 2020-01-07 |
| Yet U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper told Pentagon reporters that no decision had been made and the military said the letter was only a poorly worded draft | Negative | SYDNEY Asian shares rebounded on Tuesday as investors reassessed the risk of an allout conflict between the United States and Iran while Wall Street battled back to the black as tech stocks climbed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-stocks-rally-oil-skids-as-investors-reassess-mideast-risk-idUSKBN1Z601N | 2020-01-07 |
| Acting Deputy U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Ken Cuccinelli said in a tweet in December that Mexicans were being considered for inclusion under the agreement | Positive | NEW YORK Mexicans seeking asylum in the United States could be sent to Guatemala under a bilateral agreement signed by the Central American nation last year according to documents sent to U.S. asylum officers in recent days and seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration/u-s-implements-plan-to-send-mexican-asylum-seekers-to-guatemala-idUSKBN1Z51S4 | 2020-01-07 |
| WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended President Donald Trumps decision to kill Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as Democratic lawmakers questioned whether the action was justified and the United States braced for retaliation | Negative | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended President Donald Trumps decision to kill Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as Democratic lawmakers questioned whether the action was justified and the United States braced for retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pompeo-defends-u-s-killing-of-iranian-as-democrats-ask-why-now-idUSKBN1Z40GM | 2020-01-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran following the U.S. air strike that killed Iranian military general Qassem Soleimani | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran following the U.S. air strike that killed Iranian military general Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pompeo/pompeo-says-he-spoke-with-israels-netanyahu-about-iran-idUSKBN1Z30N9 | 2020-01-05 |
| LONDON Jan 4 British Foreign minister Dominic Raab will travel to Washington to meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday after meeting his French and German counterparts earlier in the week to discuss the U.S. killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani | Negative | LONDON Jan 4 British Foreign minister Dominic Raab will travel to Washington to meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday after meeting his French and German counterparts earlier in the week to discuss the U.S. killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/iraq-security-britain-usa/uks-raab-to-meet-pompeo-in-washington-on-thursday-idUSL8N2990ND | 2020-01-05 |
| WASHINGTON Jan 3 Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to assassinate top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights | Negative | WASHINGTON Jan 3 Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to assassinate top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-blast-target/assassinated-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-pompeos-sights-for-years-idUSL1N2980R2 | 2020-01-04 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in the statement that the militia group and its leaders use violence and terror to further the Iranian regimes efforts to undermine Iraqi sovereignty | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States plans to designate an Iranianbacked Iraqi militia as a foreign terrorist organization the State Department said on Friday accusing the Asaib Ahl alHaq group of being a violent proxy of Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-designation/u-s-to-designate-iran-backed-iraqi-militia-as-foreign-terrorist-organization-idUSKBN1Z220Y | 2020-01-04 |
| Reuters first reported on Friday that U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper had canceled plans to take personal leave later in January amid rising tension with Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is sending nearly 3000 additional troops to the Middle East from the 82nd Airborne Division as a precaution amid rising threats to American forces in the region the Pentagon said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-middleeast/pentagon-to-deploy-thousands-of-additional-troops-to-middle-east-idUSKBN1Z21U4 | 2020-01-04 |
| Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf said in a written statement on Thursday that the MPP program has been an extremely effective for the United States | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States will expand the scope of a program that returns nonMexican migrants crossing Mexicos border to that country to await their U.S. court hearings the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-immigration-border/u-s-expands-scope-of-program-to-return-migrants-to-mexico-idUSKBN1Z11J0 | 2020-01-04 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the strike aimed to disrupt an imminent that would have endangered Americans in the Middle East | Negative | NEW Oil prices surged as much as a barrel as gold the yen and safehaven bonds all rallied on Friday after the U.S. killing of Irans top military commander in an air strike in Iraq ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/oil-safe-havens-surge-after-u-s-strikes-kill-iran-commander-idUSKBN1Z2042 | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON Jan 3 Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights | Negative | By David Brunnstrom and Daphne Psaledakis | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-blast-target/update-1-iranian-commander-soleimani-had-been-in-pompeos-sights-for-years-idUSL1N2981GH | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights | Negative | WASHINGTON Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-target/iranian-commander-soleimani-had-been-in-pompeos-sights-for-years-idUSKBN1Z21UT | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday postponed a trip to Ukraine so he could focus on the situation in Iraq after demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassy | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday postponed a trip to Ukraine so he could focus on the situation in Iraq after demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-pompeo/secretary-of-state-pompeo-postpones-ukraine-trip-to-focus-on-iraq-idUSKBN1Z020V | 2020-01-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday that the United States was sending additional forces to its embassy in Baghdad and called on the Iraqi government to help protect American personnel | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday that the United States was sending additional forces to its embassy in Baghdad and called on the Iraqi government to help protect American personnel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-trump-esper/additional-forces-being-sent-to-u-s-embassy-in-baghdad-pentagon-chief-idUSKBN1YZ14S | 2020-01-01 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said additional forces were being sent to the embassy | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States has no plans to evacuate its embassy in Baghdad and additional forces are being sent following violent demonstrations outside the compound by protesters and militia fighters enraged by American air strikes U.S officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-trump/u-s-has-no-plan-to-evacuate-embassy-in-baghdad-more-forces-being-sent-to-compound-idUSKBN1YZ0TD | 2020-01-01 |
