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There is speculation that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may step down in June.

NEW YORK, April 30 - Oil prices rose on Monday after Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran had lied about pursuing nuclear weapons after signing a 2015 deal with global powers, while U.S. stocks fell with declines in healthcare shares.

Facebook claims he's on a «fishing expedition for material to use in his longstanding campaign against the prime minister of Cambodia.»

The minister of the day, Jim Prentice, killed a $ 1.3 - billion offer from Alliant Techsystems, an American company.

The government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau introduced the Foreign Investment Review Act (FIRA) in 1973, forming a federal agency to advise on the respective benefits and hazards of particular transactions.

In fact, Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains is dangling the prospect of 5,000 jobs in Mirabel, Que.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper lent support to the 1,200 - kilometre, $ 6 - billion pipeline that would carry more than 500,000 barrels a day of crude oil from Edmonton through the Rockies to Kitimat, B.C., where it could be transported by tanker to markets in the U.S. and Asia, including China.

Only two years ago they were rating AAA all the toxic bonds that created the crisis,» said Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, adding that the downgrade was executed «not because of what Greece is doing but because of the decisions being taken by the EU that are not considered as going far enough.»

NEW YORK, April 27 (Reuters)- Friday's historic pledge by the leaders of the two Koreas to work to denuclearize the Korean peninsula should give U.S. President Donald Trump a stronger hand to renegotiate the treaty curtailing Iran's nuclear program, Israel's intelligence minister said.

Following the talk by Rice in Beijing this fall, GE hosted a panel whose speakers included Joachim von Amsberg, a World Bank veteran who is now a vice president at the new AIIB, and China's former vice minister of foreign affairs, He Yafei.

And Varadkar hosted his Canadian counterpart, Justin Trudeau, in Dublin, as his first official guest as Prime Minister.

There's even a chance the dreamy Prime Minister will provide some free publicity, as Justin Trudeau did for Microsoft Corp. when it opened an office in Vancouver last year, for example.

Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, the Minister of the Navy said of Leyte after the war, «I felt that that was the end.»

Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said Mexico will respond to the latest U.S. proposals to rework automotive sector rules under a revised North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) when ministers meet next week.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking in Munich on Saturday, said no facts back up the allegations Russia meddled in the vote.

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday that an average Brent price of around $ 60 was a reasonable forecast for this year, Interfax news agency reported.

There is good reason to think the Bank of Canada governor had reservations about former prime minister Stephen Harper's obsession with balancing the budget.

Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan told CNBC Tuesday that the country would appeal to the ruling, restating Ireland's position that the «full amount of tax was paid in this case and no state aid was provided.»

TORONTO, April 23 - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations on Monday united to condemn Russia for behavior that they said undermined international laws, and called on Moscow to help resolve the conflict in Syria.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will detail a «significant development» regarding the Iran nuclear deal on Monday.

So first we had British Prime Minister Theresa May forced into promises there would be no cuts there, then, once the Airbus - Bombardier deal landed, it was Airbus's turn to promise no job losses associated with the production of its A319 jets, which are similar to the CSeries.

The Prime Minister's Office and the central bank declined to comment, and Finance Minister Bill Morneau said in a statement that he doesn't comment on the central bank's independent policy decisions.

Since joining CNBC's Asia operations, Nancy has also interviewed Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al T; Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on stage at the APEC meeting in Danang; former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the height of the North Korean crisis in Shanghai and the CEO of Southeast Asia ride hailing and tech giant, Grab, after acquiring Uber's business in the region.

In an era of petty politics and cabinet ministers who put their principles second to their allegiances, Flaherty drew strength — even joy — from doing what he felt was right.

The comments reflect those made by Saudi Oil Minister Khalid Al - Falih who this month said that oil prices could rise to $ 75 without causing economic damage.

For a President or Finance Minister, there is only one appropriate response to a credit rating agency downgrading your nation's debt: feigned outrage.

HANOI, April 20 - Samsung Electronics Co. is determined to further expand production in Vietnam, co-CEO Koh Dong - jin told Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday.

«The standard circulation for cabinet memoranda includes the Queen, the Prince of Wales, all members of the cabinet, any other ministers in charge of departments, the attorney general and the chief whip... Ministers of state and junior ministers do not normally receive memoranda.»

Prince Edward Island Finance Minister Wes Sheridan said his province was interested.

So entrenched is this marketing gimmick that Trade Minister François - Philippe Champagne now talks about Canada as a gateway to more than 1 billion people, a figure he derives from adding the populations of North America and the European Union, another big, rich economy with which Canada enjoys preferential access as of earlier this month.

To ensure that the Government delivers on its commitments, a new results and delivery approach will be implemented that includes the establishment of the Cabinet Committee on Agenda, Results and Communications, chaired by the Prime Minister, and a Results and Delivery Unit, housed in the Privy Council Office.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau's new budget assumes economic growth of 1.9 % in 2017 — a less than spectacular number, but not terrible either.

Bombardier builds the wings for the C - Series planes in Northern Ireland, and both Prime Justin Trudeau and British Prime Minister Theresa May are talking about stopping all business with Boeing.

The new bonds would capitalize on the province's ability to raise funds at low interest rates, said Finance Minister Charles Sousa.

But Bernier's 18 - month tenure as industry minister stands in retrospect as a golden age for this government's business policy.

The biggest flashpoint for the world's largest superpowers lies in the world of technology, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said.

The state's environment minister has picked three legal professionals to conduct a review into the Environmental Protection Authority, in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling on the Roe 8 highway project last month.

The Prime Minister and his finance minister spend much of their time reminding the country's biggest vote bank — the middle class — that it is not doing as well as it should be.

Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall (at left) and then - prime minister Stephen Harper (at right) were on hand when AGT CEO Murad Al - Katib (centre) announced plans for a new pulse milling facility in Regina in 2011 (Roy Antal / CP)

Trudeau and his ministers know the urban middle - and upper - middle - class Canadians that form the core of their political constituency are sensitive about housing.

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) extends his hand to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House.

There is little that he or his cabinet ministers do that isn't justified by supporting the «middle class and those seeking to join it.»

Defence Issues Minister Paul Papalia says Western Australia has been dudded in the federal government's $ 89 billion naval shipbuilding plan, of which WA will receive just over $ 3 billion of work, while the prime minister has lauded it as «unashamedly nationalistic».

Flaherty has been trying to establish a national regulator almost from the first day he became finance minister, only to be frustrated at every turn by provincial objections and most recently by the courts.

Johnson's comments, to reporters on the margins of a two - day meeting of G7 ministers, underlined how tensions between Moscow and the West have increased steadily over recent years.

NEW YORK, May 1 - The S&P 500 edged higher on Tuesday after comments from a Trump administration official on trade with China and the Mexican economy minister on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement provided cause for optimism.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to clarify facts over a scandal related to a controversial land sale

EU interior and justice ministers will gather in Brussels on Friday for a crisis meeting in the wake of the Paris attacks.

At about midday Ottawa time on Monday, the finance minister's account exploded with an eight - point response to the increasingly hysterical opponents of his bid to curb aggressive tax planning.

In Estonia, Prime Minister Jüri Ratas, 39, has said he similarly is determined to boost global cooperation.