To further expand the readership and accelerate the development of this journal, the publisher’s committees decided to jointly organize a Chinese version

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Moscow needed to diversify the foreign currencies it used in international trade and not solely rely on the U.S. dollar for such transactions.

The Russian central bank has been increasing the share of gold and Chinese yuan in its coffers amid risks of more U.S. sanctions that could target Russia’s ability to trade globally.

LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling fell on Wednesday after reports of a potential leadership challenge to Prime Minister Theresa May and as realism set in about how far there remains to go before Britain can agree a Brexit trade deal.

The pound fell a quarter of a percent to as low as $1.2994 against the dollar after the BBC reported a group of about 50 lawmakers in May’s government had met to discuss how and when they could force her out of her job.

These lawmakers have condemned May’s plans for Britain to remain in a free trade zone for goods with the EU after it leaves the bloc in March, 2019.

The pound later recovered to trade flat at $1.3028, while against the euro the British currency was largely unmoved, at 89.010 pence per euro.

The pan-European STOXX 600 and eurozone STOXX .STOXXE were both up 0.2 percent by 0726 GMT, despite sharp falls in Asian stocks after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States is taking a “tough stance” with China on trade.

Oil stocks .SXEP rose 1.2 percent after crude prices climbed thanks to falling U.S. crude inventories, while miners .SXPP climbed 1 percent.

Individual stocks posted big moves triggered by results and M&A speculation.

Dutch biotech firm Galapagos (GLPG.AS) soared 16.2 percent to the top of the STOXX after positive trial results for its filgotinib drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

Official figures show wages fell in real terms by 0.4% in the year to April 2017.

A deal which sees Airbus take a majority stake in Bombardier's C-Series plane achieves a number of objectives. 

North Korea's latest missile test over Japan has shaken, but not stirred, global equity markets. 

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