ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has appointed a financial watchdog to investigate the central bank, weeks after he suspended its governor, a copy of a letter from the president showed on Sunday. Tinubu on June 9 suspended Godwin Emefiele, who was then detained by state security agents for allegedly misappropriating funds and a…
BEIRUT (Reuters) -At least six people were killed in two days of clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, where the mainstream faction Fatah fought against rival groups that support Islamists, security sources said. A Fatah commander was killed on Sunday in an ambush that also injured several of his aides in the crowded,…
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The Danish government will seek to “find a legal tool” that would enable authorities to prevent the burning of copies of the Koran in front of other countries’ embassies in Denmark, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told the national broadcaster DR on Sunday. “The burnings are deeply offensive and reckless acts committed…
BANGUI (Reuters) -Central African Republic held a constitutional referendum on Sunday which, if passed, could allow President Faustin-Archange Touadera to run for a third term in 2025. Touadera was first elected in 2016 for a five-year term and won reelection in 2020 for what was supposed to be his final term in office. The proposed…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Latest data about economic output in France, Germany and Spain is “quite encouraging” and confirms the European Central Bank’s expectations, ECB President Christine Lagarde said in an interview published on Sunday. “The second quarter GDP figures for France, Germany and Spain are quite encouraging,” Lagarde told French daily Le Figaro. “They support…
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ finance minister said monetary authorities have room to pause on rate hikes in August despite a recent policy tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve. “I do not think we have to match. That is my view and we have to monitor other indicators like inflation,” Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno told…
By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -Italy made an “improvised and atrocious” decision when it joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) four years ago as it did little to boost exports, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said in an interview published on Sunday. Italy signed up to the BRI under a previous government, becoming the…
KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that he expects Russia to resume its attacks on Ukraine’s energy system once cold weather returns later this year, and vowed to do everything possible to protect the power grid. Nearly 40% of the Ukrainian energy system was damaged in Russian missile and drone strikes over…
By Alvise Armellini VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday called on Russia to reverse its decision to abandon the Black Sea grain deal, under which it had allowed Ukraine to export grain from its seaports despite the ongoing war. Russia walked out of the Black Sea deal on July 17 after saying its demands…
(This July 29 story has been refiled to add dropped paragraphs on the detention of Nicolas Petro’s ex-wife) BOGOTA (Reuters) – Nicolas Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has been arrested as part of an investigation into money laundering and illicit enrichment, the attorney general’s office said early on Saturday. The younger Petro, a…
