Turkish banks restrict credit access amid pre-runoff uncertainty
By Nevzat Devranoglu and Ebru Tuncay ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish banks have restricted access to some individual loans and postponed…
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Turkey’s net FX reserves hit 21-year low of $2.3 billion before vote
ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish central bank’s net international reserves dropped some $4.45 billion to a 21-year low of $2.33…
‘Where is the state?’: Mass looting engulfs Sudanese capital
By Khalid Abdelaziz DUBAI (Reuters) – Mass looting by armed men and civilians is making life an even greater misery…
AstraZeneca’s China boss says drugmaker will seek to “love the Communist Party”
By Joe Cash and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – Global drugmaker AstraZeneca will seek to be a patriotic company in…
More than 1 million people displaced by Sudan crisis – UN refugee agency
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than a million people have been displaced by fighting in Sudan so far, including a quarter…
G7 leaders’ statement: Ukraine has budget support for 2023 and early 2024
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Group of Seven (G7) leaders on Friday said they had ensured that Ukraine had the budget…
Russia strikes Zelenskiy’s hometown, woman badly wounded – Ukraine
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched a new wave of overnight air strikes on Ukraine early on Friday,…
Thailand’s Move Forward says coalition partners need not support amending royal insult law
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s progressive Move Forward party on Friday said potential coalition partners…
As world leaders meet, Ukraine urges allies to be bolder on Russia sanctions
By Matthias Williams, Olena Harmash and John O’Donnell LONDON/KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine wants its allies to be bolder in imposing…
Russia’s Prigozhin says Bakhmut will not fall in next two days
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Friday that the city of Bakhmut was unlikely to fall to…