EU lawmakers demand obligatory hosting of migrants under looming overhaul
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union lawmakers voted on Thursday to require member countries to host some of…
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Value of Russian exports falls 35% in Q1 as oil price cap bites -central bank
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The value of Russia’s exports fell 35% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023, due in part…
Russian inflation risks must ease to make room for rate cut – central bank
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Inflationary risks in Russia must decrease in order to create room for interest rate cuts, Central Bank Governor…
Brazil’s credit package paves the way for capital market the size of the banking market -official
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Secretary of Economic Reforms Marcos Barbosa said on Thursday that the credit package announced by the…
India court acquits 69 Hindus of murder of 11 Muslims during 2002 riots
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court on Thursday acquitted 69 Hindus, including a former minister from the ruling Bharatiya…
Lawyers win big in $787.5 million Fox defamation case
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – The $787.5 million settlement that ended Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp also…
Ugandan LGBTQ activist readies for the fight of his life
(This April 13 story has been corrected to remove reference to criminalising identifying as LGBTQ, a provision dropped in the…
Israel cements ties to Turkmenistan on Iran’s border
ASHGABAT (Reuters) -Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen inaugurated a permanent embassy in the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan on Thursday,…
Exclusive-Pakistan makes its first purchase of discounted Russian oil
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has placed its first order for discounted Russian crude oil under a deal…
Russia expands war recruitment drive with video ad calling for ‘real’ men
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian military has launched a video campaign to lure more professional soldiers to…