China’s growth path will be felt around the world
Reuters :The world is facing a difficult 2023 as growth slows in most developed economies. The extent of the deceleration depends in large part on...
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Russian forces capture villages in eastern Ukraine
Reuters :Russian-backed forces have made some advances in eastern Ukraine, Britain said on Friday, even as Moscow’s hold weakens in the south, where a Russian-installed...
Haiti facing humanitarian catastrophe, UN body says
Reuters :Haiti is facing a humanitarian catastrophe as it struggles with malnutrition, gang violence, inflation and a cholera outbreak, the U.N.’s World Food Programme (WFP)...
Xi set to open party congress at challenging time for China
Reuters :Chinese President Xi Jinping will take the stage on Sunday to kick off a historic congress of the ruling Communist Party, where he is...
US House Jan 6 committee votes to subpoena Trump
Reuters :The US House of Representatives committee probing the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by Donald Trump’s supporters voted unanimously on Thursday...
Crisis-hit Iraq makes latest bid to elect president
AFP :Lawmakers in crisis-hit Iraq meet Thursday for their fourth attempt this year to elect a state president and break a year-long gridlock marred by...
Biden heads west to talk environment, economy ahead of midterms
AFP :US President Joe Biden traveled to Colorado Wednesday at the start of a three-state swing through the American West to promote his record with...
Myanmar junta sentences Suu Kyi to 6 more years for corruption
AFP :Myanmar’s junta sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of...
Druzhba pipeline leak reduces Russian oil flows to Germany
Reuters :Germany said on Wednesday it was receiving less oil but still had adequate supplies, after Poland found a leak in the Druzhba pipeline that...
Heavy rains to delay sugar cane crushing in top producer India
Reuters :Heavy rainfall has spoiled Indian sugar mills’ plans for an early start to cane crushing so raw sugar exports could get underway before supplies...
India to weigh Russia’s offer on Sakhalin-1 oil project
Reuters :India maintains a “healthy dialogue” with Russia and will look at what is offered following an announced ownership revamp to the Sakhalin-1 oil and...
Sri Lanka to keep ‘middle-income’ status, seek concessional loans
Reuters :Sri Lanka will remain a middle-income country but request the World Bank to grant it some loans generally offered to poorer nations, the president’s...