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Syrian officials plan to attend IMF, World Bank meetings in Washington DC, sources say
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s finance minister, foreign minister and central bank chief are planning to attend the annual spring meetings held by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in […]
Hundreds feared killed in Sudan as RSF launches attack on famine-stricken camp
CAIRO (Reuters) – A devastating assault by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Zamzam Camp for displaced people near al-Fasher has left hundreds dead or wounded, the foreign ministry and […]
Tanzania’s top opposition party disqualified from polls, election commission says
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -Tanzania’s main opposition party CHADEMA has been disqualified from elections due later this year, a senior election commission official said on Saturday, days after the party’s […]
Protesting Hungarians mock Orban’s anti-LGBT moves, saying ‘Let’s all be the same’
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Several thousand Hungarians mocked right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s moves to ban the annual Pride march by LGBTQ+ groups, dressed in grey and carrying banners ironically denouncing […]
Italy not planning to use EU budget leeway for defence spending boost
ROME (Reuters) – Italy has no intention for now of using budget leeway allowed by the European Union to boost its defence spending, its economy minister said on Saturday, despite […]
WHO members reach accord ‘in principle’ over how to tackle future pandemics, AFP reports
(Reuters) – Members of the World Health Organization have reached an accord “in principle” over how to tackle future pandemics after three years of discussions, the co-chair of the negotiating […]
Romanian election favourite pledges to stop potential US troop withdrawal
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian hard-right opposition leader George Simion, the favourite to win a presidential election re-run, said he is the only candidate who could stop a potential withdrawal of […]
EU considers defence fund to ease debt concerns for military gear
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union finance ministers started talks on Saturday over a joint defence fund that would buy and own defence equipment and charge members a fee for its […]
Russia launches scores of drones on Ukraine, four people injured, Kyiv says
KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched a barrage of drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine, injuring four people and damaging residential and commercial buildings in Kyiv and other parts of […]
Magnitude 5.95 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea’s New Britain region, GFZ says
(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.95 struck the New Britain Region in Papua New Guinea on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. Read full story Date: 12 […]