(Adds details) BUENOS AIRES, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Argentina made a near $1.9 billion payment to the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday, two government sources said, as the South American grains producer races to agree a new deal with the lender to revamp the over $40 billion it still owes. The payment, part a failed loan deal from 2018, was […]
Read moreBISSAU (Reuters) – More than 30 people have died because a health workers’ strike in Guinea-Bissau has paralysed the healthcare system, a spokesperson for the nurses’ union said on Wednesday. The boycott over working conditions, pay and other issues was launched on Monday in the small West African nation where chronically under-equipped hospitals and clinics have long angered workers and […]
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PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. and French presidents moved to mend ties on Wednesday, with France agreeing to send its ambassador back to Washington and the White House saying it had erred in cutting a deal for Australia to buy U.S. instead of French submarines without consulting Paris.FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a joint statement with Chile’s President Sebastian […]
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian police are trying to work out who ordered unidentified individuals to try to murder a top aide of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy after his car was sprayed with automatic gunfire on Wednesday morning in an attack that shocked the political elite. Serhiy Shefir, the top aide and a close personal friend of Zelenskiy’s, escaped unscathed, but his driver […]
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Chinese officials are expected to stem the spillover from liquidity issues at Evergrande, the country's largest property developer, before it slams the banking system and bleeds into foreign financial centers. But strategists also say Beijing needs to act quickly to restructure Evergrande, because markets are becoming nervous and it is hurting sentiment. The problems at the property developer could damage […]
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KYIV (Reuters) – A volley of shots was fired at a car carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s principal aide on Wednesday in what a senior official called an assassination attempt.Slideshow ( 4 images )More than 10 bullets hit the car near the village of Lesnyky, just outside the capital Kyiv, wounding the driver, a police statement said. It said a […]
Read more* Evergrande to make Thursday coupon payment * China blue-chips, Taiwan stocks fall in catch-up trade * S.Africa August inflation rises more than expected * Russia to spend $34 bln from rainy day fund * Fed in focus for tapering clues Sept 22 (Reuters) – Most emerging market bourses rose on Wednesday on temporary relief after indebted Chinese developer Evergrande […]
Read moreFox Business Flash top headlines for September 20 Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. NEW YORK – Dakota Access on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit whether the largest pipeline out of the North Dakota oil basin requires additional environmental review. Stocks in this Article The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia revoked a key environmental […]
Read moreNEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is likely to allow a smaller gap between AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses for inoculations being carried out privately, in line with a court order, two sources told Reuters.FILE PHOTO: A health official draws a dose of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka January […]
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