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Leaders of Congo and Rwanda to meet for talks in Luanda – officials
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame will meet for talks in the Angolan capital Luanda this week, two Congolese offici...
Jul 04, 2022
German bankers voice fears over economic impact of looming gas crisis
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Top bankers in Germany voiced concerns on Monday about risks facing Europe's largest economy as worries grow about a looming gas crisis. Germany, which is largely dependent on Ru...
Jul 04, 2022
France’s Macron: need to acknowledge refusal of other parties to be part of government
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron, who lost absolute majority in parliament in last month's legislative elections, said on Monday the new government announced earlier was the result o...
Jul 04, 2022
Hong Kong raises prospect of Shenzhen border easing by Aug 4
BEIJING (Reuters) - Hong Kong's new health secretary said on Monday he hoped the border with Shenzhen would reopen before Aug. 4, a move that would mark a significant relaxation of China's strict bord...
Jul 04, 2022
War takes heavy toll on Ukrainian sport
KYIV (Reuters) - Young soccer players in the city of Kharkiv are grieving over the death of their coach, killed by a Russian shell last week in an incident that highlights the heavy toll the war is in...
Jul 04, 2022
Moscow to name land outside British embassy after separatist republic, mayor says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A strip of land outside the British Embassy in Moscow will be named after the self-proclaimed separatist Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) in eastern Ukraine following an online poll,...
Jul 04, 2022
Bank of Israel hikes benchmark interest rate 1/2-point in inflation battle
By Steven Scheer and Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Bank of Israel on Monday raised its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point, its most aggressive move in more than a decade an...
Jul 04, 2022
Lebanon recovery plan held up by changes from PM – top finance lawmaker
By Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's top finance lawmaker said prime minister designate Najib Mikati had verbally proposed "very serious" changes to a recently-adopted plan t...
Jul 04, 2022
UK to introduce new economic and trade sanctions on Belarus
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it would on Tuesday introduce new economic, trade and transport sanctions on Belarus over the country's support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The new package will i...
Jul 04, 2022
Russia: Uzbekistan issues should be solved by legal means, not riots
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday that it was closely monitoring the situation in Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan province after deadly unrest broke out, and that issues there should be solved thro...
Jul 04, 2022
