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Ethiopia’s birr drops 30% as central bank floats currency
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Ethiopia’s central bank floated the birr currency on Monday, a move it hopes will secure International Monetary Fund (IMF) support and enable progress on a long-delayed debt restructuring. The birr’s value against the U.S. dollar slumped by 30% to 74.73 per
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic about to be freed in prisoner swap when he died, says ally
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Alexei Navalny was about to be freed in a prisoner swap when he died, according to his ally Maria Pevchikh. She said the Russian opposition leader was going to be exchanged for Vadim Krasikov, a Russian hitman who is serving a
Antalya Diplomacy Forum convenes world leaders ‘in times of turmoil’
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More than 20 heads of state and government from over 100 nations are set to convene in southern Türkiye for the 3rd Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) next month, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Sunday. The forum will be held under the
Japan Airlines counts losses from wrecked Tokyo plane
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Japan Airlines on Thursday said it expected losses of more than $100 million after one of its planes was destroyed when it collided with another aircraft on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport this week. All 379 people on board the JAL Airbus
Police look for motive as imam shot outside New Jersey mosque dies
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An U.S. imam who was shot outside a New Jersey mosque on Wednesday has died as authorities look for likely motive behind the killing, the U.S. state’s attorney general said. The attorney general added that the killing did not initially appear to be
Climate transition relies on private sector funding: World Bank chief
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The World Bank is working to slash how long it takes to get financing projects off the ground as part of a push to speed up and scale up the 79-year-old development lender, its president told Agence France-Presse (AFP) Wednesday. It
France, Germany slam Israeli proposal to expel Gaza population
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French and German foreign ministries criticized Israeli government officials’ outrageous statements on the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza to be replaced by Israelis. “We reject the statements made by the two ministers in the strongest possible terms. They are neither sensible
Ugandan LGBTQ rights activist stabbed in ‘hate crime’
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Prominent LGBTQ rights activist Steven Kabuye was attacked and severely injured by unknown assailants in Uganda while heading to work on Wednesday morning, according to his organization. Coloured Voice – Truth to LGBTQ, shared on the social platform X, reported that