Source link Customers who withdrew more than they own during a weekend system flaw will face prosecution, Ethiopia’s commercial bank has warned A banking system glitch in Ethiopia over the weekend allowed customers to withdraw more than they had in their accounts, with the East African nation’s largest bank reportedly scrambling to recover more than […]
Source link Argentina is in talks with the IMF over a new aid program designed to accelerate the process of exiting from capital controls, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing a senior government official. The IMF is pushing the government to let the currency devalue faster under its so-called “crawling peg,” and keep interest rates above […]
Source link The sum should compensate damage sustained by the country, the Ukrainian president’s top economic adviser has said Russia’s assets frozen by the West won’t be enough to cover the damage Ukraine has sustained due to Russia’s military operation, the Ukrainian president’s top economic adviser, Oleg Ustenko, said on Friday during a national telethon, […]
Source link Farmers, truckers, train drivers – numerous workers are making it known that they are fed up, as the chancellor’s approval drops to 20% I spent a week with farmers protesting near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Too bad Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government didn’t get down off its high horse and do the same. […]
Source link Over a thousand people are at risk of expulsion, most of them over 60 years old, according to local media Latvian authorities may deport a 72-year-old Russian woman from the city of Liepaja, who has been visually impaired since childhood, the Russian embassy in Riga said on Monday. The elderly woman failed to […]
Source link While opposition in the East African island nation alleges fraud, Azali Assoumani is confident of victory in the first round Comoros is awaiting the results of the East African nation’s general elections held on Sunday, in which President Azali Assoumani, who is seeking a fourth term in office, has projected himself as the […]
Source link The prime minister says his government will soon submit legislation, despite resistance from lawmakers and the Orthodox Church Greece’s center-right government is planning to submit a draft law allowing same-sex marriage, despite long-standing opposition from the country’s influential Orthodox Church and some lawmakers. In an interview with the state-run ERT broadcaster on Wednesday, […]
Source link Ukraine’s shelling of Belgorod has claimed the lives of at least 22 people, with 109 injured Kiev’s brutal attack on Belgorod, which left numerous civilians dead, including several children, shows that Ukraine is trying to kill as many Russians as possible, Vassily Nebenzia, Moscow’s permanent representative to the UN, has said. The envoy […]
Source link Restrictions on the Arctic LNG 2 energy project endanger vital fuel supplies, according to Chinese energy majors China’s state energy majors CNOOC and China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) have both asked the US government for exemptions from sanctions on a new Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant. They are seeking to prevent […]
Source link New Delhi’s pitch to host COP33 in 2028 is instrumental in giving the world’s most populous country leverage in the international fight to save the planet By Anil Padmanabhan, freelance journalist and former managing editor of Mint newspaper Addressing the first day of the Conference of Parties (COP) in Dubai on 1 December, […]
Source link Abdel Fatah el-Sisi is running against three opposition candidates in the presidential elections President of Egypt Abdel Fatah el-Sisi is seeking a third term in office, in an election being held while war rages in neighboring Gaza. The country’s battered economy is seen as his top priority if he secures another term. Egypt […]
Source link The Russian envoy has held talks with the chief of Gujarat, which contains India’s largest refineries and an upcoming financial hub Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov discussed strengthening cooperation with India’s western state of Gujarat. According to the Russian embassy in New Delhi, during Alipov’s visit to the state capital, Gandhinagar, on […]
Source link The British government has urged the banking sector to reduce reliance on US payment networks The UK should develop a “digital alternative” to challenge the dominance of US credit cards Visa and Mastercard, a government-commissioned review said this week. “While cards make a tremendous contribution to the payments landscape, we heard notable dissatisfaction […]
Source link BYD has been challenging the US manufacturer’s premium models, the South China Morning Post reports Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD has launched a sport-utility vehicle (SUV) model to take on Tesla’s Shanghai-made Model Y, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday. The SUV, which was unveiled on Friday at the Guangzhou Auto […]