By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia’s President Kais Saied gave his clearest rejection yet of the terms of a stalled $1.9 billion IMF bailout package when he said on Thursday he would not accept “diktats” and suggested that subsidy cuts could lead to unrest. Tunisia reached a staff-level agreement with the IMF for the loan …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s headline inflation rate is set to hit an all-time high in March, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, following a continued shortage of foreign currency after more than a year of devaluations of the Egyptian pound. The median forecast of 13 analysts polled showed annual urban consumer inflation rising to 33.6% …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank on Thursday lifted its 2023 economic growth forecast for eastern Europe and central Asia to 1.4% from an earlier 0.1% prediction, citing improved outlooks for both Russia and Ukraine despite their ongoing war. The regional forecast, released just days before the World Bank and International Monetary Fund hold their …
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GINEBRA, 6 abr (Reuters) – El director de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) declaró el jueves que esperaba que la organización levantara el estado de emergencia del COVID-19 en algún momento de este año, sin dar un plazo más concreto. La agencia sanitaria de la ONU sigue considerando el COVID-19 una emergencia de …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A Planned Parenthood affiliate and two doctors on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to block Idaho authorities from punishing healthcare providers for referring patients to get abortions in other states. Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador, a Republican, said in a legal opinion last week that the state’s near-total abortion ban, enacted …
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Por Katharine Jackson 6 abr (Reuters) – Stormy Daniels, la estrella de cine para adultos en el centro del caso penal contra Donald Trump, dijo que no cree que el expresidente deba ir a prisión si es declarado culpable de ocultar los pagos que le hizo a cambio de que guardara silencio. “No creo que …
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– von Michel Rose und Ethan Wang Peking (Reuters) – Ungeachtet wachsender Spannungen zwischen dem Westen und China will die Regierung in Peking enger mit der EU zusammenarbeiten und das “gegenseitige strategische Vertrauen” stärken. Das sagte Chinas Präsident Xi Jin-Ping am Donnerstag nach Angaben des chinesischen Staatssender CCTV nach einem Treffen mit EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von …
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By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s government plans to cut its 2024 economic growth forecast, people familiar with the matter said, as it weighs the negative impact of rising interest rates and difficulties in spending EU post-COVID recovery funds. Rome will publish new estimates next week for this year and next in its Economic and …
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By Granth Vanaik (Reuters) – Levi Strauss & Co on Thursday warned of a margin crunch this year as it would have to offer higher promotions than previously anticipated while also grappling with higher costs, sending its shares tumbling 16% in morning trade. The company, which topped quarterly results estimates but maintained its annual revenue …
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Jerusalem/Beirut (Reuters) – Israel ist mit Raketen aus dem Libanon angegriffen worden. Mindestens eine Rakete sei erfolgreich abgefangen worden, teilte das israelische Militär am Donnerstag mit. Aus libanesischen Sicherheitskreisen hieß es, es habe mindestens zwei Angriffe gegeben, bei denen mehrere Raketen zum Einsatz gekommen seien. Israelische Medien berichteten von 30 Raketen, von denen die Hälfte …
