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Sri Lanka's creditor nations to meet despite uncertainty on China
TOKYO (Reuters) - As Sri Lanka's creditor nations prepare for their first meeting on Tuesday to co-ordinate restructuring of the Indian Ocean nation's debt, the focus is turning to whether China will ...
May 09, 2023
Factbox-Key players in Turkey's election campaign
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan will put his two-decade rule on the line on May 14 when he faces opposition challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Turkey's landmark elections. Surveys suggest ...
May 09, 2023
Explainer-Why the EU is restricting grain imports from Ukraine
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Commission has announced restrictions on the imports of Ukrainian what, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seed in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria until June...
May 09, 2023
Why eastern Europe's grain producers face a perfect storm
By Anna Koper, Gergely Szakacs and Luiza Ilie WARSAW (Reuters) - When global grain prices started falling last year after a spike in the first months of the war in Ukraine, Poland's then agriculture m...
May 09, 2023
China's April iron ore imports up 5% y/y at 90.4 million tonnes
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's imports of iron ore rose 5.1% in April from the same period the previous year, customs data showed on Tuesday, as buyers anticipated strong demand for the steelmaking ingre...
May 08, 2023
Thailand's influential ex-PM Thaksin eyes July return from exile
By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Tuesday he would return home in July after 17 years in self-imposed exile, just days ahea...
May 08, 2023
Marketmind: US uncertainty feeds caution in Asia
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Asia markets correspondent Kevin Buckland. European investors hoping to find some clues on market direction from Asia may be disappointed to...
May 08, 2023
Global push to tackle maternal and newborn deaths has stalled, WHO report finds
(Reuters) - Progress in reducing deaths during pregnancy and childbirth and among newborn infants has stalled since 2015, and over 60 countries are on track to miss 2030 targets at current rates, a Wo...
May 08, 2023
Big 3rd period lifts Force to win and Western Conference title
(KFGO/KNFL) The Fargo Force survived a wild and active first period, and finished with a flourish. The Force scored five third-period goals en route to an 8-4 win to clinch the USHL’s Western Co...
May 08, 2023
EU envoy to China hails Xi's call with Ukraine president as positive step
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was a very positive step, the European Union ambassador to China said on Tuesday, while urging...
May 08, 2023
