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A man pauses in front of a shop in a popular middle-class shopping district in Istanbul, Turkey March 4, 2024.

Turkey inflation up near 70%, highest since 2022

Reuters |Updated 16 minutes ago |2 min read

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish annual consumer price inflation climbed to 69.8% in April, official data showed on Friday, a bit below expectations but the highest since late-2022 on strong rises in education, restaurants and hotels prices. ...

Chadian interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby speaks during the launch of his presidential campaign ahead of the May elections in N'Djamena, Chad April 14, 2024.

Factbox-Who are the main candidates in Chad's election?

Reuters |Updated 55 minutes ago |2 min read

DAKAR (Reuters) - Chad will on Monday become the first of West and Central Africa's junta-ruled countries to hold a vote since a wave of coups swept over the region. Opposition groups have raised objections and called for boycotts, saying the ...

Supporters of Chadian interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby attend his presidential campaign rally ahead of the May elections in Moundou, Chad April 25, 2024.

Chad prepares to vote in a coup-hit region, wary allies look on

Mahamat Ramadane, Portia Crowe |Updated 55 minutes ago |4 min read

By Mahamat Ramadane and Portia Crowe N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad will hold presidential elections on Monday, making it the first in a string of coup-hit states across Central and West Africa to use the ballot box to try to emerge from years of ...

Chadian interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby speaks during the launch of his presidential campaign ahead of the May elections in N'Djamena, Chad April 14, 2024.

Heatwaves and outages test support for juntas in Chad and Mali

Idrissa Sangare, Mahamat Ramadane |Updated 55 minutes ago |2 min read

By Mahamat Ramadane and Idrissa Sangare N'DJAMENA/BAMAKO (Reuters) - In Chad's scorching capital N'Djamena, housewife Sylvie Belrangar turned the handle of a tap but nothing trickled out as water shortages and extreme temperatures sweep parts of ...

View of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 4, 2024.

Italy's Webuild sends proposal to rebuild collapsed Baltimore bridge

Reuters |Updated 55 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Italian construction group Webuild said on Friday it has pitched a project to rebuild Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed in March after a container ship crashed into a support pillar. The project includes the design ...

Members of the Amhara Militia patrol on the streets in Dessie town, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, October 9, 2021. Picture taken October 9, 2021.

Ethiopia's Amhara militia says resettlement plan 'beats war drum'

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Leaders of a militia in Ethiopia's Amhara region accused the administration in neighbouring Tigray of "beating a war drum" over plans to return hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans to territories Amhara fighters captured during ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a conference titled "National Conservatism" in Brussels, Belgium April 17, 2024.

Hungary to tweak price formula imposed on fuel traders, PM Orban says

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's government has decided to tweak a formula imposed on fuel traders to curb prices, excluding some central European countries from the basis of comparison, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio on Friday.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds an annual international media briefing in Budapest, Hungary, December 21, 2023.

Hungary defence spending to be increased if Ukraine war drags into 2025 -PM Orban

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary will need to boost defence spending further next year if the war in neighbouring Ukraine drags into 2025, reducing the amount of funds available for other expenditure, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio on ...

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France's Sciences Po university closed over new Gaza protests

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

PARIS (Reuters) - Paris' Sciences Po university was closed for the day on Friday after a debate between the institute's leadership and students on the war in Gaza failed to ease tensions, prompting protesters to occupy it overnight. The elite ...

A Palestinian flag flutters next to the protest encampment in support of Palestinians in Gaza at The University of Sydney, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Sydney, Australia May 3, 2024.

'Show solidarity': Pro-Palestinian protesters camp across Australian universities

Lewis Jackson |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hundreds of people protesting Israel's war in Gaza rallied at one of Australia's top universities on Friday demanding it divest from companies with ties to Israel, in a movement inspired by the student ...

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