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World Bank cuts Pakistan’s GDP f’cast on rising rates, limited fiscal space
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The World Bank sharply lowered Pakistan's current year growth forecast, saying the country's economic growth prospects have weakened due to tighter financial conditions and limit...
Apr 04, 2023
Sri Lanka central bank holds rates to temper inflation
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Swati Bhat COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's central bank kept its interest rates unchanged on Tuesday in the face of stubbornly high inflation, in its first policy decision sinc...
Apr 04, 2023
Lithuania offers carve-outs to EU sceptics over Russia nuclear sanctions
By Andrew Gray and Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A new Lithuanian bid to push the European Union to impose sanctions on Russia's nuclear energy industry includes proposed exemptions for Hung...
Apr 04, 2023
Ukrainian city mourns champion kickboxer killed fighting Russian troops
IVANO-FRANKIVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Hundreds of residents of the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk turned out to mourn four-times world kickboxing champion Vitalii Merinov after he was killed in acti...
Apr 04, 2023
India’s PhonePe launches e-commerce app on government’s open network
By VarunVyas Hebbalalu BENGALURU (Reuters) - Walmart Inc-backed digital payments firm PhonePe Pvt Ltd launched an app called Pincode on the Indian government's open network on Tuesday to strengthen it...
Apr 04, 2023
Japan rejects Russian Sovcombank’s allegation that sanctions are illegal
(Reuters) - Japan on Tuesday rejected an allegation that the sanctions it has imposed on Russian private lender Sovcombank are illegal, and said Russia's aggression against Ukraine should have a signi...
Apr 04, 2023
Google workers in London stage walkout over job cuts
By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of Google employees staged a walkout at the company's London offices on Tuesday, following a dispute over layoffs. In January, Google's parent company Alp...
Apr 04, 2023
Nintendo to repair for free unresponsive game controllers, EU says
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Japanese gaming company Nintendo has agreed to repair for free beyond the legal guarantee period unresponsive console controllers following complaints from Europea...
Apr 04, 2023
World making ‘huge mistake’ not funding new TB vaccines – Gates
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - A lack of funding could delay late-stage trials of the first new vaccine against tuberculosis for more than a century, warned Bill Gates, whose foundation is backi...
Apr 04, 2023
Polling places open for April elections
PEORIA, Ill. — Polls are open statewide Illinois for April elections until 7 p.m. Tuesday. With a significant increase of people voting by mail permanently, lines at your polling place likely ar...
Apr 04, 2023
Peoria, IL, USA
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