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Erdoğan Appears With Putin Via Video for Nuclear Plant Inauguration Amid Health Concerns The Turkish president canceled a second day of in-person events weeks before national election By Kristina Jovanovski/The Media Line Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appeared via video alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday during a ceremony for a Russian-made nuclear power plant in southwestern Turkey, in Erdoğan’s second day of canceled in-person events due to illness. […]

By Philip Pullella, Krisztina Than and Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Pope Francis, starting a trip to Hungary, on Friday pointedly warned of the dangers of rising nationalism in Europe and told the Budapest government that accepting migrants along with the rest of the continent would be a true sign of Christianity. In a hard-hitting speech to government leaders including Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has had a series of run-ins […]

GENEVA (Reuters) -Chad conducted its first evacuation flights from Sudan carrying more than 200 people, including dozens of children, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday. Countries around the globe have rushed to extract foreign diplomats and citizens from the country after a conflict erupted between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, killing hundreds of people and turning residential areas into war zones. The U.N. […]

By Nichola Groom and Katharine Jackson (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to repeal President Joe Biden’s suspension of tariffs on solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations, a move aimed at supporting a domestic supply chain but that solar project builders say would stall clean energy development. The resolution passed in a 221-202 vote. It will now be sent to the Democratic-controlled Senate for consideration, where […]

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager during clashes in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Palestinian officials said. Palestinian witnesses said that a group of young Palestinians near the town of Bethlehem were throwing rocks at Israeli troops, who responded with tear gas and gunfire. The Israeli military said it was checking the report. The Palestinian Health Ministry said a 16-year-old was shot dead during the […]

(Reuters) – Kyiv said on Friday it was nearly ready to launch a huge ground assault to retake occupied land, after Russia hurled missiles at cities as people slept overnight, killing at least 23 people in its first large-scale air strikes in nearly two months. FIGHTING * War at crucial juncture after Russian winter offensive gains little ground and Kyiv prepares counter-offensive using hundreds of tanks and armoured vehicles sent […]

By Ann Saphir, Hannah Lang and Chris Prentice (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve issued a detailed and scathing assessment on Friday of its failure to identify problems and push for fixes at Silicon Valley Bank before the U.S. lender’s collapse, and promised tougher supervision and stricter rules for banks. In what Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr called an “unflinching” review of the U.S. central bank’s supervision of SVB, […]

(Reuters) – Shares of First Republic Bank plunged to a record low on Friday, losing nearly half of their value after a CNBC report said the troubled lender was most likely headed for receivership under the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The stock fell as much as 46% to $3.33, giving it a market capitalization of $620 million. Trading in the bank’s shares was halted multiple times. A Reuters […]

By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -BBC Chairman Richard Sharp resigned on Friday after an independent report found he breached rules by not disclosing a potential conflict of interest in his role in securing a $1 million loan for the then-prime minister, Boris Johnson. His exit amid a cronyism row comes at a time of heightened political scrutiny of the publicly-funded British broadcaster’s impartiality. A row with high profile presenter Gary […]