
Dollar extends gains on Fed rate hike expectations
Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 21, 2022 - The dollar extended gains Friday on expectations the Federal Reserve will press ahead with its programme of bumper interest rate hikes for the rest of the year.
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Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 21, 2022 - The dollar extended gains Friday on expectations the Federal Reserve will press ahead with its programme of bumper interest rate hikes for the rest of the year.
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Istanbul (AFP) Oct 21, 2022 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accepted a request from Sweden's new prime minister to visit Turkey for talks aimed at overcoming Ankara's objections to Stockholm and Helsinki's bids to join NATO, local media reported on Friday.
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Grojec, Poland (AFP) Oct 21, 2022 - Belarusian teenager Gleb Gunko left the front line in Ukraine with shrapnel in his legs, constant nightmares and post-traumatic stress disorder - but no regrets about volunteering to fight the Russians.
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Washington (AFP) Oct 21, 2022 - Documents seized from former president Donald Trump's Florida home in August included highly sensitive intelligence on Iran and China that risked exposure of US spying methods, the Washington Post reported Friday.
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Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 21, 2022 - Russia's defence minister held rare telephone talks with his US counterpart Friday, after pro-Kremlin officials said they were turning Ukraine's southern city of Kherson into a fortress as Kyiv's forces advance.
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Berlin (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faced a barrage of criticism on Thursday after a media report accused him of planning to push through Chinese investment in a Hamburg port despite grave reservations in his government.
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Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 - Equities tumbled Thursday, tracking a sell-off on Wall Street, while the dollar jumped further as surging inflation, interest rate hikes and recession fears returned to the fore.
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Brussels (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 - Sweden's new Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Thursday he was ready to head to Ankara to urge Turkey to back bids by Sweden and Finland to join the NATO alliance.
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Washington (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 - US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will visit Japan next week in a show of unity after North Korea's slew of missile launches and exercises, officials said Thursday.
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Washington (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 - For 60 years, the Cuban missile crisis has loomed both as a frightening lesson on how close the world came to nuclear doomsday - and how skillful leadership averted it.
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Paris (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 - As Ukrainian soldiers regain ground in Ukraine, they are capturing military vehicles and weapons abandoned by fleeing Russians, turning some against the invading army, analysts say.
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Paris (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 - Waging brutal repression at home and allegedly helping Russia in its war against Ukraine, Iran is becoming an unsolvable challenge for Western powers eager to avoid a new nuclear power in the Middle East.
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Tehran (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 - Iran's top diplomat denied Thursday that Tehran planned to send missiles to Russia for use in the Ukraine war, an allegation made in several media reports.
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