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U.S., UK, Europe, Canada to block Russian access to SWIFT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States, Britain, Europe and Canada on Saturday moved to block Russia's access to the...
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Explainer-A SWIFT primer as West moves to freeze Russia out of international payments
By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union, along with the United States and other Western partners, has announced...
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Explainer-Russian banks face exclusion as allies deploy ‘financial nuclear weapon’
By Tommy Wilkes, John McCrank and Huw Jones LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States, Britain and European Union ratcheted...
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Macron tells French farmers: Ukraine war will weigh on you, and it will last
PARIS (Reuters) - The war in Ukraine, and heavy sanctions Western powers have taken against Russia, will have long-lasting and...
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Explainer-How Western sanctions target Russia
By Karin Strohecker (Reuters) -The United States, Britain and other Western nations have hit Russia with new sanctions following Russian's...
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Tunisia’s Saied will bar foreign funding for civil society
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's President Kais Saied said on Thursday he will outlaw foreign funding for civil society organisations as...
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G7 leaders slam Russian invasion of Ukraine, say to bring sanctions
BERLIN (Reuters) - The Group of Seven industrialized nations strongly condemned on Thursday Russia's invasion of Ukraine and said they...
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Argentina says IMF deal ‘imminent’; could go to Congress within days
By Agustin Geist and Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina is poised to "imminently" send an agreement with the...
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Mexican president says U.S.’s Blinken ‘misinformed’ on journalist killings
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday snapped back at U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken...
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Former judge Sergio Moro seeks to unite Brazil’s center for October vote
By Anthony Boadle, Ricardo Brito and Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian presidential candidate Sergio Moro called in an interview...
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Russia postpones Cuba debt payments amid warming relations
By Polina Devitt and Dave Sherwood MOSCOW/HAVANA (Reuters) - Russia has agreed to postpone some debt payments owed to it...
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Explainer-How Western sanctions will target Russia
By Karin Strohecker (Reuters) -The United States and its allies are coordinating new sanctions on Russia after Moscow recognised two...
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Biden sends troops to Baltics, F-35s to NATO’s eastern flank -U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's Tuesday announcement of a redistribution of troops in Europe includes sending 800 infantry...
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Pentagon chief calls on Putin to avoid full-blown “war of choice”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin can still avoid a full-blown war of choice, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin...
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EU cautious on Polish moves to scrap disciplinary system for judges
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A top European Union official on Tuesday said the Polish president's move to dismantle...
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Saudi Arabia for first time marks its founding, downplaying conservative roots
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia held celebrations on Tuesday to commemorate for the first time its...
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Mexican president urges U.S. to end the ‘shame’ of funding opposition groups
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday urged the U.S. government to stop funding groups...
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Mali’s workers feel the squeeze as sanctions take hold
By Paul Lorgerie and Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mohamed Cisse used to employ hundreds of workers in Mali's capital...
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Lithuania aims to boost defence spending in response to Ukraine crisis -PM
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The Lithuanian government plans to increase military spending as it looks to beef up its defences amid...
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Lebanon parliament extends lifting of bank secrecy to audit cenbank
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament on Monday extended a law that lifts banking secrecy regulations to facilitate a forensic audit...
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