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The United States on Friday slapped a travel ban on Paraguay's former president Horacio Cartes, accusing the businessman turned politician of corruption and links to "terrorist" groups.
The United States on Friday slapped a travel ban on Paraguay's former president Horacio Cartes, accusing the businessman turned politician of corruption and links to "terrorist" groups.
Zimbabwe braces for new gold coin as hedge against inflation
Zimbabwe will next week introduce a gold coin aimed at battling a resurgence in inflation and easing the public's thirst for US dollars. The government says the innovation aims at shoring up the economy at a time of galloping inflation and depreciation of the Zimbabwean dollar.
Snap plunges 35% after results as US stocks open mixed
Snap shares sank more than 30 percent early Friday following disappointing results as US stocks were mixed in the final session of a positive trading week. Stocks have risen the last three sessions, generating hopes that the market may have pivoted after a bruising first half of 2022.
Iran says Saudi ready to move reconciliation talks to higher level
Iran and Saudi Arabia are ready to move reconciliation talks to a higher level, more than a year after they began and six years after the two rivals severed relations, Iran's foreign minister says. He added that last week Iran had received a message from Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein who said "the Saudi side is ready to move the talks to the political and public level."
Russia launches criminal proceedings against pregnant councillor
Russian investigators on Friday opened a criminal probe against a pregnant city councillor in Siberia who is one of the last allies of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny still in the country. Nearly all key opposition figures are now either in exile or in jail, and virtually any criticism of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine has been outlawed.
Militia clashes in Libya capital kill 9
At least nine people were killed overnight Thursday-Friday in heavy clashes between militias in the Libyan capital Tripoli, emergency services said. Updating an earlier toll, emergency services told Al-Ahrar television a child was among the nine dead and that 25 other people -- including civilians -- were wounded, several of them seriously.
Hungary eyes 'better cooperation' with EU in funds row: minister
Hungary is hoping "better cooperation" with the European Commission will unlock billions of euros (dollars) of held-up funds, according to the minister in charge of the negotiations, as its economy struggles. The 56-year-old said that work was "continuing" to find a compromise, but gave no timeframe for when 5.8 billion euros ($5.9 billion) in funding might be unlocked.
Kenya court finds three police guilty of killing rights lawyer
A Kenyan court on Friday found three police officers and an informer guilty of murdering a human rights lawyer, his client and their driver, six years after the killings triggered angry protests. On Friday, high court judge Jessie Lessit ruled that three officers as well as a police informer were guilty of murder.
Twitter reported disappointing results on Friday, a miss that the social network attributed to "headwinds" including the uncertainty related to Elon Musk's buyout bid.
Twitter reported disappointing results on Friday, a miss that the social network attributed to "headwinds" including the uncertainty related to Elon Musk's buyout bid. Twitter missed expectations with revenue of $1.18 billion, due to "advertising industry headwinds... as well as uncertainty related to the pending acquisition of Twitter by an affiliate of Elon Musk," the firm reported.
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