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China urges banks to support property sector after mortgage boycott
China's banking regulator has urged lenders to extend more credit to real estate developers, as a growing number of homebuyers withhold mortgage payments on unfinished housing projects across 50 cities.
China banks vow to repay more customers after protests
Chinese regulators have promised to repay more victims of one of the country's biggest-ever banking scandals, after hundreds of thousands of customers were left without access to funds, triggering rare mass protests.
Asian markets track Wall St higher on easing recession fears
Stocks rose in Asia on Monday following a rally on Wall Street in response to data indicating US consumers remained resilient to surging inflation and higher interest rates, easing concerns about a possible recession.
Pacific Islands ask international court to rule on climate
Climate-threatened Pacific islands called on Monday for the International Court of Justice to rule on countries' legal duties to stop climate change, a move designed to ratchet up pressure on polluting nations. The islands -- many low-lying and already buffeted by climate change -- hope the move will introduce a heightened level of legal jeopardy for high carbon-emitting countries and spur action.
Iran, Russia, Turkey presidents to talk Syria war in Tehran
With the war in Ukraine still raging, Russian President Vladimir Putin travels Tuesday to Tehran for talks with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts on the Syria conflict. The Tehran summit will also enable Erdogan to hold his first meeting with Putin since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
France braces for record temperatures
France was bracing Monday for the peak of the heatwave gripping the country, with crushing temperatures expected from the Mediterranean as far up as Brittany in the northwest.
Oil dispute sharpens Baghdad-Kurd tensions amid deadlock
Iraq's oil wealth is rekindling tensions between federal authorities and the autonomous Kurdish region, in a row that could compromise the lifeline industry and keep investors away, analysts say. For Wahab, Kurdish and federal government officials fail to appreciate "how much they are damaging the overall reputation of Iraq's energy industry".
US doctors embroiled in sudden legal uncertainty over abortions
Days after the US state of Ohio banned abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, doctor Mae Winchester had a patient who needed to terminate her pregnancy to save her life.
Avec ses tables et chaises alignées et le matériel médical, le gymnase, dans un lycée de Brooklyn, a tout d'un centre de vaccination anti Covid: mais c'est pour la variole du singe qu'il a ouvert dimanche à New York, "épicentre" américain de l'épidémie.
On a hot Sunday afternoon in New York, the epicenter of the US monkeypox outbreak, a long line of men aged 20 to 40 wait for a vaccine to protect themselves and their loved ones against the virus. Everyone who spoke to AFP while waiting in line said they felt lucky to have gotten an appointment, as New York lacks doses.
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