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The World Banks Turkey director said on Thursday that the economy was heading in the right direction but there was more to do, a week after the bank it would double its exposure to Turkey to $35... -September 14, 2023 at 07:20 am EDT - MarketScreener

China and Venezuela signed several bilateral cooperation documents focused on various areas including economy, trade and tourism, China's state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said on Wednesday. In promoting stronger ties between the two countries, China's President Xi Jinping signed the deals with Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro after a meeting in Beijing.

The World Health Organization said it has dismissed a biosecurity expert after an internal inquiry upheld allegations of sexual misconduct but the man's lawyer dismissed the investigation as a smear campaign. The details of the allegations were not made public. The expert's lawyer told Reuters on Thursday that her client contested the allegations against him and would challenge the dismissal.

China sent a senior official to Vietnam to enhance "political trust" between the two countries, ahead of a scheduled visit by U.S. President Joe Biden designed to boost diplomatic ties between Washington and Hanoi. The Chinese Communist Party's international department head Liu Jianchao met with Vietnam's ruling Communist Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong, the official Chinese Xinhua news agency reported. During his three-day trip, which ends on Wednesday, Liu also had talks wi...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said after meeting Russias Vladimir Putin on Monday that he believes a solution can be found soon to reviving the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain-export deal, including... -Today at 10:11 am- MarketScreener

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said after meeting Russia's Vladimir Putin on Monday that he believes a solution can be found so...

Norway has decided to close its embassy in Mali by the end of the year due to the deteriorating security situation in the West African country, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.... -Today at 07:06 am- MarketScreener

The leading candidate to be Taiwan's new president, Vice President William Lai, said in an interview on Tuesday that he has no plans to change the island's formal name, but reiterated that Taiwan is "not subordinate" to China. Beijing dislikes Lai for previous comments saying he is a "practical worker for Taiwan independence" - a red line for China, which views the democratically governed island as part of its territory. Lai has repeatedly said that he is not seek...

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to the family of Yevgeny Prigozhin on Thursday, breaking his

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to the family of Yevgeny Prigozhin on Thursday, breaking his silence after the mercenary leader's plane crashed with no survivors two months after he led a mutiny against army chiefs. Two U.S. officials told Reuters that Washington believed a surface-to-air missile originating from inside Russia likely shot down the plane, though they said the information was preliminary and under review. Russian investigators opened a ...