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For Japanese fishing town of Nemuro, Moscow holds key to survival
Date: April 18, 2022
By Daniel Leussink NEMURO, Japan (Reuters) -Japanese fisherman Tsuruyuki Hansaku was barely out of high school when he served 10 months in a Soviet prison, arrested at sea on his father’s boat for catching cod in what the Russians considered their territory. The silver-maned resident of the northern Japanese fishing town of Nemuro, now 79,...
Explainer-Sri Lanka’s reluctance to tap IMF helped push it into an economic abyss
Date: April 18, 2022
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis has triggered an unprecedented wave of spontaneous protests as the island nation of 22 million people struggles with prolonged power cuts and a shortage of essentials, including fuel and medicines. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government has come under growing pressure for its...
UK employers offer average 2.8% pay rise to staff – survey
Date: April 18, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – British employers are offering annual pay settlements worth an average increase of 2.8% to staff, well below the rate of inflation, a survey showed on Monday. The Chartered Management Institute said many businesses were wary of offering pay rises when other costs were soaring and some feared that consumer demand would soon...
Zelenskiy, IMF managing director discuss Ukraine’s ‘post-war reconstruction’
Date: April 18, 2022
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he spoke with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva about Ukraine’s financial stability and the country’s post-war reconstruction. “Discussed with IMF Managing Director Georgieva the issue of ensuring Ukraine’s financial stability & preparations for post-war reconstruction. We have clear plans for now, as well as a...
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Date: April 18, 2022
(Reuters) – Russia demanded the surrender of Ukrainian soldiers in the southeastern port of Mariupol, which Moscow said its forces nearly completely controlled. FIGHTING * Russian armed forces destroyed an ammunition factory near Kyiv, a Russian Defence Ministry spokesman said. * A missile attack damaged infrastructure in the northern city of Brovary, the mayor said....
Jerusalem violence puts strain on Israel’s coalition government
Date: April 18, 2022
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Clashes in Jerusalem that have stoked tensions during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan spread into Sunday, triggering 18 arrests and putting further strain on Israel’s coalition government. Israeli riot police faced off with fireworks-hurling Palestinians in the alleyways of the walled Old City after a visit by Jews to a disputed holy...