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Putin Warns of Long War as West Seeks to Unblock Ukraine’s Grain Exports
Date: July 8, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Western officials on Friday tried to coax Russia into allowing Ukraine to ship its grain out to the world as the four-month-old war threatened to bring hunger to countries far away from the battlefields. Moscow, however, accused the West of waging economic warfare on Russia by attempting to isolate...
Safety-Bid Lifts Yen After Former PM Shot, Euro Falls Towards Parity
Date: July 8, 2022
By Joice Alves and Tom Westbrook LONDON (Reuters) – Safe-haven demand lifted the yen and the U.S. dollar on Friday after former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election. The euro, at a 20-year low, was falling towards parity against the dollar and set for its worst week in...
Sterling Falls Versus Dollar on Concerns Over the Economy
Date: July 8, 2022
By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) – Sterling fell against a strengthening dollar as an unfavourable macroeconomic backdrop overshadowed concerns about politics after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation. The pound rose on Thursday after media reports of his imminent resignation earlier in the day and held on to the gains after Johnson said he was...
Russia Joins G20 Meeting Overshadowed by Ukraine Conflict
Date: July 7, 2022
By Stanley Widianto NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will have his first close encounter with the fiercest critics of his country’s invasion of Ukraine at a G20 gathering in Indonesia that was getting under way on Thursday with the war all but certain to dominate discussions. A closed-door foreign minister’s meeting...
Sterling Enjoys a Small Lift as Boris Johnson Quits
Date: July 7, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling held on to its gains on Thursday after Boris Johnson said he was quitting as prime minister following a rush of ministerial resignations and calls for him to go. The gains versus the dollar and the euro began after media reports of his imminent resignation earlier in the day. But the moves...
Ukraine Raises Flag on Recaptured Island, Loses Key Supporter in UK’s Johnson
Date: July 7, 2022
By Max Hunder and Simon Lewis KYIV/BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces raised their national flag on a recaptured Black Sea island on Thursday in a defiant act against Moscow, but Kyiv lost one of its main international supporters after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would step down. Russian forces also shelled potential...