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Ghana IMF loan outcry pressures government over economy
Ghanaian trader Mohammed Biney was already struggling when the government passed a new tax on electronic money transactions this year to try to revive the economy. "You can’t impose taxes on us under the guise of saving the economy and then overnight come and tell us you’re going to the IMF," trader Biney told AFP. "I think they ran out of ideas."
Iran hosts Putin, Erdogan for talks overshadowed by Ukraine war
Iran's president will host his Russian and Turkish counterparts on Tuesday for talks on the Syrian war in a three-way summit overshadowed by fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Court battle to open in Musk, Twitter buyout fight
Elon Musk and Twitter will face off Tuesday in the first court hearing over the Tesla chief's move to abandon their $44 billion buyout deal, a case with massive stakes for both sides. Billions of dollars are at stake, but so is the future of the platform that Musk has said should allow any legal speech, an absolutist position that has sparked fears the network could be used to incite violence.
Indian rupee breaches 80 per dollar, hits new record low
The Indian rupee fell to more than 80 per US dollar for the first time on record Tuesday, as the greenback extended its rally and foreign capital outflows intensified. The rupee 80.0600 against the greenback soon after trading started, Bloomberg data showed.
Europe burns as heatwave breaks temperature records
A fierce heatwave in western Europe has left much of the continent wilting under a scorching sun, feeding ferocious wildfires and threatening to smash more temperature records on Tuesday. Although that was not a record, higher temperatures are expected there on Tuesday.
SAS and pilots' unions reach agreement, ending strike
Scandinavian airline SAS and the unions representing their pilots said Tuesday that they had reached an agreement, ending a two-week strike that has cost the ailing airline between $9 and $12 million a day. The agreement ending the strike after 15 days was confirmed by both the company and the unions after a negotiation session ran through Monday and into the early hours of Tuesday.
The kidnapped Sri Lankan dissident who helped oust a president
Activist Premakumar Gunaratnam says he was marked for death by Sri Lanka's security boss a decade ago. - White vans - Security forces allegedly abducted troublesome opponents so often during and after Sri Lanka's ethnic war that being "white-vanned" became a euphemism for kidnapping.
Asian markets drop as Apple report fans economic worries
Most stocks fell Tuesday after a Wall Street sell-off fuelled by fresh recession worries following a report that Apple planned to ease back on spending due to uncertainty over the economic outlook. In a sign of concern among big-cap firms about an economic slowdown or recession, Bloomberg News said tech titan Apple was pulling back on hiring and some investments.
'Shocking' report lists devastation to Australia wildlife
Australia's unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss and global warming, a government report said Tuesday, warning that more species were headed for extinction. "Our inability to adequately manage pressures will continue to result in species extinctions," scientists warned in the report.
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