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Turkish central bank cuts rates for third month
Turkish central bank cuts rates for third month

Turkey's central bank on Thursday cut its policy rate for the third consecutive month despite plunging lira and an annual inflation rate that has soared over 83 percent. The decision comes right after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the central bank would keep cutting rates every month for "as long as I am in power".

Surovikin: The ruthless face of Russia's campaign in Ukraine
Surovikin: The ruthless face of Russia's campaign in Ukraine

With his shaved head and uncompromising scowl, General Sergey Surovikin has become the face of Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine in just a few days. Dressed in military uniform and surrounded by Russian flags, Surovikin said of operations in Ukraine that the "situation is tense".

Chad clashes kill five at protests
Chad clashes kill five at protests

Five people were killed Thursday when police clashed with demonstrators in the Chadian capital during a banned protest against the ruling military, an AFP journalist saw. They are killing our people," Succes Masra, whose Transformers party was among groups that had called the protest, said on Twitter.