Exclusive-Ghana poised to request debt relief under G20 Common Framework – sources

By Karin Strohecker, Jorgelina do Rosario and Christian Akorlie LONDON/ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana is poised to request debt relief via the G20 Common Framework programme and has sought reassurances that the negotiations can be expedited before proceeding, sources told Reuters. The crisis-hit country, which secured a $3 billion staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) …

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Climate change: UK’s 2022 was hottest year on record, says forecaster

By William James LONDON (Reuters) -Britain experienced its hottest year on record in 2022, the national weather service confirmed on Thursday, saying human-induced climate change had made what would normally be a once-in-500-year event likely to happen every three or four years. The Met Office said the average annual temperature was 10.03 degrees Celsius (50.05 …

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Bond yields little changed after Fed minutes, traders eye debt supply

By Dharamraj Dhutia MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian government bond yields ended largely unchanged on Thursday as the fall in oil prices was offset by relatively hawkish commentary from the Federal Reserve in the minutes of the latest meeting. Market participants also stayed away, awaiting debt supply on Friday. New Delhi aims to raise 280 billion …

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North Korea’s Kim purges ex-foreign minister, South Korean lawmakers say

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has purged a former foreign minister who played an instrumental role in his summits with former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018-19, South Korean lawmakers said on Thursday, citing intelligence officials. Ri Yong Ho has remained out of the public eye since denuclerisation …

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France backs its Burkina envoy despite pressure to withdraw him -minister

By John Irish and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) – France continues to back its envoy in Burkina Faso despite a request by the Burkinabe government to replace him amid growing anti-French sentiment likely fuelled by Russian mercenaries, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Thursday. In December, the Ouagadougou government sent a letter requesting the departure …

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U.S. defends Biden’s student debt relief plan in Supreme Court brief

By Andrea Shalal and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department filed a brief with the Supreme Court late on Wednesday defending President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions of dollars in federal student loans, arguing that two cases lacked standing to challenge the debt relief. Biden in August said the U.S. government would …

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