QUOTES-Bank of England policymakers speak after cutting rates from 16-year high
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LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England cut interest rates from a 16-year high on Thursday after a narrow vote in favour from policymakers divided over whether inflation pressures had eased sufficiently.
BoE’s Bailey: Still unclear if persistent inflation elements consistent with target
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LONDON (Reuters) – Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey on Thursday said it was still not clear if elements of persistent inflation were consistent with maintaining the rate of rising prices at the bank’s 2% target.
No threat to oil supply security in Hungary, Slovakia, EU Commission says
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – There seems to be no immediate risk to the security of oil supply to Hungary and Slovakia as sanctions imposed by Ukraine on Russian oil producer Lukoil do not affect the transit of oil via Ukraine to Hungary, the European Commission said on Thursday.
US to pause $95 million assistance to Georgian government over ‘foreign agent’ law
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WASHINGTON/TBILISI (Reuters) -The United States is pausing more than $95 million in assistance to Georgia over a law on “foreign agents” that Washington considers anti-democratic, dealing a further blow to already-strained relations between the two countries.
Italy’s plan to open migrant camps in Albania faces more delays
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ROME (Reuters) – A controversial plan in Italy to set up detention camps in Albania for migrants picked up at sea has again been delayed, with a source close to the matter saying on Thursday it was a few weeks behind schedule.
Ex-Russian lawmaker hurt in Russian drone attack outside Kyiv, Ukrainian reports say
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Thursday it had repelled a Russian drone attack on the region outside Kyiv overnight, but that debris injured two people identified in a Ukrainian media report as a former Russian lawmaker turned Kremlin critic and his wife.
Woman, daughter killed by Russian shelling on Ukraine’s Nikopol, official says
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KYIV (Reuters) – A mother and her daughter were killed by Russian shelling that hit the town of Nikopol in Ukraine’s eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, its governor said on Thursday.
Hundreds gather across Nigerian cities to protest cost of living crisis
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ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigerian police fired tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters in the capital city Abuja on Thursday, as hundreds rallied against the escalating cost of living and governance issues in Africa’s most populous nation, according to eyewitness accounts.
Japan seeks extradition of anti-whaling activist Watson from Denmark
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Japan is requesting the extradition of a U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling activist, who has been held in custody in Greenland since July 21, Denmark’s justice ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Elusive Hamas leader Deif masterminded Oct 7 attack on Israel
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Hamas’ military leader Mohammed Deif, one of the masterminds of the Oct. 7, 2023 assault on southern Israel, was an elusive figure who had a long and secretive career in the Palestinian group and had been sought by Israel for decades.
Family doctors in England vote for industrial action
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LONDON (Reuters) – Family doctors in England have voted to take industrial action as part of a dispute over funding and contract changes.
