Fitch expects South Africa to set 3% inflation target in November

By Colleen Goko JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Fitch Ratings expects South Africa to announce a revised 3% inflation target during November’s medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS), a senior analyst said on Tuesday. Central bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said earlier in October that the central bank and National Treasury agreed the inflation target should be lowered but they …

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La consultora IKAR aumenta las previsiones de producción de trigo y cereales en Rusia para 2025

MOSCÚ, 21 oct (Reuters) -La consultora rusa IKAR elevó sus previsiones de producción de trigo y cereales para 2025, anunció el martes la empresa. IKAR elevó la previsión de la cosecha de trigo de 87,5 millones de toneladas métricas (mmt) a 88 mmt. Aumentó su previsión total de grano de 136,5 mmt a 137,3 mmt, …

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BNP Paribas CFO to host call at 1500 CET to discuss Sudan litigation case

PARIS (Reuters) -BNP Paribas Chief Financial Officer Lars Machenil will host a call with analysts on Tuesday at 1300 GMT (1500 CET) to discuss Sudan litigation case, according to an email from the bank’s investor relations department seen by Reuters. BNP shares tumbled nearly 10% on Monday, with traders and analysts attributing the drop to …

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Russia says its terms for Ukraine peace unchanged since August summit

By Guy Faulconbridge and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Tuesday its conditions for peace in Ukraine remained unchanged since the August summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and that it was unclear when their next meeting would take place. Trump has repeatedly said he wants to end the …

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Netanyahu se reúne con el jefe de inteligencia egipcia, según oficina del primer ministro

JERUSALÉN, 21 oct (Reuters) – El primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, se reunió el martes en Jerusalén con el jefe de los servicios de inteligencia de Egipto, informó la oficina del primer ministro. Durante la reunión discutieron el avance del plan del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump, las relaciones Israel-Egipto y el fortalecimiento de la paz …

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Explainer-Britain’s Prince Andrew and the sex scandal he cannot shrug off

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Andrew faced renewed scrutiny on Tuesday after the release of a posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent accusers of the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which detailed new allegations about the royal. Andrew, 65, the second son of the late Queen Elizabeth and King Charles’ younger …

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Francia eleva a “alto” el nivel de alerta por gripe aviar tras aparición de nuevos casos

PARÍS, 21 oct (Reuters) -Francia elevó el nivel de alerta por gripe aviar de “moderado” a “alto”, exigiendo a las granjas avícolas de todo el país que mantengan a las aves bajo techo, mientras Europa se enfrenta a un rebrote estacional de la enfermedad. La gripe aviar altamente patógena es una enfermedad estacional que se …

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Finland’s unemployment rate rises in August to highest level in at least 15 years

(In September 23 story, corrects headline and first paragraph to say … at least 15 years …not… 20 years. Adds note in paragraph 4 to show that comparable unemployment data series only goes back as far as 2010.) HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland’s monthly unemployment rate rose to 10% in August, the highest level in at least …

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Indonesia to repatriate British death row prisoner on humanitarian grounds

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia and Britain agreed on Tuesday to repatriate a 69-year-old British woman who was on death row in the Southeast Asian country over drug-related offences, an Indonesian minister said. Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to jail in 2013 for smuggling cocaine worth more than $2 million into the holiday island of Bali in Indonesia, …

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Poland warns Russia’s Putin against crossing its airspace for Trump summit

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland warned Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday against travelling through its airspace for a summit in Hungary with U.S. President Donald Trump, saying it could be forced to execute an international arrest warrant if he did. Bulgaria, however, would be willing to let Putin use its airspace if the summit is held …

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