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Envoy says Tillerson talking with Turkey to resolve crisis

Bloomberg The US ambassador to Turkey said that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is engaged in talks to try and resolve a major diplomatic break between the two NATO allies, sparking a rally in the Turkish lira even as the envoy said he couldn’t predict the outcome of those efforts. Speaking to reporters at his residence in Ankara, Ambassador John ...

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Kenya braces for protests as election rerun looms

Bloomberg Kenya is bracing for street protests as the East African nation awaits the electoral commission’s response to opposition leader Raila Odinga’s decision to withdraw from a presidential vote rerun that’s threatening a constitutional crisis. Opposition supporters gathered on Wednesday in the capital, Nairobi, and in the western city of Kisumu to join demonstrations called to protest what Odinga said ...

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‘UK must prepare for ‘bad-tempered’ Brexit’

Bloomberg UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said he will start releasing more money to help the government prepare for a “no deal” Brexit if there aren’t clear signs of progress in talks with the EU by early 2018. “There will be some areas where we need to start spending money in the new year if we can’t tell ...

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