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IMF: Ukraine to require at least $39.5b external financing in 2023

December 25, 2022

A resident pushes his bike on a snow covered street next to destroyed residential buildings in Borodyanka, near Kyiv on Dec 4, 2022. (DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP) KIEV/MOSCOW - Ukraine will require at least $39.5 billion in external financing next year to keep its economy afloat, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency...

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Ghana to default on most external debt as economic crisis worsens

December 20, 2022

A man holds a 50 cedis, the Ghana currency in Accra, Ghana, on Dec 1, 2022. (NIPAH DENNIS / AFP) ACCRA - Ghana on Monday suspended payments on most of its external debt, effectively defaulting as the country struggles to plug its cavernous balance of payments deficit. Its finance ministry...

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IAEA: External power restored to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

November 6, 2022

This handout photo taken on Sept 1, 2022 and obtained from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sept 7, 2022 shows a general view of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during an IAEA Support and Assistance Mission in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (HANDOUT / IAEA) VIENNA - External power...

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‘HK used to suppress China since the handover’

July 24, 2021

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Friday that “external forces” have used Hong Kong to “suppress China” ever since the handover in 1997, but people weren't sensitive enough to notice it. On RTHK’s Backchat programme, Lam alleged that foreign interference was behind major protests over the past two decades. She...

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External forces have penetrated HK universities: CE

June 9, 2021

Universities in Hong Kong need to beware of "external forces with ulterior motives", Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday, warning that students could be indoctrinated into taking part in illegal activities. Ahead of her weekly Executive Council meeting, Lam was asked by a journalist to respond to reports in...