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...The announcement comes days after a US delegation, including assistant secretary of state for African affairs Molly Phee and head of the US-Africa Command General Michael Langley, visited the Nigerien capital...
...The suit filed in the Southern District Court of New York on Thursday by Matthew Connolly, the former director of Deutsche Bank’s pool trading desk in New York, alleges that senior executives at the bank...
...Matthew Connolly had been found guilty of fraud in 2018 in one of several high-profile cases brought by the US government over the Libor scandal that roiled the banking sector and forced some of the world...
...Additional reporting by Joe Leahy in Beijing and William Langley in Hong Kong...
...Its chief executive Matthew Chamberlain is trying to push through a plan for more regular reporting of these positions in all of the LME’s physically delivered metals....
Today’s main developments: Russia says there is ‘hope for reaching a compromise’; Nato defence ministers to discuss security implications of war; US approves $1bn in military aid for Ukraine, including drones
Today’s main developments: Russia says new ‘phase’ of offensive to focus on Donbas; US signals willingness to widen Russian sanctions; Moscow hits back at Biden’s call to remove Russia from G20
Today’s main developments: Biden warns Russia of ‘response’ if it uses chemical weapons; G7 to crack down on Russia’s ability to sell its gold; Stoltenberg to extend role as Nato chief for another year
Today’s main developments: US and European allies to escalate sanctions on Russia, Ukraine urges international banks to leave Russia; Global diesel shortage looms with Europe being hardest hit, say corporate leaders
Today’s main developments: Russia’s advance met with strong resistance; US, UK and EU preparing to freeze Putin and Lavrov’s assets; stream of Ukrainians head to Hungary
Today’s main developments: Biden and Xi fail to bridge differences over Ukraine war; Germany calls G7 meeting to discuss invasion of Ukraine; Russian bond interest payments flow though western financial system; Putin accuses Kyiv of dragging out negotiations
Main developments: Biden says Russia will ‘bear the consequences’ as US and allies roll out fresh sanctions; Ukraine reports bombing of cities and airports; and Russia denies plan to occupy whole of Ukraine
Today’s main developments: US and UK announce bans on Russian oil imports, Moscow agrees to ceasefire in ‘humanitarian corridor’, says Kyiv; More big western companies halt or suspend business in Russia
Today’s main developments: EU agrees extra sanctions against Russia; Polish, Czech and Slovenian leaders meet Zelensky in Kyiv; European stocks fall as traders weigh Ukraine war
Today’s main developments: US says Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine, Kyiv official says; Russia to switch gas invoicing to roubles for European buyers; Nato to discuss extending Stoltenberg’s term as secretary-general
Saturday’s main developments: Kyiv faces ‘a long fight’, US and European nations increase military support for Ukraine and thousands cross the border into Poland and Hungary
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