ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign ministry summoned the ambassador of the United States on Sunday to convey discomfort over an alert the embassy published on its website related to an opposition rally in central Istanbul, foreign ministry sources said. Thousands gathered for a rally on Saturday to protest the conviction of leading Turkish opposition politician Canan … [Read more...] about Turkey summons U.S. envoy over demonstration alert – sources
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Turkey’s Erdogan links Sweden, Finland NATO bid to return of ‘terrorists’
ANKARA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday Sweden should not expect Turkey to approve its NATO bid without returning "terrorists", and Swedish and Finnish delegations should not come to Turkey to convince it to back their membership in the alliance. U.S. President Joe Biden and top officials from his administration repeated that they are confident … [Read more...] about Turkey’s Erdogan links Sweden, Finland NATO bid to return of ‘terrorists’
BNI propels growth of microcredit scheme
Inforial (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Sun, May 22, 2022 2022-05-22 21:00 0 e16ff64e7ecc29b4174149122311b908 4 Inforial Free PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk or BNI (stock code: BBNI), continues to strengthen the growth of the government microcredit program (KUR) this year. BNI is aiding the economic recovery along with its other strategic … [Read more...] about BNI propels growth of microcredit scheme
Olympics-Russian IOC members not to blame for Ukraine war says IOC’s Bach
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Not all Russians should be blamed for their government's decision to invade Ukraine and that includes Russian members of the International Olympic Committee, IOC president Thomas Bach said on Friday, defending his decision not to sanction them. The IOC has called on international federations to move events from Russia and ban Russian and … [Read more...] about Olympics-Russian IOC members not to blame for Ukraine war says IOC’s Bach
Olympics-Russian members allowed to take part in IOC session
BERLIN (Reuters) - Russian members of the International Olympic Committee can take part in this week's IOC session despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with the Olympic body saying on Monday they are not representatives of their country. Russia currently has two members on the IOC with former pole vault Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva and Shamil Tarpishchev. Longtime … [Read more...] about Olympics-Russian members allowed to take part in IOC session