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Added on the 16/03/2023 13:19:50 - Copyright : France 24 EN
The US Federal Reserve voted to pause its aggressive campaign of interest rate hikes despite "elevated" inflation, while indicating a sharp increase could be needed before the end of the year, the chairman of the central bank Jerome Powell announces during a press conference in Washington, DC. SOUNDBITE
Images of a press conference in Bern by UBS and Credit Suisse leadership and Swiss officials. UBS will take over its troubled Swiss rival Credit Suisse for $3.25 billion following crunch talks Sunday aimed at stopping the stricken bank from triggering a wider international banking crisis. IMAGES
Major Wall Street indices finish down more than seven percent following an ugly session sparked by an oil prices crash and fears over the economic fallout from the coronavirus. IMAGES
Israeli police officers and military secure the site where three people where killed in what police described as a shooting attack near the Allenby Crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan. The deadly shooting at the Allenby Bridge Crossing, also known as King Hussein Crossing, comes amid surging violence in the West Bank, with major Israeli military raids and attacks by Palestinians. IMAGES
Israeli bulldozers pass along overturn roads at the entrance to Tulkarem as soldiers pressed ahead with a week-long assault in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces have killed at least 30 Palestinians across the northern West Bank since August 28, the territory's health ministry says, while Israel's military reported one soldier killed in the "counter-terrorism" raids. IMAGES