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European shares edged lower ahead of fresh talks between Greece and its creditors. As Ivor Bennett reports, a standoff over debt relief is fuelling market scepticism that a deal can be reached by the end of the month.
European shares edged lower ahead of fresh talks between Greece and its creditors. As Ivor Bennett reports, a standoff over debt relief is fuelling market scepticism that a deal can be reached by the end of the month.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the country's ambassador in Moscow, Lynne Tracy, was able to visit Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in prison. "I can report based on what Ambassador Tracy has said that he's in good health and good spirits, considering the circumstances. We continue to call for his immediate release from this unjust detention," Blinken told reporters in Japan after G7 talks. SOUNDBITE
The IMF hopes to make "more progress" in talks on a new financial aid program for Argentina shortly, IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath says. SOUNDBITE
New York, Oct 15 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Justin Lane) Wall Street opened Friday in green and the Dow Jones of Industrialists, its main indicator, rose 0.83% encouraged by the quarterly reports from large US banks.
The first official budget figures since Britain voted to leave the EU show a smaller-than-expected budget surplus. As post-referendum data continues to trickle in, attention is turning to what sort of access Britain will seek with its main trading partners in the EU. Kirsty Basset reports.
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