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19th Mar 2024

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Euro slides to lowest level in two decades

The euro on Tuesday dropped to its lowest level since 2002 as traders fearing a potential recession rushed into the safety of the dollar. "People want dollars in times of stress and anxiety," said Jane Foley, head of FX strategy at Rabobank, to the FT. Amid growing energy and food prices inflation in the euro area hit a new high of 8.1 percent in May, OECD figures out Tuesday showed.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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