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Riots break out in Nigerian cities amid cash scarcity
AFP, Published on 16/02/2023
» LAGOS - Rioters attacked bank ATMs and blocked roads in three Nigerian cities on Wednesday as anger spilled on the streets over a scarcity of cash, officials and local media said.
Looters raid city's shops, homes after Turkey quake
AFP, Published on 12/02/2023
» ANTAKYA (TURKEY) - His bloodied face is instantly visible as he runs down the alley of the old bazaar in the historic city of Antakya, pursued by a shopkeeper with an iron bar, accusing him of looting in the wake of Turkey's huge earthquake.
Croatia set to enter euro, borderless Europe club
AFP, Published on 31/12/2022
» ZAGREB - Croatia was counting down the hours on Saturday ahead of a switch to the euro and entry into Europe's passport-free zone -- two major milestones for the country after joining the EU nearly a decade ago.
How a pensioner made Spanish banks rethink counter services
AFP, Published on 28/02/2022
» ANOVER DE TORMES (SPAIN) - It was his bank's limited counter service and indifference to his struggles with ATMs and apps that forced a Spanish pensioner to act, highlighting the panic the digital revolution is causing many older people.
IMF urges El Salvador to remove bitcoin as legal tender
AFP, Published on 26/01/2022
» WASHINGTON: The IMF on Tuesday called on El Salvador to change course and stop using bitcoin as legal tender, citing "large risks" posed by the cryptocurrency.
Raid on alleged Brazil bank robbers leaves 25 dead: police
AFP, Published on 01/11/2021
» BRASILIA - Twenty-five alleged members of a gang of Brazilian bank robbers were killed Sunday in a vast police operation in Minas Gerais state, a police source told AFP.
Afghans fear for jobs and money after Taliban takeover
AFP, Published on 09/09/2021
» KABUL - As a nurse at one of Kabul's main hospitals, Latifa Alizada was the breadwinner for her family, providing for her three young boys and unemployed husband.
Daily tests, cardboard beds: 24 hours at Tokyo's Olympic Village
AFP, Published on 13/07/2021
» TOKYO: For athletes competing at the Tokyo Games, the Olympic Village will be almost all they see, with strict coronavirus rules preventing them from leaving the compound except to train and compete.
Pandemic sparks surge in Hong Kong 'devil's breath' cash druggings
AFP, Published on 17/06/2021
» HONG KONG - A spiked drink, a puff of dust, missing memories, and an empty bank account.
Myanmar's military coup creates banking woes
AFP, Published on 24/02/2021
» YANGON: Early bird customers of a military-owned bank queued anxiously as dawn light crept over Rangoon, after a strict new limit on daily cash withdrawals fuelled rumours of a money shortage in post-coup Myanmar.