Turkish lira falls after Erdogan fires central bank head

[ad_1] Turkey’s currency fell as much as 14 percent after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired the head of the country’s central bank, who had been seen as a crucial force in lifting the lira from record lows. The lira was trading around 8.4 against the US dollar in early Asia-Pacific …

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Covid vaccine: EU ‘is ready to block AstraZeneca exports to the UK’

[ad_1] The European Union is prepared to block exports of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines to the UK, according to reports. Senior officials told the Bloomberg news agency that any request for doses produced in Europe would be reviewed “very severely” until the British company fulfilled its contract with the bloc. All vaccines …

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