[ad_1] BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese parliamentarian on Wednesday entered a bank branch near Beirut, demanding some of her trapped savings to cover medical expenses. Cash-strapped Lebanon in recent weeks has witnessed a surge in depositors storming bank branches to forcefully withdraw their locked savings as the country’s economy continues to spiral. On Tuesday, depositors stormed at least four banks, two of which were armed. Lebanon’s cash-strapped banks have imposed informal limits on cash withdrawals…
"Lebanese lawmaker demands trapped bank savings"Tag: trapped
[ad_1] For now, Ukraine is trying less-effective alternatives to export its grain, at least to Europe. Currently, 30 per cent of exports go via three Danube River ports in south-western Ukraine. The country also is trying to ship grain via 12 border crossings with European countries, but trucks must wait in line for days, and Europe’s infrastructure cannot yet absorb such a volume of grain, Horbachov said. A farmer collects fragments of Russian rockets that…
"Anxiety grows for harvest trapped in a war zone"