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July 15, 2023 19:31
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May 13,2023UK Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt signaled the nation’s inflation remains too high, a day after the Bank of England agreed its 12th consecutive interest rate hike in a bid to combat stubbornly high... -
May 09,2023Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested Tuesday, police said, during a court appearance for one of dozens of cases pending since he was booted from office last year.
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May 08,2023Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next Sunday puts his two-decade legacy on the line in a knife-edge vote against a powerful alliance built on anger over economic hardship and his...
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May 05,2023Sounding alarms about artificial intelligence has become a popular pastime in the ChatGPT era, taken up by high-profile figures as varied as industrialist Elon Musk, leftist intellectual Noam...
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May 03,2023Italy's right-wing government on Monday rolled back anti-poverty subsidies introduced four years ago that helped some four million people last year, as critics denounced a "provocation" on the...
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May 02,2023Public transit companies in Germany say more than 3 million people have already snapped up a new ticket being launched Monday that allows them to use all local and regional trains, buses and metros...
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April 30,2023UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has not invited the Taliban administration to a meeting that he is convening with special envoys on Afghanistan from various countries in Doha next week, a UN...
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April 28,2023BBC chairman Richard Sharp on Friday announced his resignation after an inquiry found he had breached rules for failing to declare his involvement in arranging a loan for then prime minister Boris...
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April 25,2023French centrists will likely lose to right-wing politicians, namely Marine Le Pen, in the 2027 presidential election if current "challenges" are left unaddressed, President Emmanuel Macron has...
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April 24,2023Alphabet Inc Chief Executive Sundar Pichai received total compensation of about $226 million in 2022, more than 800 times the median employee's pay, the company said in a securities filing on...
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April 19,2023The fragmentation of the world economy into rival blocs led by the United States and China threatens to destabilize global commerce, increase inflation and weaken growth, Christine Lagarde, the...
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April 17,2023A month before Turkey goes to the polls on May 14, the country’s inflation crisis is a major campaign theme as the six main opposition parties rally around Kemal Kilicdaroglu to create the...
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April 11,2023Japan's new central bank governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday he will communicate closely with the government and guide monetary policy flexibly, warning of high uncertainty over the economic outlook...
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April 06,2023Whoopee! The crook got booked.
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April 05,2023While many advanced economy central banks are facing a dilemma over how to fight inflation in the middle of an outbreak of financial instability, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is facing a unique dilemma...
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March 14,2023New Chinese Premier Li Qiang sought to reassure the country's private sector on Monday, saying that the environment for entrepreneurial businesses will improve and that equal treatment will be...
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March 12,2023Kuroda finished his last meeting at the helm of the Bank of Japan by buffeting markets again with a straightforward stand-pat that contrasted with the explosive launch of his massive stimulus...
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March 11,2023Xi Jinping was handed a third term as Chinese president on Friday, capping a rise that has seen him become the country's most powerful leader in generations.
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March 06,2023UN member states finally agreed to a text on the first international treaty after years of negotiations to protect the high seas, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet.
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March 05,2023A shift to a wartime economy model in the EU has become imminent according to the commissioner for internal market of the European Union, Thierry Breton, who argued that the European defense...
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March 01,2023Economic growth returns to the Pacific region, said a World Bank economist for the Pacific on Tuesday. The World Bank's lead economist for the Pacific David Gould said that debt and inflation...
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February 28,2023Nearly 20 years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by US-led forces, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid wants the world to know his country now is at peace, democratic and intent on rebuilding...
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February 24,2023The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has laid out a nine-point action plan for how countries should treat crypto assets, with point number one a plea not to give cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin...
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February 22,2023A sound China-Britain relationship not only serves the interests of both countries, but also contributes to world peace and development, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said.
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February 20,2023In 2022, according to the World Gold Council, central banks bought 1,136 tons of gold, the largest purchase by weight on record. At an average price of $1,875 per ounce of gold, last year, central...
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