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July 15, 2023 19:31
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December 17,2021British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday suffered a crushing by-election defeat in a constituency never previously lost by his Conservative Party, a result which raises serious questions... -
December 15,2021The Japanese government overstated construction orders data received from builders for years, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday, an admission that could dent the credibility of...
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December 04,2021The new Omicron variant of Covid-19 could slow the global economic recovery, just as the Delta strain did, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Friday.
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December 01,2021Turkey's currency crisis has cut into the popularity of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, handing the opposition a golden opportunity to finally challenge the long-time leader -- if rival factions...
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November 30,2021A court in Myanmar postponed its verdict on Tuesday in the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to allow testimony from an additional witness, a senior member of her political party.
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November 21,2021Pope Francis on Sunday praised young people for their efforts to protect the Earth’s environment and told them to “be the critical conscience of society.” Francis celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s...
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November 19,2021Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a record $490 billion stimulus for the world's third-largest economy Friday as he looks to shore up the country's patchy pandemic recovery.
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November 16,2021Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has hinted that the main hurdle to increasing interest rates has been cleared with the end of the government's furlough scheme, but he admitted that he was "...
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November 12,2021Washington should effectively demonstrate its intention to revise its sanctions policy against Tehran in order to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the nuclear program, Russian...
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November 10,2021Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen warned Tuesday that the “metaverse,” the all-encompassing virtual reality world at the heart of the social media giant’s growth strategy, will be addictive and...
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November 07,2021Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has asked his 62.5 million followers on Twitter in a poll if he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock.
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November 03,2021Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has underlined the importance of work to foster and strengthen market entities to stimulate market vitality and social creativity.
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November 02,2021Germany asked Iran on Monday to meet its pledge to return later this month to the nuclear talks in Vienna.
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November 01,2021Russia fully supports the idea of returning to the Iran nuclear deal in the form it was signed, without any additions or exemptions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on the sidelines of...
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October 30,2021Billions more are needed to supply the world's population with vaccines and medicines against Covid-19 up to September 2022.
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October 27,2021The EU commissioner for energy, Kadri Simson, has said the 27 member states have been unable to find any common ground over new measures to quell increasing energy prices.
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October 26,2021Egypt's state of emergency will be lifted for the first time in years, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Monday. Egypt imposed a state of emergency in April 2017 after deadly bombings of...
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October 20,2021Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi said he plans to travel to Tehran hopefully within a few days to proceed with earlier discussions on monitoring issues.
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October 18,2021Mohammed El-Erian said investors should prepare for increased market volatility if the US Federal Reserve pulls back on stimulus measures set in motion by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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October 16,2021China risks making “big mistakes” as it cracks down on large swathes of its economy, said Raghuram Rajan, who was IMF’s chief economist from 2003 to 2006.
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October 11,2021German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe must define its own security interests more clearly after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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October 02,2021Prospective Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida plans to create a new ministerial post for economic security, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday.
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October 01,2021A French court Thursday imposed a one-year sentence on former president Nicolas Sarkozy after finding him guilty of illegal campaign financing for massive overspending on his 2012 re-election...
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September 28,2021Afghanistan's banking system is near to collapse, the boss of one of the nation's biggest lenders has told the BBC.
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September 25,2021IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva criticized as false and spurious the findings of an independent probe into allegations that as World Bank head she pressured staff to manipulate data to make China's...
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