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Oil prices down 1.5% for the week on recession jitters

Oil prices steadied on Friday, but fell for the week on a stronger U.S. dollar and fears that an economic slowdown would weaken crude demand.Brent crude futures settled

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China-Europe freight train trips hit 10,000 mark, faster than 2021

The number of China-Europe freight train trips in 2022 hit the 10,000 mark on Sunday, 10 days earlier than last year, data from the China State Railway Group Co. Ltd. (

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Japanese PM Kishida tests positive for COVID-19

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has tested positive for COVID-19 and is recuperating at his official residence, his office said on Sunday.They said Kishida had sl

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Fears of major UK supply disruption as 2,000 workers go on strike at largest port

Almost 2,000 workers have downed tools at Felixstowe, the UK's largest container port, in an eight-day strike, causing fears over its impact on the supply chain and lea

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French President Macron to travel to Algeria on August 25

French President Emmanuel Macron is planning to travel to Algeria next week, the Elysee palace announced on Saturday, saying that the official visit will take place fro

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Cuba confirms its first monkeypox case

Cuba confirmed its first case of monkeypox late on Saturday, the country's Public Health Ministry said, after detecting the viral disease in a tourist who had arrived f

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Early signs show tight Kenyan presidential election

Preliminary results from Kenya's presidential election showed a tight race between the two main candidates vying to replace outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta.Tuesday's

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Kim Jong Un says DPRK ready for any military clash with U.S.

Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has said his country is ready to mobilize its nuclear war deterrent and counter any U.S. mi

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Gazprom halts second Nordstream turbine, reducing gas flow to Europe

Russia's Gazprom said on Monday it was halting another turbine in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany and that flows of gas would fall to the equivalent of just one f

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Heatwave in Europe underscores need for effective action to combat climate change: WHO

As the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO) reels from the effects of a prolonged heatwave responsible for a series of ferocious wildfires and escalat

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Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lankan president

Sri Lanka's six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday as president of the crisis-hit South Asian nation.Wickremesinghe, 73, who was elected by

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Wildfires rage across Europe as climate alarm sounded

Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after Britain's hottest day tha

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Biden approval rating falls to 36%, matching record low

U.S. President Joe Biden's approval rating fell by three points to 36 percent this week, tying the lowest rating of his 19 months in the White House, as inflation takes

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Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service over deleted texts

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol announced that it has issued a subpoena for records from the United States Secret Service over

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IMF's Georgieva warns against 'complacency' on global debt problems

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva is pushing Group of 20 economies to speed up debt relief for a growing number of heavily indebted countries, warning that fai

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Russia to temporarily suspend gas supply via Turkish Stream pipeline

Russian gas giant Gazprom announced Saturday that it will stop gas delivery via both strings of the Turkish Stream pipeline from June 21 to June 28 due to scheduled ann

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Russia to temporarily suspend gas supply via Turkish Stream pipeline

Russian gas giant Gazprom announced Saturday that it will stop gas delivery via both strings of the Turkish Stream pipeline from June 21 to June 28 due to scheduled ann