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U.S. consumer prices leap 4.2% in April

The U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew by 4.2 percent year-on-year in April, the largest increase since the global financial crisis in 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor announced on Wednesday. The

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AstraZeneca says vaccine 79% effective, no blood clot risk

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is 79% effective at preventing the disease and does not increase the risk of blood clots, the biotech firm said Monday, following its U.S. phase III efficiency trials.T

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Germany reports over 120,000 COVID-19 cases

Germany on Sunday morning reported a total of 120,479 confirmed COVID-19 cases, up by 2,821 over the past 24 hours, according to the Robert Koch Institute, the country's disease control agency. The

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Germany's coronavirus cases rise by 5,323, deaths by 266: RKI

The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Germany rose by 5,323 in the past 24 hours to 113,525 on Friday, climbing for a fourth straight day after four previou

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U.S. dollar jumps amid Trump's tariff announcement

TheU.S.dollarindexroseagainstmostothercurrenciesinlatetradingonThursday,asinvestorswereawaitingformoredetailsaboutU.S.PresidentDonaldTrump'stariffplan.TheU.S.do

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Egypt court sentences pop star over Nile hygiene remarks

AnEgyptiancourtsentencedonTuesdaysingerSherineAbdel-Wahab,knownamongherfansasSherine,tosixmonthsinjailoverherpreviousremarksindicatingthatdrinkingfromtheNileRiv

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Nepal leader vow to revive Chinese dam project

Nepal’snewcommunistprimeministerwillrestartaChinese-ledUS$2.5billionhydropowerprojectthatwaspulledbythepreviousgovernmentconsideredfriendlytowardsIndia,andwants

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Christian Coleman breaks 20-year-old 60m indoor world record

World100msilvermedallistChristianColemanbrokethe20-year-old60mindoorworldrecordwhenheclocked6.34secondsattheUSIndoorChampionshipsinNewMexico.Hismarkbeattheprevi

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Young Japanese celebrate 'Coming of Age’

Dazzlingincolorfulkimonosandwaftingcloudsofhairsprayintheirwake,thousandsofyoungJapanesewomenmarkedtheirentryintoadulthoodMonday.Formal"ComingofAge"ceremonies,w

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Record-breaking nine-hour rainbow appears in Taiwan

AprofessorinTaiwanclaimstohavewitnessedthelongestevervisiblerainbow,clockinginatnearlyninehours,andplanstosubmititforaworldrecord.Therainbowlastedforeighthoursa

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High-powered microscope can scan cells without destroying them

Confocalmicroscopesareprettywild.Theinstrumentscancapturecelldivisioninrealtime,butthedownsideisthelasersinexistingonestendtofrythecellsthey'restudying.Research

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Icelandic President approves appointment of new PM

Iceland's President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson approved Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson as Prime Minister on Thursday after the government's previous leader was forced to resign, the Prime Minister's office said in a statement published on its website.

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U.S. dollar rises on upbeat data, ECB meeting

​The U.S. dollar increased against most major currencies on Thursday as investors were digesting the better-than-expected jobless data from the country as well as the outcome of the just-concluded European Central Bank (ECB) meeting.

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U.S. stocks end mixed on economic data

U.S. stocks finished mixed after wavering around flatline in a narrow range Thursday, as Wall Street digested a slew of economic data.

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Singapore's GDP moderated further in Q2

​The Singapore economy grew by 1. 7 percent on a year-on-year basis in the second quarter of 2015, lower than the 2.8 percent growth in the previous quarter, according to advance estimates by the Ministry of Trade and Industry on Tuesday.

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Bangladesh's central bank asks Finance Institutions to tighten money laundering rules

Bangladesh's central bank asks Finance Institutions to tighten money laundering rules DHAKA, July 1 (Xinhua)--Bangladesh's central bank on Wednesday issued a circular asking all financial institutions(FIs) to follow the anti-monetary laundering and terrorist financing rules strictly.

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U.S. dollar drop on weak economic data

​The U.S. dollar lost against other currencies Thursday as the retail sales data of the country came out worse than expected.