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Will oil prices keep rising, and how will that affect…
The increase this year, driven by geopolitical tensions and supply shocks, could hamper efforts to rein in inflation.Oil prices are at their highest level in mo
Vietnam tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to death in $12.5bn…
The largest case of fraud in Vietnam’s history has been uncovered as part of a major state anticorruption drive.A court in Vietnam has sentenced a property t
From unfair trade to TikTok: US Treasury Secretary Yellen’s China…
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her team are leaving China and returning to the United States after trying to tackle the major questions of the day betwe
‘Fishing’: Judge denies Trump team bid to seize NBC Stormy…
Judge Juan Merchan criticised the defence team’s attempt to compel NBC to turn over documents related to Stormy Daniels.A New York Judge has blocked an attemp
Russia’s war on Ukraine forces Europe to weaponise its economic…
Whatever the exact territorial outcome of the war in Ukraine, the political outcome is already clear – Russia has lost its gambit to create a vassal state and
Zimbabwe introduces new gold-backed currency to tackle inflation
Zimbabweans have 21 days to convert their old cash into new money, according to the central bank.Zimbabwe’s central bank has launched a new “structured curr
US’s Yellen warns China it cannot export its way to…
US treasury secretary says market-based reforms will aid world’s second largest economy.United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that China is
McDonald’s buys 225 of Israel franchise restaurants after boycotts amid…
McDonald’s has been subject to boycotts since franchisee Alonyal announced it would donate free meals to the Israeli military amid Gaza war.McDonald’s has s
At Indonesia’s biggest bank, customers’ savings can vanish with a…
Bali and Jakarta, Indonesia – Late last year, Balinese woman Nih Lu Putu Rustini got the shock of her life when she tried to withdraw cash from an ATM to comp
Somalia expels Ethiopian ambassador amid Somaliland port deal dispute
Mogadishu also shuts down Addis Ababa’s consulates in Hargeisa and Garowe amid rising tension over a Somaliland port deal with Ethiopia.Somalia has announced
Majority in Southeast Asia would choose China over US, survey…
Taipei, Taiwan – More than half of people in Southeast Asia would side with China over the United States if forced to choose, a survey has found, underscoring
Why will low birthrate in Europe trigger ‘Staggering social change’?
The Black Death – the pandemic of bubonic plague which swept Europe and Asia for about five years in the mid-1300s – is widely believed to have reduced the
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