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Oil slides, stocks jump amid Iran-Israel ceasefire uncertainty
London (AFP) - Oil prices sank and stock markets jumped Tuesday, even as uncertainty reined over a Israel-Iran ceasefire. In...
German budget plans outline vast spending – and record debt
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Germany's government pledged Tuesday to make massive new investments by taking on record debt as it...
Oil prices drop as Israel agrees to ceasefire proposal
Tokyo (AFP) - Oil prices sank 3. 5 percent Tuesday after Israel said it had agreed to US President Donald...
German budget plans outline vast spending – and record debt
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Germany's government pledged Tuesday to make massive new investments by taking on record debt as it...
Oil prices drop as Israel agrees to ceasefire proposal
Tokyo (AFP) - Oil prices sank 3. 5 percent Tuesday after Israel said it had agreed to US President Donald...
Better than gold: how Ecuador cashed in on surging cocoa prices
Milagro (Ecuador) (AFP) - In Ecuador, farmers who bet on cocoa beans rather than bananas, the country's top agricultural export,...
Asian countries most vulnerable to Strait of Hormuz blockade
Tokyo (AFP) - Around 84 percent of oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz is destined for Asia, leaving the...
Star-packed, Covid-shaped ‘Death Stranding 2’ drops this week
Paris (AFP) - Japanese video game legend Hideo Kojima releases "Death Stranding 2: On the Beach" this week, a star-studded...
Oil prices seesaw as investors await Iran response to US strikes
London (AFP) - Oil prices wobbled and stock markets wavered Monday as traders awaited Tehran's response to US strikes on...
Toxic threat from ‘forever chemicals’ sparks resistance in Georgia towns
Dalton (United States) (AFP) - Sasha and Jamie Cordle thought their small farm in rural Georgia would be a ladder...
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