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Oil crisis: Is world better placed than in 1973?
London (AFP) - Ten days after the first American and Israeli strikes against Iran, oil prices have cooled slightly after...
UK trial opens against Sony over PlayStation video game prices
London (AFP) - A trial opened in London on Tuesday over a £2 billion ($2. 7 billion) class action lawsuit...
Defiant Iran vows to block Gulf oil until US-Israel bombing stops
Tehran (AFP) - Iran vowed on Tuesday that not one litre of oil would be exported from the Gulf while...
Iran war sends prices in next door Turkmenistan soaring
Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) (AFP) - At a market in Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat, pensioner Shemshat Kurbanova always used to pick the "juiciest"...
Volkswagen says to cut 50,000 jobs as profit slides
Wolfsburg (Germany) (AFP) - Germany's automotive giant Volkswagen said Tuesday it would cut 50,000 jobs at home by 2030 as...
Lego posts record profit despite geopolitical turmoil: CEO to AFP
Copenhagen (AFP) - Denmark's Lego, the world’s number one toy maker, on Tuesday posted record sales and profits for its...
Trump says will waive some oil sanctions as Iran war roils markets
Doral (United States) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Monday that he will waive some sanctions on oil to...
Oil plunges, stocks mostly rise as Trump says Iran war over ‘very soon’
New York (AFP) - Oil prices sank and equities mostly rose Tuesday following a volatile session that came after President...
Venezuelan lawmakers advance mining reforms sought by US
Caracas (AFP) - The National Assembly of Venezuela on Monday moved forward with mining reforms pushed by the United States,...
US stocks end wild session higher as Trump says Iran war ‘pretty much’ over
New York (AFP) - Comments from President Donald Trump declaring the Middle East war "pretty much" over sent US stocks...
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