Oil prices surge following Trump’s Iran tariff threat
London (AFP) - The price of oil surged around three percent on Tuesday as US President Donald Trump announced steep ...
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Davos braces for Trump’s ‘America First’ onslaught
Paris (France) (AFP) - All eyes will be on Donald Trump next week as politicians and business leaders head to ...
Trump’s Iran tariff threat pushes oil price higher
London (AFP) - The price of oil rose on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump announced steep tariffs on anyone ...
Davos elite, devotees of multilateralism, brace for Trump
Paris (France) (AFP) - All eyes will be on Donald Trump next week as politicians and business leaders head to ...
Is China a threat to Greenland as Trump argues?
Beijing (AFP) - US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to take Greenland by force from NATO ally Denmark in ...
US stocks at records despite early losses on Fed independence angst
New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks finished at new records Monday, shrugging off worries about a US criminal probe ...
Asian equities, precious metals surge as US Justice Dept targets Fed
Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian equities gained on Monday and precious metals set records as investors digested news that the ...
Japan aims to dig deep-sea rare earths to reduce China dependence
Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese research vessel on Monday began a historic voyage to attempt to dig deep-sea rare earths ...
Asian equities edge up, dollar slides as US Fed Reserve subpoenaed
Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian equities posted gains Monday while the dollar dipped as investors digested news that the US ...
Stocks retrench as traders eye geopolitics, US jobs data
London (AFP) - Stock markets mostly pulled back Thursday as an early year rally ran out of steam, but a ...
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