Sri Lanka raises fuel prices by 25 percent as war bites
Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka raised fuel prices by 25 percent on Sunday, the second increase in two weeks, as ...
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Stocks drop, oil jumps as Mideast war persists
New York (AFP) - Stocks tumbled while oil prices pushed higher Friday at the end of a turbulent week in ...
Far from war, global fuel frustrations mount
Lagos (AFP) - Far from the Middle East war, fallout from oil disruptions is reverberating across the world, unsettling lives ...
Middle East war: global economic fallout
Paris (France) (AFP) - Here are the latest economic events in the Middle East war:- Iran's Hormuz offer to Japan ...
Energy prices soar, Iran and US trade threats after Qatar gas hit
Doha (AFP) - Oil and gas prices soared Thursday after Iran hit the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility ...
US stocks fall on latest oil price surge as Fed lifts inflation forecast
New York (AFP) - Oil prices surged Wednesday following a strike on a major Iranian gas facility as the Federal ...
Oil surges as Iran gas facilities hit, stocks slide
London (AFP) - Oil prices surged Wednesday following a strike on one of Iran's gas facilities that raised the spectre ...
Trump administration takes steps to curb energy cost hikes
Washington (United States) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump's administration scrambled Wednesday to rein in surging energy costs from war ...
Troubled waters: Thai fishermen marooned by rising fuel costs
Sriracha (Thailand) (AFP) - With his belongings stuffed into a plastic bag, Thai fisherman Narongsak Kongsuk heads home, far from ...
Stocks fall, oil surges as US inflation jumps and Israel strikes gas facilities
London (AFP) - Stocks markets fell and oil prices surged Wednesday after a closely watched US inflation gauge came in ...
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