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Russian central bank halts currency buys as ruble tumbles
The Russian central bank said it would no longer purchase foreign currency on the domestic market from Thursday, as it sought to prop
Shot dead: recent political assassinations
Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead Wednesday at an election rally in the nation's capital.
Guest Post: United States Plan B
(Larry Johnson republishes this piece by a writer with the pen name, Observer R, with his permission.
Domestic company worth more than EU state’s entire GDP
Denmark’s Novo Nordisk has become the EU’s second-largest company by value after an obesity drug study sent its shares soaring
Swedish police reveal consequences of Quran-burning stunts
Swedish police say Quran-burning stunts have made the Scandinavian nation a prime target for Islamist terrorists
Grain silos ablaze in western French port
French firefighters were battling a major blaze in grain storage silos Thursday in the western port of La Rochelle, authorities said.
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Self-reinforcing propaganda: A new poll shows people dislike China, but there’s a catch
Anti-Beijing pundits see no irony in the fact that their cartoonish views have actually rubbed off on the public
Hawaii wildfire death toll rises to 36: Maui county government
The death toll from a wildfire that turned a historic Hawaiian town to ashes has risen to 36 people, officials said Wednesday.
Ecuador’s Lasso declares state of emergency after killing of presidential candidate
Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso declared a two-month state of emergency on Thursday following the assassination
Indonesia capital becomes world’s most polluted major city: monitor
Indonesian capital Jakarta has become the world's most polluted major city, according to air quality monitoring firm IQAir, topping
Mali, France suspend issuing visas in escalating row
France and Mali have suspended issuing visas to each other's citizens, in a heightening of a row that has already prompted
China resumes group tours to US, UK, Japan
Beijing on Thursday lifted a Covid-era ban on outbound group tours to dozens of countries including the United States and Japan
US credit card debt tops $1 trillion – report
Americans have accumulated more credit card and car loan debt over the past decade than ever before, the New York Federal Reserve Bank says
UK military could recruit autistic soldiers
The UK military could raise the age cap for personnel and start hiring autistic people, a senior MP has told the Financial Times
Russia could regulate video game ‘currencies’
Convertible video game currencies should be regulated due to a surge in criminal transactions in the market, a Russian watchdog says