Fri 08 December 2023: Oil prices increased on Friday after investors profited from six-month-low prices and a joint call from Russia and Saudi Arabia to OPEC+ members “to adhere to the OPEC+ agreement” to support global economic growth. International benchmark crude Brent traded at $75.56 per barrel at 10.25 a.m. local time (0725 GMT), a […]
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Fri 08 December 2023: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he will run in the 2024 presidential election, state news agency TASS reported on Friday. Putin, 71, announced his decision to seek to extend his rule of 24 years as prime minister or president following an awards ceremony for army personnel at the Kremlin, […]
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Fri 08 December 2023: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused “Western elites” of trying to slow down the emergence of new leaders in the world economy. “You know that now the entire global system of economic relations is going through a stage of fundamental and, as just said, irreversible changes. They are due to […]
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Fri 08 December 2023: Denmark passed legislation on Thursday effectively criminalizing Islamophobic Quran-burning protests on the grounds of “inappropriate treatment of writings with significant importance for a recognized religious community.” Following a heated debate among lawmakers, the bill was passed with 94 votes in favor and 77 votes against in the 179-member Danish parliament. The […]
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Thu 07 December 2023: About 6.5 million people will struggle to heat their homes sufficiently this festive season, while 2.7 million will have to choose between buying food or presents, highlighting the drastic impact the cost of living crisis continues to have on household budgets, The Guardian reported. More than 14 million consumers are planning to cut […]
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A Russian flag atop a hammer and sickle at the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia. Thu 07 December 2023: Russia’s upper house of parliament has voted to set the date for the country’s next presidential election for March 17, 2024, potentially moving President Vladimir Putin closer to a fifth term in […]
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Tue 05 December 2023: Uncertainty is growing over Western backing for Ukraine amid Russia’s intensifying campaign to knock out the country’s energy infrastructure. The White House has warned the United States Congress that funds designated for providing aid to Ukraine would run out by the end of the year, in a letter made public on […]
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Tue 05 December 2023: Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in New Zealand to express opposition to the new government’s policies towards Indigenous people. Protesters gathered in front of the parliament and on motorways on Tuesday after the minor Te Pati Maori party called for nationwide demonstrations against the newly elected right-leaning government. […]
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Mon 04 December 2023: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Sunday that the military alliance should be prepared for “bad news” from Ukraine as it continues to face Russia’s war of aggression. “Wars develop in phases,” Stoltenberg said in an interview over the weekend with German public broadcaster ARD, noting: “We have to support Ukraine […]
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Mon 04 December 2023: Bitcoin saw its price rising over $41,000 level for the first time in 20 months on Monday with hopes that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) would get approval. The price of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency posted a daily hike of 5.65% to hit as high as $41,688 at 0530GMT, marking its highest level […]
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