SINGAPORE – Bitcoin eased to a one-week low in volatile trade on Friday, as investors took profit from its run to a record…
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TOKYO – Japan’s largest trade union group is due to announce results of this week’s annual wage talks on Friday, with expectations for…
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BRUSSELS – Low pay, few labor rights and dangerous working conditions – for millions of European gig workers, it can be a rough…
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SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE – China’s central bank left a key policy rate unchanged while withdrawing cash from a medium-term policy loan operation on Friday, as…
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TOKYO – Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine has picked a former military commander as its chief priest in a move that could stir controversy over a site…
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A US government weather forecaster projects El Nino conditions will likely end by spring this year but saw a 62% chance…
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HOUSTON/MIAMI – The highest bid received in a US auction of shares that will decide the fate of Venezuela-owned oil refiner Citgo Petroleum…
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Israeli tank strike killed ‘clearly identifiable’ Reuters reporter — United Nations investigation
ISTANBUL — An Israeli tank killed Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon last year by firing two 120 mm rounds at…
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LONDON — Britain’s government outlined plans on Wednesday to stop foreign states from owning newspapers, potentially giving ministers the power to…
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WASHINGTON — Menopause is a rare trait among Earth’s species, known to exist in only a few. Humans are one. Killer…