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Cost-of-living crisis: UK households face worse winter amid rising energy bills
Nov 23, 2023 14:24Britain’s energy regulator has increased the maximum price suppliers can charge for a typical household’s annual gas and electricity use.
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Tension continues over Pakistan-Afghanistan border closure
Sep 15, 2023 03:57Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan intensify as sides have failed to reopen the key border crossing that remains closed after cross-border firings last week. Traders from both countries have staged several protests demanding the authorities to re-open the route immediately.
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FM: Iran ready to end electricity crisis in Lebanon
Sep 02, 2023 04:01Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran is ready to help build power stations in Lebanon to end a decades-old electricity shortage crisis in the West Asian country.
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Rise of BRICS will be devastating for America: US Congresswoman Greene
Sep 02, 2023 02:18US Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has sounded the alarm about the growing clout of the emerging BRICS nations, warning that the bloc’s "devastating" impact on the United States will be that it will make Americans go broke.
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Business bankruptcies on dramatic rise across EU
Aug 25, 2023 05:36The number of bankruptcy declarations of EU businesses keeps soaring at a fast pace. If Eastern European countries have been recording the highest rates over the past months, the situation in Italy has been worrying for years.
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China says G7 nations not invited to Belt & Road Forum, rejects Western media claims
Aug 12, 2023 08:53China has countered Western media claims that some European countries have refused participation in this year’s Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, insisting that they were not invited in the first place.
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London housing crisis becoming 'unmanageable', warns umbrella group
Aug 04, 2023 11:50London's housing crisis is becoming "unmanageable" as one in 50 Londoners are now living in temporary accommodation, an umbrella group warned, urging the government to help low-income families.
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US core inflation still over twice higher than target rate
Jul 13, 2023 08:23The latest inflation figures from the United States show the country is still suffering the backlash of a failed sanctions campaign against Russia. The official inflation rate eased, thanks to low energy prices, but a deeper dive into the numbers reveals widespread hardship.
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Eurozone slips into technical recession: Official figures
Jun 08, 2023 10:03The eurozone has entered a technical recession in the first three months of 2023, bringing households under increasing pressure from rising living costs across the 20 countries that use the euro as their currency, Eurostat figures show.
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Brazil’s Lula calls for instituting common S American currency
May 31, 2023 07:58Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called for the establishment of a common currency for the South American region in efforts to reduce its reliance on the US dollar.