Consumer inflation in China rises
BEIJING, China—China’s consumer inflation rose in July to a two-year high, official data showed Wednesday, with a surge in pork ...
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Blockade risk
The global trade supply chain is again at the mercy of geopolitical tensions. With the Russia-Ukraine war wreaking havoc on ...
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‘A beacon of hope’
The recent agreements in Istanbul, Turkey between Russia and Ukraine to release some 20 million tons of grain stuck in ...
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‘G20 finance meeting to end without a joint communique’
A two-day meeting of G20 finance ministers in Indonesia is expected to end Saturday without a joint communique, two officials ...
Read moreRussia shelling from Europe’s largest nuclear plant—agency
Russia is using Europe’s largest nuclear power plant as a base to store weapons including “missile systems” and shell the ...
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Of bread and rice
"The unbridled importation of rice done over the last two years since quantitative restrictions were lifted, has become unfair competition ...
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Hot water wells in Hungary fuel switch to geothermal from Russian gas
By Peter Murphy SZEGED, Hungary—At plants painted with birds and hedgehogs, hot water from deep underground is being channelled to ...
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‘Relentless’ Russian shelling in east Ukraine
DRUZHKIVKA, Ukraine—Russian troops pursued their “relentless” shelling of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region on Saturday, as the United States promised new ...
Read moreUN ‘failure’ over war in Ukraine hit
The UN Security Council has failed in its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ...
Read moreRussia accuses Kyiv of firing missiles at Belgorod, near Ukraine
Russia accused Kyiv on Sunday of firing three missiles at the city of Belgorod near the Ukraine border in strikes ...
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