Egypt dims lights to boost foreign exchange reserves
By Bassem Aboualabass CAIRO, Egypt—An economic crisis spurred by the Ukraine war is casting darkness upon Egypt’s streets, as the ...
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Europe huddles down for a winter without Russian gas
"Politicians need to understand that people expected help when their energy bill started shooting up" Wooly socks and thermostats turned ...
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The war in Ukraine and the nuclear consequences of the new arms race
"There is an inescapable conclusion from these qualitative and quantitative aspects of Russia’s military power: it is hardly capable of ...
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Inflation pressures ebbing
Inflation pressures appear to be softening up, which is good news for everybody. Global oil prices, the main culprit behind ...
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Russia: No heavy weapons at nuke plant
Russia’s defence ministry said Thursday that its forces did not have heavy weapons deployed at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, ...
Read moreUkraine nuclear plant blast risks increasing ‘every day’
KYIV—The risk of disaster at Europe’s largest nuclear plant is “increasing every day”, the mayor of the city where it ...
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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 ...
Read more‘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 ...
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