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Dollar gains before key Powell speech at Jackson Hole on Friday

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar drifted on Thursday as investors fretted abou...

21st August, 2025

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Global equities retreat, as oil and dollar advance

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar hovered below a one-week high on Thursday and Asi...

21st August, 2025

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Oil rises 1% on stalled Russia-Ukraine peace talks, strong US demand

By Katya Golubkova TOKYO (Reuters) -Oil prices gained slightly on Thursday as larger-than-expected d...

21st August, 2025

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Vance says Europe will have to take 'lion's share' of burden for Ukrainian security

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday European countries will have to...

20th August, 2025

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Trading Day: AI fatigue, policy intrigue

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global...

20th August, 2025

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Big investors ditch tech ahead of expected September stocks slump

By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) -Big investors, fearful of September's typical seasonal declines,...

20th August, 2025

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Lula, Macron discuss US tariffs, Mercosur-EU deal in phone call

SAO PAULO/PARIS (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke by phone on Wednesday...

20th August, 2025

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Sony hikes PlayStation 5 prices in US as tariff uncertainty weighs

(Reuters) -Sony will raise prices of its PlayStation 5 consoles in the United States by around $50 f...

20th August, 2025

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Israel approves settlement plan to erase idea of Palestinian state

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A widely condemned Israeli settlement plan that would cut across land which the...

20th August, 2025

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Trump administration imposes new sanctions on four ICC judges, prosecutors

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday imposed...

20th August, 2025

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Consumer stocks rally drives UK's FTSE 100 to record close

By Ragini Mathur (Reuters) -Britain's FTSE 100 held steady on Wednesday as gains in consumer and hea...

20th August, 2025

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Swedish central bank keeps key rate on hold, could still cut this year

By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden's central bank held its key interest rate at 2.00% as e...

20th August, 2025