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UN chief warns 80-year-old founding charter 'not an a la carte menu'

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warn...

26th June, 2025

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Global cocaine boom keeps setting new records, UN report says

VIENNA (Reuters) -The global cocaine trade keeps setting new records, with cocaine the world's faste...

26th June, 2025

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Shares trade near record highs, crude prices gain nudged by Middle East ceasefire

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -Stocks ticked higher and crude oil held not far from multi-week l...

25th June, 2025

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Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary launched on first space station mission

By Steve Nesius, Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -NASA retiree turn...

25th June, 2025

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Head of Russia's Rosneft says OPEC+ could speed up oil output hikes by a year

By Olesya Astakhova and Vladimir Soldatkin ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -OPEC+ group of leading g...

21st June, 2025

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Investors brace for oil price spike, rush to havens after US bombs Iran nuclear sites

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investors are mulling a host of differe...

21st June, 2025

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Putin says no need for OPEC+ to intervene in oil market due to Iran-Israel conflict

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that oil prices had...

20th June, 2025

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World markets on oil watch as Middle East tensions flare

LONDON(Reuters) -Brent crude oil is up around 20% so far in June, and set for its biggest monthly ju...

20th June, 2025

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Oil, war and tariffs tear up markets' central bank roadmap

By Naomi Rovnick and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) -Investor unease about an increasingly uncert...

19th June, 2025

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UK Royal Navy vessel sails through Taiwan Strait

LONDON (Reuters) -A British Royal Navy vessel sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, a Navy s...

19th June, 2025

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Investors see quick stock market drop if US joins Israel-Iran conflict

By Noel Randewich (Reuters) -Financial markets may be in for a "knee-jerk" selloff if the U.S. milit...

18th June, 2025

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Russia's Novak discusses global oil market situation with OPEC secretary general, government says

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has discussed the situation on the g...

18th June, 2025