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UK Says Channel Crossings On Small Boats Hit A Record This Winter
Channel arrivals on small boats to the UK hit a record in the first quarter of 2024 with a nearly 42 percent rise over last year, the interior ministry said…
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Strikes Hit Gaza As Egyptian TV Says Truce Talks To Resume
Deadly airstrikes pounded the Gaza Strip overnight as talks towards a truce between Israel and Hamas were set to resume in Cairo Sunday, according to Egyptian state television. Heavy fighting…
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FACT CHECK: Was the Captain of Container Ship Dali That Hit Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge Ukrainian?
Was the captain of the Dali cargo ship that collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 24, 2024, of Ukrainian nationality? On Tuesday, the container ship…
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Bank of Korea warns of economic hit if property slump lasts
THE Bank of Korea (BOK) warned on Thursday (Mar 28) that a further slump in the real estate sector would undermine broader economic activity, as it pointed to worsening delinquencies…
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Crypto hit by US$63 million hack of ‘Munchables’ game in one of year’s biggest exploits
THE crypto sector suffered one of its biggest security incidents this year after a hacker swiped US$63 million from a blockchain-based game. The game, Munchables, confirmed the incident in a…
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Hershey hit with downgrade as cocoa prices touch record
HERSHEY was downgraded at BNP Paribas Exane to neutral from outperform on Tuesday (Mar 26), citing the recent surge in cocoa prices that suddenly looks less transitory in nature. Cocoa…
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US: Stocks pull back as tech giants hit by EU probe
WALL Street stocks retreated on Monday (Mar 25) as a market rally showed signs of fatigue and tech heavyweights faced stepped-up regulatory scrutiny in Europe. Maris Ogg of Fiduciary Trust…
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Hit By Worker Shortage, German City Gets Students To Drive Trams
Seated before the tram’s control panel, Benedikt Hanne, 24, deftly steered the red and white wagons, hours before heading to Nuremberg university to study for a social work degree. As…
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Europe: Shares hit new peaks as rate-cut hopes gain steam
EUROPEAN shares joined a global rally to hit fresh record-high levels on Thursday, with technology stocks and miners in the lead, as dovish signals from a slew of major central banks…
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Deadly Strikes Hit Gaza As Israel Mulls Truce Talks Position
At least 61 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli bombardment, the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Sunday, as Israel was preparing to send negotiators to new truce talks in…
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US: Wall Street slides at open as inflation concerns hit rate-sensitive stocks
WALL Street opened lower on Friday (Mar 15) as worries of sticky inflation impacting the timing of the first interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve roiled rate-sensitive stocks, ahead of…
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Bitcoin tops US$73,000 to hit new record on insatiable ETF demand
BITCOIN hit a fresh record high for the fourth time in six days, bolstered by record-breaking inflows into US exchange-traded funds tied to the cryptocurrency. The world’s largest cryptocurrency reached…
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Global corporate dividends hit record US$1.66 trillion in 2023
CORPORATE dividends globally hit an all-time high of US$1.66 trillion in 2023, with record payouts by banks making up half of the growth, a report showed on Wednesday (Mar 13).…
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French State Hit By ‘Intense’ Cyberattack: PM’s Office
Cyberattacks of “unprecedented intensity” have targeted several French government institutions just months before the Paris Olympics but have been contained, the prime minister’s office said Monday. The latest cyberattack to…
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Biden To Hit Battleground States After Feisty Address
US President Joe Biden took his reelection message to a raft of key swing states Friday, buoyed by a combative, well-received State of the Union address that savaged rival Donald…
