Hopes
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Asia Joins Wall St Rally On US Rates, China Hopes
Traders have been cheered by pledges from Chinese officials to unveil measures to boost the flagging economy AFP Markets rallied Monday, tracing another bump on Wall Street, where investors cheered…
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As West Fears Tunisia Collapse, Hopes Of IMF Bailout Fade
Empty shelves in a supermarket alley amidst a shortage of basic products in Tunisia’s capital Tunis AFP Western nations fear an economic collapse in Tunisia could trigger even greater migrant…
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NASA Lab Hopes To Find Life’s Building Blocks In Asteroid Sample
Scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas will be the first to handle samples brought back from Bennu, a distant asteroid AFP Eager scientists and a gleaming lab awaits.…
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China Stimulus Hopes Help Boost Asian Markets, Fed In Focus
Hong Kong’s surge led Asian markets higher after China pledged measures to boost the country’s stuttering economy AFP Hong Kong led a surge across most Asian markets Tuesday after Chinese…
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Hopes Fade For Indian Landslide Victims As Rescuers Struggle
India’s National Disaster Response Forcepersonnel inspect the site of a landslide at Irshalwadi village in Maharashtra state. Photograph released by the NDRF AFP Hopes faded Friday for the survival of…
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History-chasing Jabeur Hopes For Third Time Lucky At Wimbledon
Third time lucky? Ons Jabeur celebrates beating Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-final AFP Ons Jabeur hopes it will be third time lucky when she attempts to become the first African…
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Stokes Keeps England’s Ashes Hopes Alive In Third Test
Lonely walk back – England’s Jonny Bairstow returns to the pavilion after being dismissed for 12 in the third Ashes Test at Headingley AFP England captain Ben Stokes’s latest dashing…
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Montrezl Harrell Hopes To Re-Energize Career By Returning To 76ers
Montrezl Harrell could be utilized better under the watch of new head coach Nick Nurse. Getty Images | Meg Oliphant KEY POINTS Montrezl Harrell re-signs with the 76ers for one…
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Billion-euro Bill For Business As France Hopes Riots Over
At least 10 shopping malls, 200 supermarkets, 250 tobacconists and 250 bank branches were ransacked in France’s riots AFP Joseph Guret surveyed the charred remains of his tobacco shop outside…
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S.Africa Clinic Hopes To Save Penguins’ Future
A penguin swims at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) centre in Qgeberha AFP A small fish is dangled under the beak of an emaciated…
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NATO Chief Hopes Ukraine Offensive Will Force Russia To Negotiate
US President Joe Biden meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office AFP NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told US President Joe Biden at the White House…
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Quebec Hopes Rain, Outside Help Can Be Turning Point In Fight Against Fires
Smoke rises from a wildfire in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, in this screen grab taken from a video, June 8, 2023. BC Wildlife Service/Handout via REUTERS Reuters The Canadian…
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Asian Markets Rise On Revived Hopes For A Fed Rate Pause
Traders are optimistic the Federal Reserve will stand pat on interest rates at its meeting next week AFP Stocks rallied again in Asia on Friday, fired by renewed optimism that…
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Sudan Ceasefire Deal Raises Hopes For Relief In Khartoum
Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al-Saud and representatives of the Sudanese army and rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces along with other officials pose for a group…
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US To Sign Strategic Pacts With Two Pacific States, Hopes For Third In Weeks
A view of seaside in Koror, Palau August 5, 2018. Picture taken August 5, 2018. Reuters The United States will sign new strategic pacts with the Pacific island states of…
