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Global cost of cybercrime topped $6 trillion in 2021: defence firm

ROME, Italy (AFP) -- The global cost of cybercrime topped $6 trillion last year, as the coronavirus pandemic caused online…

Bitcoin falls below $30,000, lowest since July 2021

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Bitcoin slumped below $30,000 for the first time since July 2021 on Tuesday as cryptocurrencies track…

Markets, oil prices fall on weak Chinese data

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- Stock markets and oil prices fell in holiday-thinned trade Monday as traders digested weak Chinese…

Samsung Electronics posts 58.57 percent jump in Q1 net profit

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics posted a 58.57 percent rise in first-quarter net profits…

Russia’s Gazprom halts gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria: company

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia's energy giant Gazprom said Wednesday it had stopped all gas supplies to Poland and…

Elon Musk reaches deal to buy Twitter for $44 bn

    NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Elon Musk, the world's richest man, struck a deal Monday to buy…

Oil prices sink more than 5% on China demand fears

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- World oil prices sank more than five percent Monday on fears that China's worsening…

Oil prices up as traders weigh demand and supply issues

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Oil began inching upward on Thursday after a day of losses over demand concerns…

Oil stabilises after big drop on IMF growth cut

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Asian markets were flat on Wednesday as oil began clawing its way back up…

China economy accelerates in Q1 but virus stalks outlook

  by Beiyi SEOW Agence France Presse China's economic growth accelerated in the first quarter of the year to 4.8…

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