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Sri Lankans elect Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix economy

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as new president on Sunday,…

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BEIJING, July 22, 2024 (AFP) - China's central bank on Monday cut two benchmark interest rates in a bid to…

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By Dylan GAMBA NAIROBI, June 26, 2024 (AFP) - Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday that a bill containing contentious…

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TOKYO, June 7, 2024 (AFP) - Japan's household spending rose in April for the first time in 14 months, official…

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WASHINGTON, June 6, 2024 (AFP) - The US trade deficit expanded slightly less than analysts expected in April, to…

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SYDNEY, June 5, 2024 (AFP) - Australia's resource-rich economy posted anaemic growth in the first quarter, official data showed Wednesday,…

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TOKYO, May 24, 2024 (AFP) - The pace of Japanese inflation slowed in April to 2.2 percent as gas bills…

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BEIRUT, May 23, 2024 (AFP) - A third of Lebanese people are impoverished with poverty rates tripling in a decade,…

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TOKYO, May 16, 2024 (AFP) - Japan's economy contracted by a worse-than-expected 0.5 percent in the first three months…

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By Beiyi SEOW, Danny KEMP WASHINGTON, May 14, 2024 (AFP) - US President Joe Biden took aim at China on…

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HONG KONG, April 30, 2024 (AFP) - Hong Kong on Tuesday launched trading of Asia's first spot bitcoin and ether…

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By Peter CATTERALL BEIJING, April 28, 2024 (AFP) - Tech billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in China for…

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