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Hamas is unlikely to reject a Gaza ceasefire proposal it received from mediators this week, but will not sign it without assurances that Israel has committed to ending the war, a Palestinian... -February 01, 2024 at 06:56 am EST - MarketScreener

Euro zone sovereign bond yields pared their gains on Thursday as U.S. economic data partly offset the impact of sticky service inflation in the euro area and Federal Reserve remarks that dashed...

Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have confirmed they are joining the BRICS bloc after being invited last year, South Africas Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said on...

Russia has reduced gasoline exports to non-CIS countries to compensate for unplanned repairs at refineries, the Ministry of Energy said on Wednesday, as the country grappled with the impact of... -January 31, 2024 at 12:42 pm EST - MarketScreener

Polands president opted to sign the countrys budget but send it to a top court to check it was in line with the constitution, his office said on Wednesday, in a move likely to exacerbate... -January 31, 2024 at 02:01 pm EST - MarketScreener

Poland's president opted to sign the country's budget but send it to a top court to check it was in line with the constitution, his office said on Wednesday, in a move likely to exacerbate tensions with a new government from an opposing political camp. Poland's pro-European coalition government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk has promised to revert changes introduced by the former nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) administration which caused a conflict with the European Union o...

Major donors to the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency have suspended funding after allegations emerged that around 12 of its tens of thousands of Palestinian employees were suspected of involvement... -January 29, 2024 at 09:10 am EST - MarketScreener

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Freight going through the Suez Canal has dropped by 45% in the two months since attacks by Yemens Houthis ...

ATMORE, Alabama (Reuters) -Alabama on Thursday executed convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, who held his breath in vain as officials asphyxiated him with nitrogen gas, the first use of a new method of capital punishment since lethal injections began in the U.S. four decades ago.

Freight going through the Suez Canal has dropped by 45% in the two months since attacks by Yemen's Houthis led shipping groups to divert freight, disrupting already strained maritime trading routes, according to UN agency UNCTAD. UNCTAD, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, which supports developing countries in global trade, warned of risks of higher inflation, uncertainty of food security and increased greenhouse gas emissions. Shipping companies have diverted ships f...