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Oil prices fall further as threat of Middle East war recedes
Oil prices dropped today extending days of losses as the threat of war in the Middle East receded and investors switched attention to economic growth prospects and the rise in US crude oil and product inventories. Brent crude LCOc1 fell
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F1 champion Hamilton donates $500,000 to Australian wildlife rescue
Six-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said yesterday he was donating $500,000 towards the rescue and care of wildlife caught in bushfires ravaging southeast Australia. The Briton, who has adopted a vegan lifestyle and become outspoken on the environment,
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Prince Harry and Meghan moving could be costly for Canadian taxpayers
Canadian taxpayers could be on the hook for millions of dollars a year in security expenses if Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan move there, even part time, as they step away from their royal duties, security experts said.
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Trudeau: Iran likely downed Ukraine airliner with missiles
A Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was likely brought down by an Iranian missile, Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said yesterday, citing intelligence from Canadian and other sources. The destruction of the airliner, which
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Trump uses campaign rally to trumpet Soleimani killing as ‘justice’
US President Donald Trump made the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani a theme of his re-election campaign yesterday, drawing cheers from thousands at a rally when he said the death saved lives and delivered “American justice.” At the campaign
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Informants in Iraq, Syria helped US kill Iran’s Soleimani- sources
Iranian General Qassem Soleimani arrived at the Damascus airport in a vehicle with dark-tinted glass. Four soldiers from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards rode with him. They parked near a staircase leading to a Cham Wings Airbus A320, destined for Baghdad. Neither
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US-Iran: Trump pulls back from more military action, promises new sanctions
US President Donald Trump has stepped back from new military action against Iran after its missile strikes on Iraqi bases housing US troops caused no casualties but he told Iran he would tighten already crippling US sanctions. Trump and Iranian
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Iran investigation: Ukrainian jet was on fire before the crash
A Ukrainian airliner was on fire immediately before it crashed southwest of Tehran, killing all 176 on board, according to an initial report by Iranian investigators. The Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737-800, flying to Kiev and carrying mostly Iranians and
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Militant attack in Nigerian town kills 20 soldiers, displaces 1,000 residents
About 20 soldiers were killed and nearly 1,000 people made homeless in a militant attack on a town in northeastern Nigeria, two residents and a military source said yesterday. The militants entered Monguno in Borno state posing as a convoy
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Boeing jet crashes in Iran with no survivors, security sources see technical cause
A Ukrainian airliner fell to earth in a fireball shortly after take-off from Tehran yesterday, killing all 176 people on board in a crash that sparked an international scramble to establish the cause. The Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800, en
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