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Inflation-hit Serbia heads to polls after months of protests
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will not be on the ballot in Sunday's parliamentary and local elections, but the contest is nevertheless a referendum on his government amid soaring inflation and months of protests.
Milei says could take two years to tame Argentina's inflation
AFP, Published on 21/11/2023
» BUENOS AIRES - President-elect Javier Milei said Monday that it could take between 18 and 24 months to bring Argentina's rampant inflation under control, as he outlined his plans to reform the economy.
UK inflation falls sharply
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» LONDON - UK inflation fell more than expected in October, data showed Wednesday, easing a cost-of-living crisis and relieving pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Free trade deal between EU and Australia unravels
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» SYDNEY: A free trade deal between the European Union and Australia has unravelled despite early optimism, with Canberra saying on Monday it could take years until negotiations resume.
US to ease Venezuela oil, gas sanctions
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States will ease some oil and gas sanctions against Venezuela after the South American country's government and opposition agreed to hold elections next year.
Turkish inflation near 60% after policy U-turn
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» ISTANBUL - Turkey's annual inflation rate held steady near 60 percent last month, official data showed Thursday, offering the first evidence that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's economic policy U-turn was working.
China says it will remove tariffs on Australian barley
AFP, Published on 04/08/2023
» BEIJING: China said Friday it will remove extra tariffs on Australian barley, in the latest thawing of ties between the two after years of tensions.
US credit downgrade 'entirely unwarranted': Yellen
AFP, Published on 03/08/2023
» MCLEAN (UNITED STATES): A US credit downgrade by Fitch was "entirely unwarranted," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday, pushing back against the second-ever decrease by a major ratings agency following repeated debt limit standoffs in Washington.
UK to issue 'hundreds' of new oil, gas licences in North Sea
AFP, Published on 31/07/2023
» LONDON: The UK government said Monday it would issue "hundreds" of new oil and gas licences in the North Sea to secure energy reserves while still aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050.