Philippine annual inflation blew past expectations in January to reach a fresh 14-year high on surging food prices, raising the chance of the central bank delivering a bigger interest rate hike to tame prices when it meets this month.
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Almost 52,000 UK properties are owned by anonymous investors, including some “close to the Kremlin”, a report said Tuesday despite laws seeking to stop dirty Russian cash after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
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North Korea’s top army officials have said they will expand and intensify military drills to ensure their readiness for war, state media reported Tuesday, ahead of a massive parade.
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Rescuers in Turkey and Syria dug with their bare hands through the freezing night Tuesday hunting for survivors among the rubble of thousands of buildings felled in a series of violent earthquakes.
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Beijing confirmed on Monday (6) that the balloon detected flying over Latin America is Chinese, as the United States tries to recover the remains of a similar device shot down …
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North Korea’s ruling party will hold a key meeting this month to discuss agricultural development, citing the need for “radical change”, state media reported Monday.
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More than 110 people have been killed Monday in government-held parts of Syria following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that had its epicentre in southeastern Turkey near the border between the two countries, the Syrian health ministry said.
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A handful of unhygienic pranks at sushi conveyor belt restaurants in Japan have sparked stock slumps, venue overhauls and legal action, along with furious social media commentary.