Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye was charged Thursday with accepting millions of dollars worth of bribes from the state spy agency, news reports said. Park allegedly received between 50 and 200 million won (now

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The United States and South Korea have agreed to delay joint military exercises until after the Winter Olympics next month, the government in Seoul announced Thursday, in an apparent move to de-escalate tensions with Pyongyang.

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Children clambered up oiled banana stalks as teenagers wrestled for greasy coconuts in street fairs held around Yangon Thursday to celebrate Myanmar's 70 years of independence. The national holiday saw roads blocked off with pop

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Turkey on Thursday slammed as "scandalous" the fraud conviction in New York of a Turkish banker after an explosive trial over Iran sanctions-busting that implicated ex-ministers and even President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The conviction of

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ICE cotton futures rose on Wednesday to snap a three-day losing streak, amid high demand for the natural fiber crop. The most active ICE cotton contract for March expiry settled up 0.61 cent, or 0.79

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Forecasts for more frigid weather in the United States this week supported Chinese lead futures on Thursday amid expectations of seasonally strong demand and likely winter shortages. The most-trade lead contract on the Shanghai Futures

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Zinc hit its highest in more than 10 years on Thursday on concerns over a market deficit, while copper rose after upbeat Chinese data supported growth expectations in the world's biggest metals consumer. Zinc stocks

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Oil rose on Thursday to its highest since May 2015, on concern about supply risks due to unrest in Iran and another decline in US inventories as refining activity hit a 12-year high. US oil

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Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures snapped a three-session losing streak to edge higher on Thursday, as investors made position adjustments in thin new year trade, while higher oil prices and a rally in Asian equities also

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The following were Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT: SOYOIL EU degummed: euro tonne fob exmill January 2018 750.00 +5.00 February 2018 740.00 +10.00 March 2018 730.00 +10.00 April 2018 715.00 +0.00 May

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