Persistent buying of fine cotton, helped the rates to maintain present levels on the cotton market on Tuesday, dealers said. The official spot rate did not move any side at Rs 7800, they added. In

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ICE Canadian canola futures dipped on Monday, dragged lower by sliding soyabean and corn prices that were weaker due to much-needed rains crossing dry areas of the US Midwest. Canola's losses were more modest than

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Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures closed lower on Monday on spillover pressure from declines in corn and soyabean futures, traders said. CBOT December soft red winter wheat settled down 5 cents at $4.72-1/2 per

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South Korea said Tuesday it would issue fines and file criminal complaints against Volkswagen and and its luxury arm, Porsche, for installing "illicit devices" that helped multiple diesel vehicles cheat pollution standards. The environment ministry

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Russia and China warned Tuesday that a new US missile test had heightened military tensions and risked sparking an arms race, weeks after Washington ripped up a Cold War-era weapons pact with Moscow. The US

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A hijacker armed with what turned out to be a toy gun was shot dead by police in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday after he held a busload of passengers hostage for several hours on

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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Tuesday he would resign, lashing out at far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for pursuing his own interests by pulling the plug on the government coalition. The move leaves the

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US President Donald Trump expressed support Tuesday for Russia's return to the G8, saying it would be "much more appropriate" for Moscow to be in the club of world powers. "I could certainly" support that,

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The White House on Tuesday accused China of "bullying tactics" in the increasingly tense waters of the South China Sea and said it would resist Beijing on the dispute. "China's recent escalation of efforts to

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China's Syria envoy said Tuesday that "terrorist organisations" including the Islamic State group are being revived in the war-ravaged country, urging the international community not to ignore the "early warning" signs. Xie Xiaoyan, Beijing's pointman

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