The dollar rallied on Friday on bullish economic data and hit a two-week high against the euro as expectations of central bank stimulus weighed on the single currency. US homebuilding fell for a third straight

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The dollar recovered from early weakness against the safe-haven yen to advance modestly on Thursday as better-than-expected US retail sales data tempered concerns that the US economy could be headed for a recession. Fears over

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South Africa's rand firmed on Friday, adding to the previous session's gains as hopes of further stimulus in China helped developing world currencies hold their ground against the dollar. At 1505 GMT the rand was

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Most Asian currencies rose modestly on Friday as anxiety over a global recession eased a little, thanks to strong US retail sales data, though that couldn't prevent weekly losses as riskier assets barely recovered from

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Latin American stocks rose on Friday with a global rebound in equities, as expectations of further stimulus by central banks offset worries of sluggish economic growth, while Argentina's peso was set to record its worst

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The pound advanced broadly on Friday, notching up its biggest daily rise versus the euro in nearly five months, as a combination of news and decent data provided enough ammunition to speculators to buy the

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Australia's conservative government is fighting efforts to introduce legal protections for journalists - instead vowing to jail whistleblowers and reporters, and to uphold laws that treat handling leaked information as akin to handling stolen property.

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The captain of a Spanish charity ship carrying 134 rescued migrants warned Friday of the "explosive" situation on board the vessel anchored within swimming distance of Italy's Lampedusa island but forbidden to approach. Italy has

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Riot police in Zimbabwe on Friday fired teargas and beat demonstrators who defied a protest ban, as the opposition accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of surpassing Robert Mugabe's regime in brutality. Scores of people gathered

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More than a dozen workers remained missing Friday after a landslide in southwest China buried a section of railway that was under repair, according to state media. The 17 missing people were carrying out maintenance

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