Two Turkish ships will begin drilling in search of oil and gas off Cyprus "in the coming days", Turkey's foreign minister said Thursday, in a move likely to stoke tensions on the divided island. The

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Britain posted its biggest budget surplus on record in January despite a slowing economy, putting finance minister Philip Hammond on course to announce the lowest annual borrowing since 2002 in a fiscal update due just

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Shares in the world's leading container shipping group, AP Moeller-Maersk, plummeted Thursday after the Danish firm made a weaker than expected profit forecast citing uncertainty over the US-China trade war. The company's stocks fell more

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Eurozone manufacturing slipped into contraction in February, as an industrial slump in Germany continued to weigh down on the European economy, a closely watched survey showed Thursday. In a first estimate, data monitoring company IHS

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Removing US tariffs on steel and aluminium would benefit the United States, Mexico and Canada, a top US official said Thursday, adding that he was hopeful it will happen "sooner rather than later." US Agriculture

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Sales of existing homes in the United States dropped in January for the third consecutive month, hitting their lowest level in more than three years, industry data showed Thursday. The result underscored the recent weakness

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The United States and China have started to outline commitments in principle on the stickiest issues in their trade dispute, marking the most significant progress yet toward ending a seven-month trade war, according to sources

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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said Thursday it had cleared 21 Russian athletes to return to international events, albeit competing under a neutral banner and not representing Russia. Athletics' governing body banned Russia

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Top seeded and international Muhammad Hamza of PAF, second seed Muhammad Ammad, Mutahir Ali and Huzaifa Zahid of Punjab took berth into the semi-finals after recording victories in the quarter-finals of the National Junior Under-15

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Three late strikes by South Africa's fast bowlers on Thursday helped atone for a poor batting performance on the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka were 60 for three at

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