Archive for the February 7, 2019
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A meeting of the National Finance Commission (NFC) has agreed to include the provinces in the process of dialogue with International Monetary Fund (IMF) for fiscal targets over the medium-term. The first meeting of the
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The Supreme Court has said that all the intelligence agencies, including Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Military Intelligence (MI), and the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) must not exceed their respective mandates. "They cannot
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The Supreme Court has said that all the intelligence agencies, including Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Military Intelligence (MI), and the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) must not exceed their respective mandates. "They cannot
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More small cocoa exporters in Ivory Coast were unable to fulfill their international contracts at the end of last year, and sources at the country's cocoa board told Reuters that this group asked to postpone
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The benchmark Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) rubber contract for July delivery fell 0.4 yen, or 0.2 percent, to 178.7 yen ($1.63) per kg by 0105 GMT, weighed down by profit-taking after hitting a 1-1/2-week high
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Nickel hit its highest in more than four months on Wednesday on concerns that a force majeure by Brazil's Vale on some iron ore contracts could lead to restrictions in its nickel supply. Benchmark nickel
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Oil prices rose about 1 percent on Wednesday, boosted by signs of strong US demand for distillate products and tightening global crude supply, but gains were capped by a rising US dollar and ongoing concerns
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Crude oil imports from the United States to Britain in January overtook supplies from other countries for the first time since such shipments began in 2015, data from energy analysts at Kpler showed. The United
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A 12-year-old judicial battle pitting a cereal farmer against Monsanto, the biotech giant, goes to a fourth round Wednesday before the French courts. Farmer Paul Francois won his initial case in 2012, and its appeal
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More than 16,000 migrants returned home from conflict-wracked Libya in 2018 under a "voluntary return" programme run by the International Organization for Migration, the agency said Wednesday. "16,753 irregular migrants were able to return to
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