Activists are criticising the World Economic Forum for allowing a large Saudi presence in Davos this week without devoting time to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Saudi presence "is deeply distressing", Amnesty International

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Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday approved the government's 2019 budget, which at $111.8 billion is one of the largest ever for the oil-rich country. It represents a nearly 45 percent increase from last year and awards

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The publisher and editor of a Toronto newspaper were found guilty on Thursday of promoting hate over articles and images that encouraged rape and denied the Holocaust. The editor-in-chief James Sears, 55, and publisher LeRoy

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India appointed a temporary finance minister late Wednesday, just days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is due to present its final budget before looming elections. Arun Jaitley, who has undergone medical treatment in the

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Sudanese police fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters trying to march on the presidential palace in Khartoum as anti-government demonstrators raised pressure on President Omar al-Bashir to resign with calls for nationwide rallies on

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Qatar's ruler will visit South Korea, Japan and China - some of the energy-rich country's top trading partners - later this month, state media reported Thursday, amid a diplomatic Gulf crisis. Emir Sheikh Tamim bin

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Aluminium prices fell on Thursday from the previous session's four-week high as worries over the effect of a Chinese economic slowdown overpowered signs of supply tightness. On-warrant stocks of aluminium available to the market in

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OPEC and its allies do not rule out taking further action at their next meeting in April should oil inventories build up in the first quarter, OPEC's secretary general told Reuters. Worried by a drop

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Oil prices were steady on Thursday after US data showing record high gasoline inventories and an unexpected big build in crude offset the United States' threat of sanctions on OPEC member Venezuela. Brent crude futures

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Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures dropped on Thursday, following a plunge in a near-term contract and weaker oil prices, while lingering worries over slowing global economic growth weighed on market sentiment, dealers said. Oil prices declined

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