Extreme volatility in a key funding market for banks as 2018 came to a close should serve as evidence that the US Federal Reserve ought to be prepared to serve as a backstop to prevent

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Sterling is likely to gain more than 8 percent this year - assuming Britain and the European Union part ways amicably, according to a Reuters poll of foreign exchange strategists. The pound has largely been

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The Russian state's resumption of foreign currency purchases after many months should not increase forex market volatility, the head of the Moscow Exchange said. The central bank will resume daily purchases of foreign currency for

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There could well be a silver lining in all the caution around the stock market as the earnings season approaches: Shares do way better when profit expectations have fallen, and lately, they've been falling like

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Iran's foreign ministry summoned a senior Polish diplomat to protest at Poland jointly hosting a global summit with the United States focused on the Middle East, particularly Iran, state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.

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As the British parliament prepares for a crucial Brexit vote Tuesday, Germany's far right voted Sunday to break a national taboo by campaigning to quit the European Union if its demand for reforms within the

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Sudanese police fired tear gas Sunday at crowds of anti-government protesters in Khartoum and war-torn Darfur as organisers called for more nationwide rallies against President Omar al-Bashir this week. The demonstrations in Darfur were the

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Iran is taking preliminary steps to design uranium fuel with a purity of 20 percent for reactors instead of having to copy foreign designs, Iran's nuclear chief said on Sunday. Iran's 2015 nuclear accord with

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Cesare Battisti, an Italian former militant captured in Bolivia and convicted of four murders in Italy in the 1970s, will be extradited to Rome "in the coming hours", the Italian government said Sunday. Battisti, who

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Reporters Without Borders on Sunday called on those who speak for France's "yellow vest" protesters to condemn numerous attacks and threats against journalists across the country during the latest round of anti-government demonstrations. "A turning

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