Month: February 2025

Backed by Trump, Tennessee GOP passes school voucher expansion bill

NASHVILLE, Tennessee: Tennessee lawmakers have approved a bill that will allow more families to use taxpayer money for private schools,…

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Oil prices dip as tariffs take effect

US crude prices fell by nearly 2 per cent on Tuesday as US tariffs on China took effect, though President…

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UK regulator to ease path for retail investors to buy bonds

Britain’s financial watchdog has laid out plans to make it easier for retail investors and wealth managers to buy corporate…

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Hundreds flee Santorini as quakes continue to disrupt life

Hundreds of people packed a port in Santorini in the early morning hours of Tuesday to board a ferry and…

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WHO launches Ebola vaccination trial in Uganda

KAMPALA, 4th February, 2025 (WAM) — The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday said that it has launched a first-ever…

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OPEC+ rolls over oil policy, ditches US government data

OPEC+ agreed to stick to its policy of gradually raising oil output from April on Monday and removed the US…

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US manufacturing rebounds in January; inputs prices paid measure surges

US manufacturing grew for the first time in more than two years in January amid strong orders, but a measure…

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Trade war begins as tariffs on Chinese imports take effect, Trump reprieves Canada and Mexico

US tariffs of 10% on Chinese imports came into effect on Tuesday, risking a renewed trade war between the world’s…

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US metal buyers likely to turn to Mideast, Chile as tariffs bite

US companies will look to the Middle East and India for more aluminium and to Chile and Peru for copper…

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Global hedge funds dump everything but real estate stocks, says Goldman Sachs

Hedge funds last week jettisoned global stocks and added bets they would decline, said Goldman Sachs (GS.N), just before US…

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