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Oil prices surged on Monday, driven by a combination of factors including a production halt at Norway’s Johan Sverdrup oilfield and escalating tensions in the Russia-Ukraine war.Brent crude futures climbed by 2.9% to $73.10 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose by 2.9% to $68.99 a barrel. …

British core wage growth decelerated once again, marking its slowest increase since the three months leading up to September 2022, yet it maintained strength relative to historical norms, as per official data likely to receive a cautious nod from the Bank of England. Official figures from the Office for National …

The yen dipped close to a four-month low against the US dollar and a 16-year low against the euro on Wednesday, driven by expectations of sustained accommodative monetary policy in Japan despite the Bank of Japan’s recent policy shift. On Wednesday, the yen touched its lowest level in four months …

On Monday, the dollar steadied as traders braced for a week dominated by central bank meetings across the globe, with particular focus on policy developments in Japan and the United States. Bank of Japan’s Policy Shift Attention is squarely on the Bank of Japan, with indications suggesting a potential end …

Russia has relocated its tactical nuclear weapons from its boundaries into Belarus, a neighbouring country that is several hundred miles closer to NATO territory. This was confirmed by Western officials to Foreign Policy. This development was a reaction to NATO’s support of Ukraine, which has led Russian President Vladimir Putin …

Ukraine’s gross domestic product (GDP) is likely to grow by more than five percent in the first 11 months of 2023 after a 28.9 percent decline, Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Sviridenko said on Monday. percent in the same period last year. She added that the government expects GDP to grow …

Ukraine’s alternative export corridor in the Black Sea is still operational despite the recent Russian attack on a Ukrainian civilian ship, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Thursday, November 9. Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday that a Russian missile damaged a civilian ship flying the Liberian flag that …

Thousands of UK-based and trainee doctors on Monday announced a three-day strike that will severely affect patient care to protest wages they say are very low. The strike is the latest in which workers in the state-funded National Health Service take part in Britain, after the strike by nursing staff, …

Ukraine’s Deputy Infrastructure Minister Yury Vaskov said on Friday that negotiations to extend the grain export corridor agreement across the Black Sea will start within a week. The Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered in July by the United Nations and Turkey, allowed grain to be exported from three Ukrainian ports …

Britain announced on Wednesday that it and other European countries will provide Ukraine with military equipment, including spare parts for tanks and ammunition for artillery. The British Ministry of Defense said Britain had agreed with the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Lithuania to send an initial support package to …