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The Chinese economy is expected to have slipped into deflation amid signs of a faltering post-pandemic recovery, according to market forecasters.
Chinese consumer price inflation data is due to be released on Wednesday, and a Reuters poll of economists…

Stock futures fell during Tuesday's session following weak Chinese trade data and renewed concerns about the health of the U.S. banks.
Here are some of Tuesday's biggest stock movers:
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid more than 450 points Tuesday, as Moody's cut the credit ratings of 10 U.S. regional banks. Meanwhile, hot AI stock Palantir Technologies (PLTR) plunged on second-quarter earnings results.…
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Recent weeks have seen several high-profile spats between Russia and its key backers of the disastrous war on Ukraine, as President Vladimir Putin digs in to try to outlast Kyiv and its democratic partners.…
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As the war in Ukraine drags on despite the unprecedented U.S.-led sanctions against Russia, “Ukraine fatigue” in the West is beginning to set in. Most Americans now oppose Congress authorizing further military and economic aid for Kyiv, according to a …

We're be buying 400 shares of Coterra Energy (CTRA) at roughly $26.79 each. Following Tuesday's trade, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust will own 1,550 shares of CTRA, increasing its weighting in the portfolio to 1.48% from 1.1%.…
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“It doesn’t necessarily mean lower carbon in the world, it actually pushes production and carbon emissions into other parts of the world which may be more carbon intensive, so we need to be a bit careful.…
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Internal dissent within the mostly volunteer disease-news network known as ProMED—which alerted the world to the earliest cases of COVID, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and SARS—has broken out into the open and threatens to take down the inte…

An analysis conducted by the analytical center of the Kyiv School of Economics has found that recently recovered Russian military equipment consists of more than 1,000 foreign-made components, most of which are semiconductor technology used in the West…

Lloyd Axworthy is chair of the World Refugee and Migration Council and a former Canadian foreign minister. Allan Rock is a former minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, and a former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations.…
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India is barring domestic manufacturers of military drones from using Chinese-made parts over concerns about security vulnerabilities, Reuters reported today (Aug. 8).
The two neighbours have been part of several border standoffs in recent years, and, …

Censorship, or rather his stance against it, is a key reason why Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44bn last year. His social media company’s lawsuit against an anti-hate speech group refers to censorship, or variations on the word, eight times.…
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China’s exports plunged by 14.5% in July compared with a year earlier, adding to pressure on the ruling Communist Party to reverse an economic slump.
Imports tumbled 12.4%, customs data showed Tuesday, in a blow to global exporters that look to China a…

India’s inflation outlook has changed in the last few months due to rising vegetable prices along with a few pulses and grains.
While MPC is expected to increase its inflation projections it might not rush into a rate hike in August, economists say.&#8…

W orld leaders have been warned by the United Nations’ chief climate change scientist to “stick to” the shift from petrol and diesel to electric cars, and that opening new oil reserves was storing up “very difficult choices” for future governments.&#82…

Stocks sank on Tuesday, set to open in the red after surprisingly weak Chinese trade data and a warning about US bank health sent shivers through markets.
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell about 0.5%, or 180 points.…
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A territorial dispute between China and the US-aligned Philippines is at increasingly high risk of escalating into a conflict involving the two superpowers, analysts have said, after Chinese coastguards used a water cannon on a Philippine boat.…

Initiatives aimed at ending the war that Russia started by invading Ukraine have been underway for months. On 24 February – a year to the day Russia started its attack – China unveiled a proposal containing 12 principles.…
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Billions of dollars belonging to former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi are sitting in Canadian bank accounts almost 12 years after his death, says a former diplomat.
Fathi Baja, who served as Libya’s ambassador to Canada from 2013 to 201…

The former UBS banker, joined in the Lendlease endeavour by fellow UBS alumni and the Swiss bank’s previous co-head of real estate deals Victoria Hardie, frames it as a form of friendly shareholder activism.…
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Global stocks ticked lower on Tuesday and bond yields dropped as investors assessed the latest weak economic data out of China and looked ahead to a key inflation reading from the U.S.…
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