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Rallying crude prices and demand for chemicals for plastics more than offset losses from refining oil, firms reported.
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We gather the numbers to know from the week’s biggest economic and business news stories.
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Russia moves to label Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny's organisations 'extremist'.
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One in every six young people aged 18 to 29 in Latin America and the Caribbean has left work since the pandemic began.
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COVID-19 must not be used as an excuse to avoid difficult discussions about Do Not Attempt CPR decisions.
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Human rights office calls for thorough investigation into 'violent repression' of peaceful sit-in at Jau prison.
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The truck bomb in the provincial capital of Pul-e Alam also wounded more than 90 people, interior ministry says.
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Officials say deal reached with Nigerian authorities to work on restitution plan for 'substantial' number of artefacts.
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Europe has its second straight quarter of shrinking economic growth, thanks to lockdowns and slow vaccine roll-outs.
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Florida set to be latest state to enact measures that limit access to ballot boxes and mail-in votes.
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Near-total disappearance of food sources has created 'full-blown nutrition emergency' in south Madagascar, WFP warns.
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Social media silence by football leagues, clubs and players in England in protest against online racist abuse.
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Isabel Diaz Ayuso has kept bars open in the pandemic, winning praise among businesses who have named a beer after her.
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Meanwhile, Tajikistan has yet to officially acknowledge any deaths from the clashes.
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Crowds are being moved from Kara Tepe to Mavrovounio, a camp where shelter is precarious and rape has been reported.
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Nearly three-quarters of female journalists surveyed experienced online abuse, and a quarter faced physical threats.
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Wait times for crop payments and exchange-rate roulette can wreak havoc on tobacco farmers' profits.
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Move comes amid intense pressure from Moscow on jailed Kremlin critic's political movement.
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Israeli PM calls for day of mourning on Sunday as he announced investigation into the stampede that killed 44 people.
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Sold-out pilot event in Liverpool will see 6,000 revellers mix in pre-pandemic conditions.
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Attacks marked major intensification in violence that has wreaked havoc across Cabo Delgado for over three years.
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Several European countries have reported cases, and some have restricted travel with India as fears grow.
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International Cricket Council said this month it was sticking to hosting the event in India but also had backup plans.
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Grieving relatives cast flowers into the sea to pay their respects to the 53 crew members killed in the disaster.
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We challenge progressive Democrat Nina Turner on the US president’s record and discuss the COVID-19 crisis engulfing India.
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India is world's biggest producer of vaccines but does not have enough stockpiles to keep up with a deadly second wave.
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COVID and the crisis following a military coup this year could reverse economic gains made since 2005, UN body says.
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Hamas says President Abbas's decision 'coup against the path of national partnership and consensus'.
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Giuliani has said electronics seized by federal investigators will prove he and the former US president are 'innocent'.
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South Africa should take the lead in the fight against homophobic hate crimes on the continent.
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Attacks by Taliban and from infiltrators surged by 37 and 82 percent, respectively, in first quarter, US watchdog says.
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Whatever injustices he may have endured in his career, Cornel West is still part of the privileged class in academia.
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Fears that death toll could rise after heavy rains pounded the area in North Sumatra on Thursday evening.
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Gurdwaras in and around New Delhi have arranged 'oxygen langar' to provide free oxygen to patients who need it.
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The 50-year-old Saudi-born Palestinian was detained in March 2002 on suspicion he was a senior member of al-Qaeda.
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A huge stampede at the densely packed Jewish pilgrimage site of Mount Meron killed at least 44 people in Israel.
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Thai foreign ministry says 2,267 Myanmar civilians had crossed into Thailand as of early Friday since fighting erupted.
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101 East meets the gangs of Port Moresby, one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
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Under new rules, firms including Tencent, ByteDance must subject themselves to tougher financial regulations.
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Firms such as Uber, Doordash say their workers enjoy gig economy's flexibility; labour groups fear creating underclass.
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Hong Kong activist among four people facing charges after participating in event to mark 1989 Tiananmen mass killing.
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Meeting will mark the second in-person summit with a foreign leader from Asia highlighting Biden's focus on the region.
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The variant, named B.1.617, has been reported in some 17 countries, raising global concern.
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First doses of Pfizer's US-made COVID-19 shots sent to Mexico as pressure grows on US to help other countries.
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India posts 386,452 new cases as US military plane brings the first emergency supplies to help country battle the surge.
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Critics say Palestinian leader using Jerusalem issue as an excuse to avoid polls that could see Fatah lose to Hamas.
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Brazilians struggle with pain of losing loved ones to coronavirus as country reaches sombre milestone.
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Accident occurred as tens of thousands of mainly ultra-Orthodox Jews were participating in a religious pilgrimage.
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The former president continues his criticism of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell as the party eyes its prospects
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Ryan Fischer was shot in the chest while out walking the singer's dogs in Los Angeles two months ago.