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Saudi Arabia announces $6.4 billion in Syria investments
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Iowa egg facility reports bird flu outbreak that will require killing 1.1 million hens
DES MOINES, Iowa — Wright County, Iowa, reported its first bird flu case this year, hitting a commercial egg-laying facility that will result in 1.1 million chickens being destroyed to contain the highly contagious and deadly virus, the Iowa Department of Agriculture reported Monday. It’s the second case of highly pathogenic avian influenza this fall, likely…
Finland officially joins NATO; Russia calls it a threat
April 4 (UPI) — Finland officially became a member of NATO on Tuesday, enlarging the European military alliance to 31 countries while drawing threats from Russia. Finland’s 832-mile border with Russia brings the defensive military bloc to Russia’s front doorstep like never before. Finland and Sweden applied for admission into NATO after Moscow ordered the…
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China state banks seen selling US dollars to prop up yuan – sources
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, July 25 (Reuters) – China’s major state-owned banks were seen selling U.S. dollars to buy yuan in both onshore and offshore spot markets in early Asian trade on Tuesday, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said, moves aimed at supporting the Chinese currency. China’s state banks usually trade on behalf of the…
Who is Mark Carney, the next prime minister of Canada?
TORONTO (AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada’s next prime minister after a Liberal Party leadership vote in a landslide. Carney is 59. He was born in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, on March 16, 1965, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. Credentials Carney ran the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and…
