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Stocks climb new peaks on trade deal, oil slips on demand worries

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – Key world equity indexes climbed to new records on Wednesday on hopes a U.S.-China trade deal will reduce harmful tensions, but oil prices slid on doubts the pact will spur world growth and boost crude demand. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed a […]

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A terrorism suspect, disguised as a refugee. By Natasha Frost Good morning. We’re covering a German far-right terrorism suspect, a register for Spaniards who refuse the vaccine and a united front of former enemies in Tigray. The double life of Franco A. For 16 months during the height of the migrant crisis in Europe, Franco […]

France to have growth of 1.3% in 2019 and 2020: Le Maire tells paper

PARIS (Reuters) – French economic growth should come in at 1.3 percent for both 2019 and 2020, the country’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, told Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper in an interview. Le Maire said France had a “good and solid” economic outlook, in spite of global trade tensions and a possible hit caused […]