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Chinese Exports Cool in Latest Warning Sign on Global Trade

Chinese export growth slowed in April as global trade cooled.

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Saudi Aramco’s Profit Slides as Oil Boom Cools

The energy giant’s earnings fell 19% in the first quarter, as concerns over a slowing global economy and a gusher of cheaper Russian crude supplies weighed on oil prices.

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Israeli Targeted Airstrikes Kill Thirteen in Gaza: 3 Militants and 10 Others, Including Children

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel killed three senior commanders of the militant Islamic Jihad group in targeted airstrikes early Tuesday, the military said. Palestinian health officials said 13 people were killed in all, including the commanders, their wives, several

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Exiled Former Thai Leader Thaksin Shinawatra Announces That He Plans to Return Home

Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted as Thailand’s prime minister in 2006 and has lived in self-imposed exile for well more than a decade following a corruption conviction, said he planned to return to the Southeast Asian nation in July. “I’ve

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UBS Refreshes Management Team to Integrate Credit Suisse

The Swiss banking giant said it is evaluating all options for Credit Suisse’s Swiss business, which some politicians in the country want to be spun off into a separate unit or divested.

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A 17-year-old died in the Outer Banks after a sand dune collapsed on top of him

The teenager’s friends and family had been looking for him. He was found buried underneath several feet of sand. (Image credit: Steve Helber/AP)

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Gaza op gets broad political support as some trade barbs over Ben Gvir

Lapid, Gantz offer backing for action against terrorists; foreign minister cuts short visit in India; Likud MK: No connection to Ben Gvir’s boycott

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Fresenius Profits Fall; Maintains Revenue Guidance

Fresenius reported higher first-quarter sales but a drop in operating income to €787 million and said it continued to expect organic revenue to grow in a low-to-mid single digit percentage range.

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In Australia, scientists begin vaccinating koalas against chlamydia

The safety and effectiveness of the vaccine, designed specifically for koalas, has previously been tested by vaccinating a few hundred koalas brought to wildlife rescue centers for other afflictions. (Image credit: Mark Baker/AP)

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Confusion in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Region as Russia Issues Evacuation Order

Running short of food, fuel and cash, and with a Ukrainian counteroffensive imminent, many civilians are defying a directive by occupation forces, unsure where they would go.

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