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The U.S. secretary of state made two unannounced visits on Sunday, the first to the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the second to Baghdad.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) -Having rebuffed calls for a ceasefire, Israel was set to come under sustained pressure on Monday to avoid civilian casualties during its assault on Gaza, while a U.S. diplomatic blitz in the region sought to

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For years, foreign companies plowed the profits they made in China back into the country. Not anymore.

The armies of people who make clothes for Western brands are protesting for better wages, adding pressure to the era of ultracheap clothes on which many companies rely.

Moscow has found ways to circumvent the G-7 oil-price cap, moving crude on a fleet of aging tankers on which sanctions have limited traction.

SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States, South Korea and Japan have agreed to launch a high-level consultative group on countering North Korean cyber activities that they say finance its unlawful weapons programs, South Korea’s presidential office said on Monday. Anne

China will likely take countercyclical interventions to support the yuan after the country’s foreign direct investment turned negative for the first time since the data were released in the 1990s, OCBC said.

Israel’s Arab population says it is being found guilty by association, even while counting its members among victims of Hamas’s assault.

Some of the brand’s fully cooked and breaded chicken Fun Nuggets may be contaminated, the U.S. Agriculture Department said. One minor injury has been linked to consumption of the product. (Image credit: Danny Johnston/AP)