OECD ups world growth forecast but sees Middle East 'risk'
The OECD raised its 2024 world economic growth forecast Monday but warned that the Middle East conflict posed a risk, with disruptions in Red Sea shipping threatening to increase consumer prices.
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Klinsmann says S. Korea out to prove doubters wrong in Asian Cup semis
Jurgen Klinsmann said his South Korea team are determined to prove the doubters wrong when they face semi-final debutants Jordan at the Asian Cup on Tuesday.
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Former star footballer Dani Alves's rape trial begins
Former Brazilian football star Dani Alves went on trial Monday in Barcelona accused of raping a woman in a local nightclub.
Read moreBumrah stars as India down England to level Test series
Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah took a match haul of nine wickets to lead India's 106-run win over England in the second Test on Monday and level the five-match series.
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Turkey's January inflation piles pressure on central bank
Turkey's annual inflation rate stayed stable in January at nearly 65 percent, but month-on-month consumer price increases jumped sharply following a huge minimum wage hike, official data showed Monday.
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Hong Kong sports minister was assured Messi would play
Lionel Messi had been contracted to play at least 45 minutes of a pre-season friendly that ended with his Inter Miami team being booed off, Hong Kong's sports minister said on Monday.
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S. Korean court acquits Samsung chief over 2015 merger case
A South Korean court acquitted Samsung Electronics chief Lee Jae-yong on Monday of a raft of crimes linked to a controversial 2015 merger, Lee's lawyers said.
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Yang Jun: dissident Chinese-Australian writer handed suspended death sentence
Chinese-Australian writer Yang Jun, who was handed a suspended death sentence in China, had gained a huge following in exile for his spy novels and calls for greater freedom in his homeland.
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The Pakistan women barred from voting by their husbands
Perched on her traditional charpai bed, Naeem Kausir says she would like to vote in Pakistan's upcoming election -- if only the men in her family would let her.
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China says Australian writer given suspended death sentence
Chinese-Australian dissident writer Yang Jun has been handed a suspended death sentence for espionage in China, Beijing and Canberra said Monday, five years after he was arrested on a rare visit to his homeland.
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