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Oil shock, wider war after Saudi refinery attack?
Text With some some 5% of the daily global supply wiped out by the drone attack on Saudi facilities, a new oil shock now appears imminent—putting paid to the conventional wisdom that such spikes are a...
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Trump's phone call: the view from Ukraine
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State of emergency as protests erupt in Ecuador
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Ecuador: celebration as protesters score victory
Text Celebrations broke out across Ecuador after President Lenin Moreno agreed to overturn Decree 883, which would have eliminated fuel subsidies. Moreno's capitulation followed 10 days of nationwide...
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Syria: confusion, anger as US troops withdraw
Text US troops hastened their withdrawal from Syria, amid the anger of local Kurds and confusion over the future status of American forces in the area. Kurdish residents attempted to block a convoy of...
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Trump makes grab for Syrian oil-fields
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Net silence as Iran explodes into protest
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Bolivia: security forces fire on protesters —again
Text At least six were killed and some 20 injured when Bolivian army and National Police troops opened fire on protesters demanding the reinstatement of deposed president Evo Morales in the...
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UN climate change conference opens in Madrid
Text The 2019 UN Climate Change Conference opened in Madrid—originally planned for Chile, but changed due to the political instability there. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged leaders to...
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Trump lays claim to Syrian oil
Text Before Donald Trump left the London NATO summit in a huff, he made the startling claim at a press conference that the US can do "what we want" with the oil-fields it now controls in northeast...
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