The Russian ruble reached a four-year high on the US dollar and a seven-year high against the Euro on Friday. The ruble is being propelled by capital controls, the new ruble-based gas payment scheme and looming corporate tax dues, which are pushing up domestic demand for the currency. Reaching 57.67 …
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Inflation across the Eurozone surged to 5.1% in January from 5% in the previous month, despite optimistic expectations for a sharp drop to 4.4%, data from Eurostat showed on Wednesday. Inflation is now more than twice the ECB’s 2% target. The latest growth reportedly reflects the hottest rate of inflation …
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Catchy kids’ song ‘Baby Shark’, which was already the most-viewed clip on YouTube, has conquered another milestone by becoming the first video on the platform to garner 10 billion views. The South Korean educational company behind the viral sensation, Pinkfong, celebrated the record on Thursday, calling on kids worldwide to …
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Shocking footage from a CCTV camera in China has emerged online, showing a buffalo charging into a restaurant and attacking one of the customers. In a video that was apparently filmed on the last day of December and has since gone viral on social media, two men can be seen …
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The price of the October futures on the Dutch TTF exchange jumped by 20% in mere minutes, exceeding $875.84 by 8:00 GMT. Some time later, it exceeded $900 and, by 9:00 GMT, had reached $943. Russian experts earlier this week predicted that gas prices could climb further, up to $1,000 under …
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The 25-year-old is among the contenders to bring home a medal in the pole vault in this summer’s Games – and he will be hoping that he has exhausted all of his bad luck ahead of the start of the event after coming off worse for wear when the bar …
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Maxim Gametsky, a native of the city 2000km east of Moscow, displayed his brute strength at Surgut’s International Airport on Wednesday. Cheered on by a crowd of onlookers, the bodybuilder took three attempts, with his record being verified by Vasily Grishchenko, the head of the Russian Strongman Federation. View this …
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Indian health officials reported 314,835 new cases on Thursday, bringing its total infection count over 15.9 million. Another 2,104 deaths were announced in the same period, with fatalities reaching a cumulative 184,657 since the beginning of India’s epidemic. The new figure blew past the previous global one-day high of 297,430 …
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The canine-themed cryptocurrency surged as high as $0.084 per coin early on Monday before giving up some of the gains and sliding to around $0.075 later in the day. However, it was still up over 22 percent in the last 24 hours, and left behind Stellar and Bitcoin Cash to …
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