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Tree study shows how drought may have doomed ancient Hittite empire
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Around 1200 BC, human civilization experienced a harrowing setback with the near-simultaneous demise or diminishment of several important empires in the Middle Ea...
Feb 08, 2023
Russia’s 2022 economic fall seen in lower incomes, slumping consumer demand
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian consumer demand contracted at its fastest pace in seven years in 2022 and real disposable incomes fell, data released on Wednesday showed, as the country...
Feb 08, 2023
White House says blog post on Nord Stream explosion ‘utterly false’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday dismissed a blog post by a U.S. investigative journalist alleging the United States was behind explosions of the Nord Stream gas pipelines as "utter...
Feb 08, 2023
China car sales plunge 38% in January as subsidies, tax cut end
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's passenger car sales slumped 38% in January, reversing a 2.4% gain in the previous month, industry data showed on Wednesday, as demand weakened after a tax cut on c...
Feb 08, 2023
Twitter restricted in Turkey, NetBlocks says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Twitter has been restricted in Turkey on Wednesday, the Netblocks internet observatory said, two days after a major earthquake that has killed more than 11,000 people in southern ...
Feb 08, 2023
U.S. imposes sanctions on MS-13 gang members in Nicaragua, Honduras
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Wednesday on two members of the international criminal gang MS-13, accusing them of involvement in drug trafficking and murder ...
Feb 08, 2023
B. Riley shares drop after short-seller Wolfpack Research takes aim
(Reuters) - Shares of investment bank B. Riley Financial fell more than 8% after short-seller Wolfpack Research on Wednesday disclosed a short position in the stock. B. Riley had overleveraged to buy ...
Feb 08, 2023
Fed’s Cook: January job gains increase hopes for soft landing
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The strong January job gains of half a million new positions coupled with moderating wage growth has increased hopes for a "soft landing" as the Fed continue...
Feb 08, 2023
ECB’s Knot sees big May rate hike if core inflation doesn’t fall: MNI
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank may extend its streak of large interest hikes into May if core inflation doesn't ease by then, ECB policymaker Klaas Knot said on Wednesday. The ECB rai...
Feb 08, 2023
Moving Fed policy rate to 5.00%-5.25% this year seems reasonable, Williams says
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said on Wednesday the U.S. central bank still has more interest rate rises ahead of it and will need to keep m...
Feb 08, 2023
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