How Ukraine war left China's 'Nickel King' on hook for billions
The play by Xiang Guangda, China's "Nickel King", was to use his influential market position to short the metal, wait for the price to drop, then soak up the rewards when the value bounced back.
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Meat off the menu in crisis-hit Lebanon as poverty bites
Layla Ibrahim has cut down on her daily meat consumption, not because of a health fad but forced by Lebanon's bruising economic crisis.
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After Covid, India tries to get on top of tuberculosis
When Covid-19 ripped through India in 2020-21, several million people are thought to have died. Desperate efforts to stem the pandemic hurt the battle against another huge killer: tuberculosis.
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New world order? Pandemic and war rattle globalisation
Globalisation, which has both fans and detractors alike, is being tested like never before after the one-two punch of Covid and war.
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Scholz's SPD in first election test
Just over 100 days after taking power, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats face their first electoral test on Sunday, with regional polls in the small state of Saarland.
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Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins used marijuana, opioids before death: investigators
Preliminary toxicology tests found that Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins had marijuana, opioids and other drugs in his system before he died, Colombian investigators said Saturday.
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Boarding on an active volcano: Nicaragua's tourism boon
It took Ana Muller half an hour to trek to the peak of the Cerro Negro volcano, a small effort given the reward on offer at Nicaragua's top tourist attraction: volcano boarding.
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Oscars back in Hollywood as 'CODA' seeks top prize
The Oscars return to Hollywood on Sunday, as nominees from top contending films including "CODA," "The Power of the Dog" and "Belfast" gather in a futuristic, glittering ballroom for the movie industry's biggest night.
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An's closing disaster leaves Dane Madsen with LPGA lead
Denmark's Nanna Koerstz Madsen seized a three-stroke lead after Saturday's third round of the LPGA JTBC Classic after South Korea's An Na-rin closed with a triple bogey disaster.
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Head injury concerns for Barrett, Banks as Brumbies stay unbeaten
Wallabies star Tom Banks was hospitalised with a facial fracture as the ACT Brumbies maintained their unbeaten start to the Super Rugby Pacific season on a brutal weekend that saw All Blacks fly-half Beauden Barrett suffer another head knock.
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