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Stock markets rose and gold hit new records Thursday as traders maintained hopes of interest-rate cuts by the European Central Bank and US Federal Reserve later this year.
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Google on Thursday launched a new cybersecurity hub in Japan, aimed at helping to upgrade defences in the Asia-Pacific.
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New German strike round snarls rail, air traffic
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TVNZ cuts jobs in fresh blow to New Zealand media
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Thousand march in Poland after Belarusian woman raped and killed
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Egypt secures extra $5 bn in IMF loans as pound plunges
Egypt secured an additional $5 billion in IMF loans on Wednesday, the two sides said, after the central bank hiked interest rates and allowed the pound to plunge by nearly 40 percent.
US stocks rise on rate hopes as gold hits record high
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UK govt woos votes with more pre-election tax cuts
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US Fed's progress against inflation 'not assured': Powell
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