Month: June 2023

China’s Industrial Output up 3.5 pct in May

China’s value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 3.5 percent year on year in May, data from the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Thursday.The growth rate was 2.1 percentage points lower than that of Apr…

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US Stocks Close Mixed

Major US stock indexes ended mixed at the end of the trading session on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept US interest rates unchanged.The S&P 500 gained 3.83 points, or 0.09%, to end at 4,372.84 points, while the Nasdaq Composite ga…

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Ukraine’s President Calls for Rapid NATO Accession

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called to speed up his country’s accession to NATO, against the backdrop of the Russian war.In a televised address, Zelenskyy considered that Ukraine’s accession to NATO will strengthen the Alliance, noting that…

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Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Strikes Philippines

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck on Thursday Batangas province in the Philippines.The epicenter of the quake occurred 64 km from the Municipality of Calatagan, at a depth of 119 km, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.So f…

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