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Stories for September 6th 2018
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Thursday, September 6th 2018 - 09:09 UTC
British prosecutors name two Russian intelligence agents as perpetrators of nerve agent attack in UK
British prosecutors named two Russian men, believed to be officers in Russia's intelligence service, they believe were behind the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in the U.K. earlier this year. They named the men as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, and said they are officers in Russia's foreign military intelligence agency, the GRU.
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Thursday, September 6th 2018 - 09:04 UTC
In Brazil, the Real and Bovespa stock index recovered slightly on Wednesday
In Brazil, the Real currency and benchmark Bovespa stock index strengthened slightly on Wednesday. Political uncertainty in Brazil took a toll after judicial authorities canceled the release of a closely-watched opinion poll on technical grounds.
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Thursday, September 6th 2018 - 08:50 UTC
World stock markets lower on fears of trade tensions and emerging markets currencies
World stock markets pushed lower on Wednesday amid simmering trade tensions and the spreading financial firestorm across emerging market currencies. MSCI’s emerging markets equity index dropped for the sixth straight day, losing more than 1% in Asia and nearly fully reversing the late August bound in the benchmark.
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Thursday, September 6th 2018 - 08:40 UTC
IMF receptive to Argentina's request, but now Macri must implement the hard austerity program
Argentina’s economy minister sounded upbeat on Wednesday about clinching a new deal with the International Monetary Fund after two days of talks in Washington, and said had sought U.S. support for securing approval from the IMF’s board.
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Thursday, September 6th 2018 - 08:37 UTC
UK voters support for Remain in the EU at its highest
Data released in an academic-led report on Wednesday shows that 59% of UK voters would now vote to remain in the EU, versus 41% who would vote to leave.
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Thursday, September 6th 2018 - 08:22 UTC
U.S. trade deficit at a five month high in July; China maintains a comfortable surplus
The U.S. trade deficit rose to a five-month high in July, with the politically sensitive gap with China hitting a record high, which economists said could embolden the Trump administration to aggressively pursue its “America First” agenda.
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Thursday, September 6th 2018 - 08:12 UTC
Trump says the US is not yet ready to reach a trade agreement with China
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States was not yet ready to come to an agreement over trade disputes with China but he said talks would continue.
