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Top-down view of US dollars and Iraqi dinars in an Iraqi bank. — AFP/FileIraq will ban cash withdrawals and transactions in US dollars as of Jan. 1, 2024, as per a top official of the Iraqi central bank, in the newest effort to stop…

A staff of a small shoe manufacturer shows their new products to make an introductory video to be posted on social media in Bogor, West Java. — AFPIndonesia, the country with the largest economy in Southeast Asia, Monday said it…

Hundreds of people at Chevron’s liquefied natural gas plants in Western Australia halted work on Friday, an industrial action affecting two giant projects that account for about 6 percent of the world’s supply of the essential fuel,…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is asking the Bank of Canada to stop hiking interest rates, saying Ontario families and businesses are struggling to get by and can't afford another increase. The bank has raised rates 10 times since March 2022 in…

Thailand is benefiting from India's rice export ban and has no reason to halt its own shipments as it has sufficient output for exports and domestic consumption, its commerce minister said on Monday.India in late July ordered a halt to its…

A medical therapy that inhibits the growth of cancer cells may one day be effective at treating Lyme disease, according to new research by a University of Massachusetts Amherst team at the New England Regional Center of Vector-borne…

When a hunting dog picks up the scent of a deer, it sometimes freezes. On the spot. The same thing can happen to people who need to concentrate on a challenging task. Now researchers have made a discovery that adds to our knowledge of what…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday dismissed former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s plea seeking a stay on trial court proceedings against him in the Toshakhana case related to graft…

The pharmaceutical industry, which suffered a stinging defeat last year when President Biden signed a law authorizing Medicare to negotiate the price of some prescription medicines, is now waging a broad-based assault on the measure — just…

Owing to a rise in financial scams linked to cryptocurrencies, several traditional banks in Australia have decided to pull back support for crypto exchanges. The National Australia Bank (NAB) has joined others in halting payments to crypto…