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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday (July 7) criticised China for its recent 'punitive' measures against US companies as she stressed the need for market reforms in the world's second-largest economy. Yellen is on a four-day China…

KYIV: Ukraine's top security officials have ordered punitive measures against seven senior clerics, President Volodymyr Zelenskiyy said on Sunday (Dec 11), part of a crackdown on a branch of the Orthodox Church with longstanding ties to…

As Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, prepares to dip into the pockets of millions of taxpayers and businesses, it feels almost inevitable that the money-grabbing wheezes will include an extension of the windfall tax on oil and gas…

Families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting on Friday asked a Connecticut judge to order Alex Jones to pay hefty punitive damages on top of nearly $1 billion a jury said the conspiracy theorist owes them for falsely…

U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones could end up owing as little as 10 per cent of the US$45.2 million in punitive damages that a Texas jury awarded to the parents of a Sandy Hook victim last week, legal experts told Reuters on…

<!-- -->Alex Jones claimed for years that the shooting in Connecticut, was "staged" by gun control activists.Washington: A Texas jury ordered US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Friday to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages for…

Mandeep Dhaliwal, the director of HIV and health at the UN Development Programme (UNDP) is concerned that the proliferation of such laws is hampering the UN’s response to the virus, which is also being hit by a host of interconnected global…

The United States on Thursday imposed restrictions on dealings in new issuances of Belarusian sovereign debt and expanded sanctions on the country, targeting dozens of individuals and entities in an action coordinated with partners…

WASHINGTON: The United States and the European Union agreed Saturday (Oct 30) to lift tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, ending a dispute that strained their trade ties since former president Donald Trump imposed the levies three years…