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Australia to boast budget surplus, eye inflation’s earlier return to target
By Stella Qiu and Wayne Cole Australia to boast budget surplus, eye inflation’s earlier return to target SYDNEY – Australia’s…
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Liquor sales in movie theaters, to-go sales of cocktails included in New York budget agreement
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York would expand access to booze by allowing movie theaters to sell liquor and continuing to…
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China ramps up defence budget by 7.2%, India will feel the heat
New Delhi: With the Chinese annual defence budget crossing seven per cent for the third consecutive year even though the…
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Embattled Japan PM faces ethics committee, with popularity, budget on the line
Fumio Kishida on Thursday became the first sitting Japanese prime minister to appear before a parliamentary ethics committee, as he…
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Hong Kong Budget Expected to Ease Property Curbs, Boost Tourism
(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan will look this week to cement the city’s tentative economic recovery and…
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When will Gaza war end? Israel budget planners give February deadline
Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza will likely cost it at least another 50 billion shekels ($14 billion) in 2024…
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Japan approves record $56 billion defence budget
Japan approved Friday a record defence budget worth $56 billion for the next fiscal year, as tensions rise with China…
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NATO increases military budget by 12% as security challenges galore
NATO said on Wednesday that it was increasing its military budget for 2024 by 12% to 2.03 billion euros and…
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US budget deficit hits record high for November on interest costs
The US federal budget deficit jumped 26% in November from a year earlier to $314 billion, a record for the…
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