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FDA gives approval to updated COVID booster shots

The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday gave the green light to updated Covid-19 vaccine booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech. The updated vaccines are each approved for people 12 and older and are authorized under emergency use for individuals 6 months through 11 years old. As part of …

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Israel’s Pegasus spyware found to exploit bug to target Apple devices

A digital watchdog has discovered spyware linked to the Israeli hacking company NSO Group, which exploited a software flaw in Apple devices. The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said in a statement that it had found the bug while inspecting the Apple device of a staffer at a Washington-based civil society group. The vulnerability allowed the …

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Global finance system fragmenting: UN chief

The world risks a “great fracture” of its economic and financial systems, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday at a summit with Southeast Asia’s ASEAN bloc, China, the United States and others in Indonesia. In a wide-ranging speech that touched on geopolitical tension, multilateral development finance and climate change, …

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Oil Prices Rise Again In The Global Markets

Oil prices rose in Asian morning trading today, Monday, as market sentiment was boosted by positive economic data from China and the United States, as well as expectations of continued crude supply cuts from major producers. According to Reuters, Brent crude rose 17 cents, or 0.2 %, to $88.72 a …

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BRICS Bank to expand trade in national currencies amid sanctions: South Africa

New Development Bank (NDB) launched by the BRICS bloc aims to increase local currency fundraising and lending, amid Western sanctions against founding shareholder Russia, South African Finance Ministry has announced. According to South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, increasing local currency use among NBD members will be on the summit’s …

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Iraq achieves +$8 bn from oil sales in July

The overall exports and revenues achieved for July have been reported by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil on Tuesday. The Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO), according to a statement from the ministry, released preliminary data showing that the overall volume of crude oil exports reached 106,755,169 barrels, bringing in $8.293 …

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