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Italy's Conte says Libya will be at centre of talks with Macron
"The Libyan crisis remains a source of great concern for the Italian government and its solution represents a crucial national interest," Conte said in statement.
Indonesia's planned cigarette tax hike to lead to production cut, layoffs
Indonesia has one of the world's highest smoking rates and tobacco was responsible for 14.7% of all deaths in the country
U.S. housing starts race to 12-year high in August
Housing starts rose 6.6% on a year-on-year basis in August
India's monsoon rains above-average for third straight week -weather office
India received 38% more rainfall than the 50-year average in the week to Sept. 18
Pakistan PM aims to restart Afghan peace talks
Khan is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly this month
Saudi Arabia to nationalize 14,000 jobs in communications and IT sector
The targeted functions include specific areas such as artificial intelligence, IoT, software development, game development, databases, among others
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Finance can put out rainforest fires
Industrialized countries and companies based in Amazon are increasingly looking for ways to develop and pay for carbon capture and storage services
First oil cut isn't the deepest for world economy
The more consumers and businesses have to pay for oil and oil products, the less they have to spend on other things
China keeps trade war fire away from Wall Street
Even as the central government continues its tariff battles against the United States, officials have brought forward plans to allow foreign firms to control mainland JVs
