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Mar 16

#BREAKING European Central Bank (ECB) sticks to planned 50 basis-point rate hike despite market turmoil

#UPDATE The European Central Bank (ECB) stuck to a planned interest rate increase of 0.5% on Thursday as it remained focused on battling sky-high inflation despite market turmoil over fears of a widening banking crisis ➡️ u.afp.com/i7gT

#BREAKING European stock markets close higher after ECB rate hike

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Mar 16

#BREAKING President Macron wins pension reform backing from French upper house Senate

#UPDATE French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday won approval from the upper house Senate for his controversial pensions reform, ahead of an expected knife-edge vote later in the day in the lower house National Assembly ➡️ u.afp.com/i7NR

#BREAKING President Macron to force through pension law without French parliament vote: sources

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Mar 16

#BREAKING Japan says ending export curbs on chip materials for South Korea

#UPDATE Japan will end export controls on materials for semiconductors destined for South Korea, and Seoul will withdraw a complaint filed with the World Trade Organization, the countries announce as South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives in Tokyo

#UPDATE Japan will end export controls on materials for semiconductors destined for South Korea, and Seoul will withdraw a complaint filed with the World Trade Organization (WTO), the countries announced on Thursday ➡️ u.afp.com/i7Gf

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Mar 16

US tells China-based ByteDance to sell its shares in the blockbuster TikTok app or face a national ban, the Wall Street Journal reports

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#BREAKING China demands US stop 'unreasonably suppressing' TikTok app

#UPDATE Beijing demanded on Thursday that the US stop "unreasonably suppressing" TikTok after the popular video-sharing app said US officials had urged it to part ways with its Chinese parent ByteDance to avoid a national ban ➡️ u.afp.com/i7c3

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Mar 15

#BREAKING North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday, Seoul said, its third launch this week

#UPDATE North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, Seoul says, as South Korea's president heads to Tokyo to boost ties.

"Our military detected one long-range ballistic missile fired from around the Sunan area in Pyongyang," the Joint Chiefs of Staff says

North Korea fired a "long-range ballistic missile" Thursday, Seoul says.

The launch comes as South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol heads to Tokyo for a summit to boost ties in the face of Pyongyang's growing aggression

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