#BREAKING US oil contract WTI slides to 15-month low under $70
#BREAKING Dow index opens 1.5% lower as US banking shares tumble
#BREAKING US oil contract WTI widens losses, plunges 5%
#UPDATE Oil prices widened their losses on Wednesday, falling by more than five percent as concerns over the banking sector raised fears of a global recession ➡️ u.afp.com/i7SL#WTI#oilprice
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#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
#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
#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
#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