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US consumer confidence hits 21-month low as tariff fears bite

WASHINGTON, June 26 (AFP): Anxieties jumped among American consumers this month as President Donald Trump's trade wars dragged on, sending an index of consumer confidence to a 21-month low, survey data showed Tuesday.Greater shares of the public now say jobs currently are hard to get and expect business conditions in...

Oil prices rise on drop in US crude stocks, refinery outage

LONDON, June 26 (Reuters): Oil prices rose on Wednesday, buoyed by an outage at a major refinery on the US East Coast and industry data that showed US crude stockpiles fell more than expected.Front-month Brent crude futures, the international benchmark, were up 84 cents at $65.89 per barrel by 0948...

Australia warns of 'collateral damage' from Trump-Xi trade war

SYDNEY, June 26 (AFP): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday warned that "collateral damage" from trade spats between China and the United States were hurting smaller countries and threatening the global economy.In an usually public warning to allies in Washington, Morrison said the "world's most important bilateral relationship -...

Tickets could rise $300 as airlines reroute around Strait of Hormuz

ABU DHABI, June 26 (Gulf News): Airfare and flight times are expected to go up following a decision by a number of airlines to reroute their flights to bypassing the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman.Airlines from both India and the UAE announced their decision to reroute their...

Drones disrupt flights in Changi Singapore's Airport

Unauthorised drone flying has prompted disruptions at Singapore's Changi Airport for the second time in a week.The country's Civil Aviation Authority (CAAS) said 18 flights had been delayed, and seven flights diverted due to drones and bad weather.Last week, one runway was suspended at Changi and dozens of flights delayed...

China halts Canadian meat exports over fake certificates

OTTAWA, June 26 (AFP): China asked Canada on Tuesday to suspend all meat exports after discovering bogus veterinary health certificates attached to a batch of pork, while Canadian federal police launched a criminal probe.The forgery allegations against Frigo Royal Inc. come amid frosty relations between the two nations following Canada's...

A high-level delegation

A high-level delegation of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) including Alessio Colussi, FAO International Coffee Consultant, Shoko Kinoshita, FAO Food Safety/Quality Officer, FAO Bangladesh, Anil Kumar Das, National Consultant (Programme), Kazi Emdadul Huq Chowdhury, National Project Implementation Officer and Avik Bikram Tripura, Intern, FAO Bangladesh...

German consumer mood clouds over in July

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, June 26 (AFP): Germans' view of the economy heading into July has darkened, a regular poll published Wednesday found, as global trade conflicts weigh on hopes for a continuing job boom.Pollsters GfK said their forward-looking consumer confidence barometer fell 0.3 points compared with June, to 9.8.The survey...