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  Kathmandu battles dengue fever

  Reuters . Kathmandu | Updated at 01:17am on September 16, 2019

  For Prabina Maharjan, it started with a headache, which then turned into fever and body pain. When she finally turned up at the Sukraraj Tropical...

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  Thailand says no impact on oil imports following Saudi attacks

  Reuters . Bangkok | Updated at 12:20am on September 16, 2019

  Thailand’s energy minister said on Sunday the drone attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, the world’s top exporter, would have no impact on Thai...

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  Saudi, Gulf stocks fall after attacks on oil plants

  Reuters . Dubai | Updated at 12:17am on September 16, 2019

  Saudi stocks fell sharply on Sunday, after attacks on two plants at the heart of the kingdom’s oil industry a day earlier knocked out more...

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  UAE regulator not optimistic on Boeing 737 MAX return this year

  Reuters . Dubai | Updated at 12:16am on September 16, 2019

  The head of the United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Authority said on Sunday he was not optimistic that the Boeing 737 MAX would return...

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  Climate protesters tell carmakers ‘the party is over’

  Reuters . Frankfurt | Updated at 12:08am on September 16, 2019

  Thousands of protesters marched in front of Frankfurt’s IAA car show on Saturday to demand a swift end to combustion engines and a shift to...

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  Fed trades ‘remarkably positive’ for ‘no precedents’ after volatile year

  Reuters . Washington | Updated at 12:06am on September 16, 2019

  A year ago, US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell held a ‘remarkably positive outlook’ for an economy enjoying a ‘historically rare’ combination of good news...

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  Bahamas tourist industry hopes for quick comeback

  Reuters . Nassau | Updated at 12:03am on September 16, 2019

  As rescuers search for bodies amid mountains of debris and the stench of death on the Bahamas island of Abaco, life on most of the...

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  Global spare oil capacity in US hands after Saudi outage

  Reuters . London | Updated at 12:00am on September 16, 2019

  An attack on Saudi oil facilities on Saturday is believed to have disrupted half the country’s production capacity, making the United States the only real...

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  Saudi attacks raise spectre of oil at $100 a barrel: analysts

  Reuters . London | Updated at 12:00am on September 16, 2019

  The oil market will rally by $5-10 per barrel when it opens on Monday and may spike to as high as $100 per barrel if...

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  Global regulators to question FB’s Libra amid EU concerns

  Reuters | Updated at 12:00am on September 16, 2019

  Global regulators will question Facebook on Monday about its Libra cryptocurrency, amid concerns from European Union governments over the threat the digital currency poses to...