Oil prices post weekly loss as China demand weighs on market
Crude oil futures posted a weekly loss as lackluster demand out of China collided with a market that the International Energy Agency views as well-supplied.
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Microsoft says a Russian hacking group is still trying to crack into its systems
Microsoft on Friday said that Russian group Nobelium, which the company refers to as Midnight Blizzard, has been trying to access its internal systems and source code repositories.
Afghan women stage rare protests, braving Taliban reprisals
As handfuls gather on International Women’s Day, UN rights rapporteur calls for release of detained rights activists.
Why are refugee deaths at an all-time high?
Last year was the deadliest for people fleeing violence, war and persecution, according to the UN’s migration agency.
South Korea to improve striking doctors’ pay, says healthcare crisis ‘an exaggeration’
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said the current practice of forcing young doctors to work 36 hours at a stretch was partly responsible for their protest walkout and must be changed.
India’s protesting farmers joined by their wives and mothers on International Women’s Day
At dawn on Friday, Baljeet Kaur, a farmer from Punjab, led a group of 200 women to the village of Shambhu in the state with one mission in mind: to join the ongoing farmers’ protest in India on International Women’s Day.
UNICEF: 230 million females are circumcised globally, 30 million more than in 2016
CAIRO (AP) — Over 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued on Friday by the United Nations children’s agency.
A cryptocurrency mogul arrested in Montenegro faces extradition to South Korea after a court ruling
POGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — A Montenegrin court on Thursday ruled that cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon should be handed over to his native South Korea, the latest twist in the months-long legal procedure that followed the arrest of the Terraform Labs founder in the Balkan nation last year.