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The International Olympic Committee will hand out more than 300 medals over the course of the Paris Games, but it won't hand out any cash.
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Pakistan celebrates its first Olympic medal in decades as javelin hero breaks Games record
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What are the economics of war?
Last March, Thierry Breton, the EU's commissioner for internal market, advocated for a shift of the European defense industry toward a war economy.
Investors are unwinding the biggest ‘carry trade’ the world has ever seen, SocGen strategist says
A rapid unloading of "carry trades" extended on Monday, with market participants seeking to roll back on the popular strategy amid a dramatic global sell-off in risk assets.
Ukraine finally sends F-16s into the battle against Russia — but they might not be a game-changer
It was a pivotal moment for Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched two F-16 fighter jets roar overhead, after many months of waiting for the combat aircraft that Kyiv hopes will change the dial in the war against Russia.
Friday Briefing: Evan Gershkovich Freed in a Prisoner Swap
A sweeping prisoner swap yesterday involving seven countries freed the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other Americans who were being held in Russia, along with several Russian opposition figures.
CNBC's Inside India newsletter: Can India's hot deal-making season extend to a free trade agreement?
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WSJ reporter Gershkovich, Russian assassin freed in massive prisoner swap
MOSCOW/ANKARA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan were released by Russia on Thursday as part of the biggest East-West prisoner exchange since the end of the Cold War, a complex deal negotiated in secrecy for more than a year.