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South Korean authorities have seized a second ship suspected of supplying oil to North Korea in violation of international sanctions, officials say.The Panama-flagged tanker, which is named Koti, is being held at a port near the western city of Pyeongtaek.South Korea

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Indian prime minister Narendra Modi faced his toughest year on the economic front in 2017. The BBC’s Sameer Hashmi looks back at the year’s key economic moments to predict what 2018 might look like. Only a year ago it seemed like India was on track to

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Global stock markets are closing out a blockbuster year.In the US, the S&P 500 topped 2,670, rising more than 400 points or about 19% over the year. Japan’s Nikkei also gained nearly 20%. Even the UK’s FTSE indexes hit record highs, ending the year

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Millennials will enjoy the biggest “inheritance boom” of any post-war generation, but it will be too late to solve housing struggles and wealth inequality, a report says.Those who have parents and grandparents in the “baby boomer” generation

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Holiday firms which advertise time-limited offers may be misleading consumers, according to the consumer group, Which?Many tour operators promote money-off deals, providing travellers book by a certain date.But when Which? studied such offers, it found that half the

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A zombie walks into a shopping centre.That may sound like the start of a creepy joke, but for horror fans an encounter with the walking dead is a very serious proposition.In a disused shopping centre, sweating, sometimes screaming, punters run up long-decommissioned

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Kidnapped Exmo Bitcoin exchange manager Pavel Lerner was freed by his abductors in Ukraine on Friday. Exmo confirmed that their employee is safe and “there was no physical harm inflicted on him”.Mr Lerner, 40, a leading analyst at the cryptocurrency

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UK stock markets climbed to new highs on the final day of trading for 2017.Both the FTSE 100 index of leading blue chip companies and the FTSE 250 reached new records at the close of trading. US stock markets have also hit new peaks over the year, helped in part by

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A group of developers in South Africa are looking at how technology can improve cities. Their vision is that artificial intelligence will be used in transport networks, electricity and communications. And although this seems to be a huge task, there’s already a

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Goldman Sachs is warning President Trump’s tax legislation changes will knock billions from its earnings. In a filing to US regulators, the investment giant says its fourth quarter results, due in January, will be $5bn (£3.7bn) lower than expected. It says two

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