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Stocks and oil drop as dollar gains on recession, Ukraine fears
Stocks and oil drop as dollar gains on recession, Ukraine fears
by  AFP

Equities and crude prices fell, while the dollar held at multi-year highs Wednesday as recession fears mount, while traders are also growing increasingly concerned about tensions with Russia after it declared victory in controversial Ukraine annexation polls.

Typhoon Noru makes landfall in Vietnam
Typhoon Noru makes landfall in Vietnam
by  AFP

Typhoon Noru barrelled into Vietnam's central coast early Wednesday, the national forecaster said, bringing powerful winds and heavy rain as hundreds of thousands of people took refuge in shelters. More than 200,000 people in Vietnam had taken refuge in shelters overnight, after forecasters predicted the storm would be one of the biggest to hit the Southeast Asian nation.

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