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While local authorities said less than 40 died, NGOs insisted several thousand migrant workers -- many from Nepal -- perished in deplorable conditions in the extreme heat, often from heart attacks.

From Barron's

At that point, liquidity would be running thinner, he said, and it would take less momentum “to push prices up as it would on any other trading day.”

From Barron's

The U.N. says it urgently needs $350 million to keep aid efforts running in Congo over the next six months but has so far raised less than 20% of the required funds.

From The Wall Street Journal

But with current prices around the $65 mark, the country looks less like a reasonable investment.

From BBC

Greater defence spending, the prime minister argued, would mean less reliance on the United States: "We should deliver generational investments that move us from over-dependence to interdependence."

From BBC