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From Moscow to Caracas, Riyadh to Baghdad, in Tehran, Algiers, Kuwait City and Lagos, officials are confronting the plunge in prices — roughly 25 percent since a peak in June. Read entire story.
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The former CEO of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) and his British partner have been arrested and are facing sex trafficking charges, the BBC understands. Mike Jeffries, his partner Matthew Smith and the couple’s alleged middleman were arrested on Tuesday morning. The FBI and prosecutor’s office are expected to announce more details at a […]
Iran held parliamentary elections on Friday, but despite officials’ last-minute attempts to increase voter turnout with pleas on social media and roses at polling stations, many people stayed away from the ballot in an act of protest against the government, according to witnesses, interviews and news reports. In the capital, Tehran, the turnout was estimated […]
The artists Han Bing and Hui Li planned to satirize consumers’ hunger for the newest iPhones in a performance artwork, until they were told to leave a shopping center by members of the management staff.