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Alaska Airlines announces their intent to acquire Hawaiian Airlines in a deal worth $1.9 billion. The new company will maintain separate operations for both brands. $
2023-12-3

The Turkish lira falls to a record low against the United States dollar, while the central bank stops using its reserves to support the lira. $
2023-06-26

Brazil and China sign an agreement to trade in their own currencies, ceasing the usage of the United States dollar as an intermediary. $
2023-03-29

Brent Crude oil reaches its highest price since its 2014 peak, at $99 per barrel, amid rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. $
2022-02-23

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin announces that China will sanction American defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Raytheon after the United States approved a US$100 million missile defense repair deal between the two companies and Taiwan. $
2022-02-21

The Turkish lira plunges to an all-time low of 17.0705 to the U.S. dollar, triggering a direct central bank intervention in the stock market. The lira has lost 55% of its value this year, including 37% in just the last 30 days. President Recep Erdoğan announces a 50% rise in the minimum wage from next year. $
2021-12-17

The Senate of Poland approves a plan to construct an estimated 353 million (US$407 million) wall along the country's border with Belarus, in response to an influx of migrants. $
2021-10-29

During a meeting with Japanese foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi in Tehran, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi urged Japan to release $3 billion in Iranian assets frozen in Japan due to international sanctions against Iran. $
2021-08-22

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont introduces a resolution that would block an arms sale of $735 million in weapons to Israel in response to the conflict between Israel and Gaza. $
2021-05-20

Former Guatemalan Economic Minister Acisclo Valladares Urruela is charged by American prosecutors for laundering US$10 million on behalf of drug traffickers, and using the profits to bribe officials back home. $
2020-08-5