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In October, Russia earned $11.3 billion from oil exports, exceeding the amount earned prior to the start of the war.
2023-12-6

The United States Senate votes 86–11 to pass a $40 billion package aimed at sending aid to Ukraine. The legislation will head to U.S. President Joe Biden for his signature.
2022-05-19

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

A court rules that the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company are responsible for the damages caused during a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Furthermore, the operator of the plant is required to pay $9.5 million in damages to survivors.
2020-09-30

The government approves a proposed deal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to restructure around $65 billion in foreign government bonds, following President Alberto Fernández's successful negotiations with creditors and the International Monetary Fund the previous week after the country defaulted in May. The government plans to submit the proposal to the SEC on August 17.
2020-08-15

Following the June 23 Brexit vote, the exchange rate for the British pound reaches a 31-year low against the United States dollar.
2016-10-4

South Korean company Samsung Electronics says that they have $56 billion in cash and plan to use some of it for mergers and acquisitions.
2015-02-17

A top level Somali al-Shabab militant with a $3m US bounty, Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi, surrenders to police.
2014-12-27

Activists from the Enough Project reveal through "The Guardian" newspaper that Omar al-Bashir's Sudan and Joseph Kabila's DR Congo together received 2.4 million pound sterling (around USD 4 million) in British military aid, in the last five years alone.
2012-09-25

China's yuan reaches a record level against the United States dollar.
2011-05-9