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Cigarettes and alcohol: These charts show how consumer goods prices have rocketed since 2005

By Daniele Palumbo

Price of tobacco up 99% since 2005, and food prices have risen by 130% in three years.

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Why are Arab states targeting Qatar state-funded Al Jazeera?

Saudi Arabia among states that have given Qatar 10 days to meet 13 conditions to end current Gulf crisis.

By Ludovica Iaccino

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People are living in dangerous social housing all across the country

Profit and regeneration is continuously placed above the safety of residents.

By Joseph Downing

Igbo people ordered to 'relocate' out of northern Nigeria: Is a new civil war brewing?

IBTimes UK interviews experts on repercussion of October deadline given to Igbos to leave northern Nigeria.

By Ludovica Iaccino

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Russia is looming over the Trump presidency like a Death Star

Voters think Trump is too cosy with Putin - and it's resulting in a significant loss of trust.

By Jimmy Leach

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The butterfly effect of new technology: How innovation could lead to worrying consequences

Businesses need to be aware of the unintended knock-on effect of exciting new tech.

By Mark Curtis

Bitcoin

Squaring bets on gold to Bitcoin plays akin to pitting apples against oranges

Uptick in yellow metal's price and cryptocurrency's rise have started daft comparisons.

By Gaurav Sharma

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Will Donald Trump break his Jerusalem promise?

President has just two weeks to make good on his promise to move the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

By Josh Robbins

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Donald Trump's rhetoric on Nafta harms the very oil industry he claims to champion

The US president claims to be pro oil - yet his criticism of free-trade agreements dents confidence in a cross-border...

By Gaurav Sharma

UK banks

Market analysis: UK bank numbers and a look ahead at sector stocks in May 2017

Former city trader and TipTV founder Nick Batsford discusses recent financials posted by major banks with market...

By Nick Batsford

Jeremy Corbyn

Corbynism might not actually end – even if Labour loses the election

Electoral annihilation will not remove the Corbyn loyalist base in the Parliamentary Labour Party.

By David Jeffery

North Korea failed missile launch

North Korea unlikely to start nuclear war this week

Hopefully we can avoid nuclear war this week

By Graeme Mackay

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How Theresa May caught Westminster off-guard and called a snap general election

By Ian Silvera

The UK is set for an early general election on 8 June.

Kendrick Lamar new album?

Is Kendrick Lamar set for resurrection with second new album Nation to join Damn?

By Alex Taylor

Is an Easter dual album drop on the way? Depends if you believe in Jesus Christ...

Encryption

Giving away the keys to the internet: Is HTTPS encryption still secure?

By Mary-Ann Russon

With thousands of SSL certificates wrongly issued to cybercriminals, is it...

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley

A year into his sex scandal, Alabama's Governor Robert Bentley finally resigns

By James Tennent

Recordings of Robert Bentley allegedly making sexual remarks were released over...

St Petersburg Metro

Timeline of terror: From Beslan school siege to Sinai, Russia has always been a terrorist target

By Orlando Crowcroft

St Petersburg is the latest in a string of attacks against Russia at home and...

Neil Gorsuch's Senate Hearing

US political leaders in war stance as Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch vote looms

By James Tennent

Senate leadership readies arguments as question mark hangs over Democrats...

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A Brexit lesson from New Zealand

By Graeme Mackay

"We became truly independent, no longer a colonial economy and more inclined to...

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Forget Brexit, it's Europe's geopolitical kerfuffle that's spooking investors

By Gaurav Sharma

Research suggests investors are increasingly worried about Brexit aftermath and...

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People protest North Carolina's HB2

Is the repeal of North Carolina's bathroom bill a good deal for anyone?

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Taylor Review fudge will do nothing to prevent the gig economy's race to the bottom

By James Bloodworth

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