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U.S. imports increased 0.9 percent in April, after advancing 0.6 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Higher fuel and nonfuel import prices contributed to the overall rise. Prices for U.S. exports increased 0.5 percent in April following a 0.1-percent advance the previous month. The price index for U.S. imports advanced 0.9 ...
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Russia-China ties are a “stabilizing” force for the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterpart Xi Jinping during his state visit on Thursday. Putin’s two-day visit to China comes at the invitation of Xi and will be the Russian leader’s first foreign trip since he began his fifth term in office last week. “Relations between Russia and China ...