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South Korea does not intend to ban cryptocurrency trading, the country's finance minister said on Thursday.

Germany's justice minister said on Thursday she had asked to speak to Facebook executives to find out whether the social media site's 30 million users in the country were affected by a scandal involving the handling of personal data.

(06/03/2010) Indonesia's chief economic minister said on Wednesday that the government will not revoke existing forestry licenses to develop natural forests under a billion dollar conservation deal signed last week with Norway.

SEOUL, Dec 31 (Reuters)- South Korea will focus on bolstering investment by local companies next year to prevent dampened consumer sentiment from sapping the economy's growth, the finance minister said on Tuesday.

Responding to Labour's move, the prime minister said on Twitter: «By his own admission, Ed Miliband says it's unlikely there'll be an in / out referendum on Europe under Labour.

25) BURGAS, Bulgaria Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:27 am EDT (Reuters)-- A suicide bomber carried out an attack that killed seven people in a bus transporting Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, the interior minister said on Thursday, and Israel said Iranian - backed Hezbollah militants were to blame.

(Reuters)-- A suicide bomber carried out an attack that killed seven people in a bus transporting Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, the interior minister said on Thursday, and Israel said Iranian - backed Hezbollah militants were to blame.

Reuters: Egypt: Coptic Christians to return to Sinai homes Egypt's presidency and prime minister said on Saturday security forces in North Sinai were working to return Coptic Christians living near Egypt's border with Israel to their homes after they fled in fear of attack from Islamists.

Kuwait's oil minister said on Thursday it was too early to talk about a strategy to exit the current OPEC and non-OPEC supply cutting pact.

Iran will officially notify producer group OPEC in December of its plans to raise its crude oil output by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd), the Iranian oil minister said on Saturday.

Iran's foreign minister said on Thursday US demands to change its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers were unacceptable, as a deadline set by President Donald Trump for Europeans to «fix» the deal loomed.

«There's nobody more loyal,» one adviser to a Conservative cabinet minister said on condition of anonymity.

Iran has developed an experimental local cryptocurrency, a government minister said on Saturday, days after the country's central bank banned trading in digital currencies including bitcoin.

DUBAI (Reuters)- Iran has developed an experimental local cryptocurrency, a government minister said on Saturday, days after the country's central bank banned trading in digital currencies including bitcoin.

Israel's energy minister said on Tuesday he believes recent turmoil in the country's natural gas sector will be resolved within a couple of months, before too much damage is done.

CARACAS Rogue Venezuelan helicopter pilot Oscar Perez was killed in a police operation on Monday along with six other anti-government militants, the interior minister said on Tuesday, spurring opposition complaints of human rights violations.

ANKARA, May 3 - Iran's foreign minister said on Thursday U.S. demands to change its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers were unacceptable as a deadline set by President Donald Trump for Europeans to «fix» the deal loomed.

Malaysia's economy and currency are suffering from «an almost perfect storm» due to an outflow of funds from emerging markets, low oil prices and China's slowdown, the country's economic planning minister said on Tuesday.

COPENHAGEN, Nov 21 (Reuters)- Denmark intends to invest to boost efforts to prevent cyber attacks in a strategy to be presented early next year, its defence minister said on Tuesday.

COPENHAGEN, Nov 21 - Denmark intends to invest to boost efforts to prevent cyber attacks in a strategy to be presented early next year, its defence minister said on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia hopes OPEC and its allies will be able to relax production curbs next year and create a permanent framework to stabilize oil markets after the current supply cut deal ends this year, its oil minister said on Saturday.

CALGARY, Alberta, May 2 - Alberta will hold talks with rail operators and oil producers aimed at smoothing the path to get more crude moving by rail to market amid a transportation bottleneck in the Western Canadian province, Alberta's energy minister said on Wednesday.

DUBAI, April 28 - Iran has developed an experimental local cryptocurrency, a government minister said on Saturday, days after the country's central bank banned trading in digital currencies including bitcoin.

Retiring first minister says on Question Time that he «has not made up his mind» about a return to the UK's parliament

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NEW YORK, April 30 - Oil prices rose on Monday after Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran had lied about pursuing nuclear weapons after signing a 2015 deal with global powers, while U.S. stocks fell with declines in healthcare shares.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking in Munich on Saturday, said no facts back up the allegations Russia meddled in the vote.

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday that an average Brent price of around $ 60 was a reasonable forecast for this year, Interfax news agency reported.

TORONTO, April 23 - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations on Monday united to condemn Russia for behavior that they said undermined international laws, and called on Moscow to help resolve the conflict in Syria.

The Prime Minister's Office and the central bank declined to comment, and Finance Minister Bill Morneau said in a statement that he doesn't comment on the central bank's independent policy decisions.

The new bonds would capitalize on the province's ability to raise funds at low interest rates, said Finance Minister Charles Sousa.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said any move by the United States to impose tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum would be a «very bad idea» guaranteed to disrupt trade between the two nations.

«I don't think you'll ever see us return to the Old MacDonald farm with pigs and chickens and cows like I grew up on,» Gerry Ritz, the new federal minister of agriculture once said.

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Thursday that the state of emergency could end before the three months are up and may only last for one to one and a half month, according to broadcaster NTV.

TORONTO, April 22 - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations are expected to maintain a tough line on Russia over its involvement in conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, while leaving the door open to cooperation, two sources briefed on the matter said on Sunday.

'' (We) committed to continue working closely together and with the U.S. on how to tackle the range of challenges that Iran poses including those issues that a new deal might cover,» a statement from British Prime Minister Theresa May's office said.

NEW DELHI, May 1 - India asked Japan on Tuesday to help build infrastructure needed to boost the usage of liquefied natural gas in India and elsewhere in Asia, India's oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said after a meeting with Japan's trade minister Hiroshige Seko.

NEW YORK, April 23 - Global benchmark Brent crude turned positive on Monday, after dropping earlier after Iran's oil minister said OPEC would not extend its production cap pact if high crude oil prices continued.

U.S» tariffs on steel and aluminium will have a «big impact» on economic ties between Japan and the U.S., Japan's foreign minister said.

TORONTO, April 23 - The leaders of Germany and France will urge U.S. Maas, speaking on the sidelines of a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations, also said the G7 would formally call on Russia to contribute to solving the crisis in Syria.

TEL AVIV, April 29 (Reuters)- The United States is deeply concerned by Iran's «destabilising and malign activities», new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday.

Oil steadied on Monday, reversing early losses after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would make an announcement later in the day about the nuclear deal with Iran.

WUHAN, China, April 28 - India and China have agreed to improve communication between their militaries to maintain peace at the border, India's foreign secretary said on Saturday at the end of an ice - breaking trip to China by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

«Looks like OPEC is at it again,» Trump said on Twitter, not long after energy ministers finished their meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Nonetheless, Saudi Arabia's economy is still largely predicated on oil and, with oil prices rising on the back of Saudi - led OPEC and non-OPEC producers curbing oil supply, the kingdom's finance minister said he welcomed higher prices but they would not affect spending limits.

CALGARY, Alberta, May 2 - The chief executive of Canada's Suncor Energy Inc said on Wednesday he expected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to move in the «next few weeks» to ensure that Kinder Morgan Canada's Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion goes ahead.

At a semi-private speech in Montreal this spring, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said that as a member of Parliament and a Cabinet minister, he felt Canadians were «counting on you to ensure their home keeps its valueMinister Bill Morneau said that as a member of Parliament and a Cabinet minister, he felt Canadians were «counting on you to ensure their home keeps its valueminister, he felt Canadians were «counting on you to ensure their home keeps its value.»

The United States» decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium was «regrettable» and will likely have a «big impact» on economic ties between Japan and the United States, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said in a statement on Friday.

«While we understand that the CRTC feels the industry needs time to adjust to the new rules, we call on all industry players to deliver the choice to Canadians that they deserve in a timely manner,» Canadian Heritage Minister Shelly Glover said in a statement.

Silvio Berlusconi will support the leader of Italy's euroskeptic partner the League in attempts to form a government, the former prime minister said in a newspaper interview on Wednesday.

«We are climbing very, very slowly out of a very tough period for the industry,» said BP Plc CEO Bob Dudley.Less predictive were ministers betting on a quicker recovery for oil and the wider energy industry.