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Oil Jumps On Hopes For Easing of China's COVID Controls

Oil prices jumped by 3% on Tuesday on hopes for a relaxation of China's strict COVID-19 controls after rare protests in Chinese cities over the weekend. Brent crude futures gained $2.50, or 3%, to…

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In mid-November 2021, around the time the Omicron variant was first discovered in South Africa, the Chinese government all but declared victory over COVID-19. For more than 20 months, the country’s…

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