NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - Oil prices were either side of
unchanged on Sunday in early trade as the impact from Turkey's
failed military coup was broadly expected to be limited on
global markets.
SAO TOME, July 17 (Reuters) - Sao Tome and Principe voted in
a presidential election on Sunday in which incumbent Manuel
Pinto da Costa is looking to win a second term against four
opponents including a former speaker of parliament.
RIYADH, July 17 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's energy minister
said on Sunday the kingdom always reacts to oil market supply
and demand and it would continue to monitor crude markets for
any developments.
July 17 (Reuters) - A failed Turkish military coup attempt
briefly closed the Bosphorus Strait to shipping traffic on
Saturday, reminding the world of Turkey's huge and growing
importance as a transit route for commodities between Russia,
Central Asia and Europe.
TOKYO, July 17 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of
5.0 struck eastern Japan on Sunday and shook buildings in Tokyo,
officials and witnesses said, but there was no danger of a
tsunami and no immediate report of injuries or major damage.
TOKYO, July 17 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of
5.0 struck eastern Japan on Sunday, Japan's Meteorological
Agency and the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, rattling
buildings in Tokyo.
ASHGABAT, July 16 (Reuters) - Turkmenistan's gross domestic
product growth slowed to 6.1 percent in the first half of 2016
from 9.1 percent a year earlier, official newspaper Neutral
Turkmenistan reported on Saturday.
DUBAI, July 16 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia welcomed Turkish
President Tayyip Erdogan's success in prevailing against a coup
attempt, state news agency SPA quoted a foreign ministry
official as saying on Saturday.
ISTANBUL, July 16 (Reuters) - Maritime authorities shut
Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait to transiting tankers on Saturday
"for security and safety" reasons, shipping agent GAC said,
after what the government said was an attempted coup by a
faction in the military.
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