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Swan song for General Electric as it completes demerger
New York (AFP) - The US conglomerate General Electric, co-founded more than 130 years ago by Thomas Edison, is opening...
New Japanese whisky rules aim to deter imposters
Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese whisky is world-famous, often eye-wateringly expensive, and from Monday will be more strictly defined in an...
US outlet Radio Free Asia closes Hong Kong office over security law fears
Washington (AFP) - The US news outlet Radio Free Asia (RFA) said Friday it had closed its Hong Kong office...
Turkish Airlines returns to Libya after near decade-long break
Istanbul (AFP) - Turkey's flagship carrier, Turkish Airlines, has resumed flights to Libya's capital, almost 10 years after they were...
‘Scolded’ braless passenger wants meeting with US airline boss
Los Angeles (AFP) - A woman who says she was threatened with being kicked off a US Delta Air Lines...
Sam Bankman-Fried, the fallen wunderkind of cryptocurrency
New York (AFP) - He was the face of cryptocurrency, and a young one at that -- a media darling...
Fallen crypto tycoon Bankman-Fried gets 25-year sentence
New York (AFP) - Disgraced cryptocurrency wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in jail on Thursday -- a...
Ex-Gucci star Michele named Valentino creative director
Rome (AFP) - Italian luxury fashion brand Valentino on Thursday named Alessandro Michele, the former high-flier at Gucci, as its...
China’s competitive car market at heart of global EV revolution
Beijing (AFP) - China is the biggest electric vehicle market in the world, a battle royale featuring both established carmakers...
German court rules against Mercedes in emissions case
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - A German court ruled Thursday that auto giant Mercedes-Benz knowingly installed emissions-cheating devices in some diesel...
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