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EU lawmakers call to make it easier to suspend shopping platforms like Shein
Strasbourg (France) (AFP) - EU lawmakers on Wednesday called to make it easier to suspend e-commerce platforms, following outrage in...
Pele’s brand acquired by family business of Neymar Jr.
Sao Paulo (AFP) - Iconic footballer Pele's brand came under the ownership of another prominent Brazilian athlete, Neymar Santos Jr....
Kyrgyzstan arrests Chinese CEO of gold mining firm
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) - Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday it had arrested the Chinese CEO of a gold mining firm accused of...
BBC launches hunt for new boss as Trump row rumbles on
London (AFP) - The BBC on Monday formally launched its search for a new chief following the resignation of Tim...
Italian fashion titan Zegna to hand over power
Milan (Italy) (AFP) - Gildo Zegna, grandson of the eponymous fashion brand's founder Ermenegildo Zegna, will hand over the reins...
Rising from the ashes: Mogadishu’s building boom
Mogadishu (AFP) - Mogadishu is rising, literally, from the ashes of decades of war. Pavements remain scarred by bullet holes...
Lithuania accuses Belarus of ‘blackmail’ over stranded trucks
Vilnius (AFP) - Lithuania has reopened its border with Belarus but thousands of trucks are still stuck on the other...
ExxonMobil relaunches natural gas project in Mozambique
New York (AFP) - US energy giant ExxonMobil announced Thursday the resumption of its gas development project in Mozambique, which...
Italy probes Tod’s executives over labour exploitation
Rome (AFP) - Italian prosecutors are investigating three executives from luxury fashion label Tod's, as well as the company itself,...
Italy probes Tod’s executives over labour exploitation
Rome (AFP) - Italian prosecutors are investigating three executives from luxury fashion label Tod's, as well as the company itself,...
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