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British regulator approves Vodafone UK, Three merger
London (AFP) - Vodafone and Three, the UK division of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison, are set to create Britain's biggest...
Shopping app Temu suspended in Vietnam: state media
Hanoi (AFP) - Shopping app Temu has been forced to suspend its services in Vietnam after it failed to register...
Warhammer maker Games Workshop enters London’s top stocks index
London (AFP) - British company Games Workshop, makers of miniature wargames figures, entered London's top-tier FTSE 100 index, the London...
GM announces more than $5 bn hit to earnings in China venture
New York (AFP) - General Motors announced Wednesday it will book more than $5 billion in losses and write-downs due...
Top US executive shot dead in New York City: media
New York (AFP) - The chief executive of one of the United States's largest health insurance companies, UnitedHealthcare, was shot...
UNESCO grants heritage status to Aleppo soap as Syria war flares
Paris (AFP) - The UN's cultural organisation added Aleppo's famous soap to its intangible cultural heritage list Tuesday with Syria's...
France’s Orano says Niger junta controls uranium firm
Paris (AFP) - French nuclear group Orano said Wednesday that authorities in Niger had taken "operational control" of its uranium...
Vietnam pushes electric motorbikes as pollution becomes ‘unbearable’
Vietnam (AFP) - In Vietnam's heavily polluted capital Hanoi, teenage taxi driver Phung Khac Trung rides his electric motorbike through...
Vietnam court upholds death sentence for property tycoon
Ho Chi Minh City (AFP) - A Vietnamese court upheld the death penalty Tuesday for a property tycoon in a...
Trump says will ‘block’ Nippon Steel from taking over US Steel
Washington (AFP) - US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said he would "block" a planned takeover of US Steel by...
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