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From private enterprise to property: Cuba’s reforms unpacked
Havana (AFP) - Cuban lawmakers on Thursday adopted nearly 200 free-market reforms in a desperate bid to end a severe...
Brazilian police probe senator close to Lula
Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian police investigating a banking scandal carried out raids Thursday against targets including a senator allied with...
Oil tankers pass Hormuz Strait after war deal: tracker
Paris (France) (AFP) - Three big Saudi oil tankers left the Gulf through the Hormuz Strait on Thursday, maritime trackers...
Bank of England follows Fed in holding interest rate
London (AFP) - The Bank of England held its benchmark interest rate at 3. 75 percent Thursday, opting against an...
Swiss central bank holds interest rates, with eye on currency risks
Bern (Switzerland) (AFP) - Switzerland's central bank left interest rates unchanged at zero percent on Thursday, a move widely expected...
German chemical company to cut 3,200 jobs as crisis worsens
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - German chemical company Evonik said Thursday that it would cut 3,200 jobs, or around 10 percent...
Ukraine hopes renewables can Russia-proof power grid
Oriv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Quick to build and able to power a small city, the Oriv wind farm in western...
Drastic restrictions on public transport take effect in Cuba
Havana (AFP) - Drastic restrictions on cross-country travel took effect Thursday in cash-strapped Cuba, with spaces on ever scarcer trains...
Brazil cuts benchmark rate again despite inflation pressure
Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for a third straight time, shrugging off inflationary...
EU wrestles over how to tackle China export flood
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - EU leaders will grapple on Thursday over whether the bloc needs new beefed-up trade defences to...
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