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Economy
Power returns to most of Spain, Portugal after massive blackout
Madrid (AFP) - Lights flickered back to life in Spain and Portugal Tuesday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian...
Trump trade war dominates BRICS meeting in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) - The foreign ministers of Brazil, China, Russia and other BRICS members began two days...
Empty shelves? US Treasury secretary not concerned ‘at present’
Washington (AFP) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday he was not concerned "at present" about American stores potentially...
Massive blackout hits Spain and Portugal
Madrid (AFP) - Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal on Monday, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting...
China says on ‘right side of history’ in trade standoff with US
Beijing (AFP) - A top Chinese economic official on Monday said Beijing was on the "right side of history" in...
Trump tariff promises get a reality check
Washington (AFP) - A gathering of global economic leaders in Washington wraps up Saturday with tariff talks between the United...
IMF chief hails ‘constructive’ Spring Meetings held under tariff uncertainty
Washington (AFP) - The head of the International Monetary Fund said Friday that financial leaders meeting in Washington this week...
Trump trade war pushes firms to consider stockpiling
Paris (AFP) - Stockpiling is the reflex response by firms to the imposition of tariffs, but with the rapidly-changing position...
Turkey’s opposition says Erdogan’s canal plan behind latest arrests
Istanbul (AFP) - Prosecutors in Turkey announced dozens more arrests Saturday as part of an ongoing corruption probe, denounced by...
IMF chief hails ‘constructive’ Spring Meetings held under tariff uncertainty
Washington (AFP) - The head of the International Monetary Fund said Friday that financial leaders meeting in Washington this week...
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