Economy

Paris (AFP) - French air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike on Thursday to demand better working conditions, disrupting travel...

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest...

Hanoi (AFP) - Vietnam's trade deal with the United States averts the most punishing of Donald Trump's "reciprocal" levies but...

Agadir (Morocco) (AFP) - On the drought-stricken plains of Morocco's Chtouka region, cherry tomato farms stretch as far as the...

London (AFP) - The British government said Wednesday that finance minister Rachel Reeves was "going nowhere" after she appeared visibly...

Seville (Spain) (AFP) - As cuts by rich donors decimate aid budgets for the world's most vulnerable, private financing has...

Bern (Switzerland) (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday urged Switzerland to strengthen the resilience of its banks and...

Mumbai (AFP) - Indian exporters are anxiously eyeing the possible reintroduction of Donald Trump's punishing tariffs next week, though many...

Buenos Aires (AFP) - The fate of a landmark trade deal with the European Union, which France is trying to...

Brookes Point (Philippines) (AFP) - A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy in the Philippines' Palawan, evidence...