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Economy
US Postal Service says suspending parcels from China
Washington (AFP) - The US Postal Service (USPS) has said it is temporarily suspending inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong,...
US Treasury says Musk team has ‘read-only’ access to payments data
Washington (AFP) - The US Treasury said Tuesday that Elon Musk's government reform team can read data from its highly...
Trump in ‘no rush’ to speak with China’s Xi despite tariff battle
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was not in a hurry to speak with his Chinese...
‘Rare earths’ for aid: Ukraine’s minerals threatened by war
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump has signalled he could trade aid to Kyiv in its fight against...
Amid Trump trade tensions, WTO remains crippled arbiter
Geneva (AFP) - While US President Donald Trump unleashes trade wars and tariffs, the system for settling such disputes within...
Trump, China’s Xi set to speak on tariff battle
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are expected to hold direct talks after announcing...
Spain moves to slash working week to 37.5 hours
Madrid (AFP) - Spain's minority leftist government on Tuesday approved a plan to reduce the working week to 37. 5...
Scottish whisky makers fear return of Trump tariffs
Drimnin (United Kingdom) (AFP) - At the end of a wild peninsula battered by winds in west Scotland is a...
Ordinary Chinese stoic in the face of escalating US trade war
Shanghai (AFP) - After China announced retaliatory tariffs against the United States, walkers along Shanghai's waterfront were stoic Tuesday in...
China says to probe Google over anti-monopoly violations
Beijing (AFP) - China on Tuesday said it would probe US tech giant Google over violations of anti-monopoly laws after...
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