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US aircraft carrier departs Thailand after port call
Laem Chabang (Thailand) (AFP) - Thousands of US sailors aboard an aircraft carrier departed from Thailand on Sunday, AFP journalists...
Argentina threatens to sanction oil projects around Falklands
Buenos Aires (Argentina) (AFP) - Argentina has announced that it will investigate and sanction oil companies working near the Falkland...
Panama Canal begins reducing crossings due to El Nino
Panama City (AFP) - The Panama Canal on Friday began reducing the number of ships passing through due to a...
Job growth but record-high diesel prices — Trump’s midterms mixed bag
Washington (United States) (AFP) - Fresh economic data on Friday brought US President Donald Trump's Republican Party good and bad...
US diesel price hits new high on Iran war, squeezing voters
Washington (United States) (AFP) - The price of diesel -- the vital fuel used for road hauling, agriculture and construction...
Weather and war push up food prices in August: FAO
Paris (France) (AFP) - Food price inflation accelerated in August as drought and conflicts impacted commodity markets, with sugar prices...
France unveils 1 bn euro farm aid package after climate-hit summer
Paris (France) (AFP) - France on Friday announced more than one billion euros in emergency support for farmers after an...
German factory orders rise again in latest recovery sign
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - German factory orders climbed in July for the third month in a row, official data showed...
East German refinery adjusts to life without Russian oil
Schwedt (Germany) (AFP) - Russia's Druzhba ("Friendship") pipeline long supplied the eastern German oil refinery that provides most of Berlin's...
Senegal has an IMF loan, now what?
Dakar (AFP) - Heavily indebted Senegal received a $2. 2 billion lifeline from the IMF earlier this week
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