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‘It’s too much’: Spain’s Balearic Isles battle overtourism
Binibeca Vell (Spain) (AFP) - Every year, nearly 800,000 tourists wander through the alleys of Binibeca Vell, a tiny whitewashed...
Mexico’s president-elect moves to reassure nervous investors
Mexico City (AFP) - Mexican president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's team reassured investors Tuesday that she would ensure the stability of Latin...
Mexican president-elect’s team pledges economic stability
Mexico City (AFP) - Mexico's finance minister reassured investors Tuesday that president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum would ensure the stability of Latin...
Nigeria unions suspend nationwide strike to allow more wage talks
Lagos (AFP) - Nigerian union leaders on Tuesday suspended a nationwide strike to allow for more wage talks after they...
Hardline farmers back in Brussels to protest EU policies
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Hundreds of tractors from across Europe rolled into Brussels on Tuesday in a protest spearheaded by...
S. Korea earmarks $24bn in aid, investment support for Africa
Seoul (AFP) - President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday announced billions of dollars in new aid and investment support for...
Nigeria union strike shuts power grid, schools, disrupts flights
Abuja (AFP) - Nigerian labour unions shut down the national power grid and disrupted flights on Monday as they launched...
Homeowners and housebuilders pin hopes on ECB rates cut
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - In the west Frankfurt suburbs on a plot wedged between a motorway and a wooded park,...
Turkish inflation exceeds 75% but peak in sight
Istanbul (AFP) - Turkish inflation jumped above 75 percent in May, official data showed Monday, but officials expect consumer prices...
Homeowners and housebuilders pin hopes on ECB rates cut
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - In the west Frankfurt suburbs on a plot wedged between a motorway and a wooded park,...
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