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New Botswana leader eyes cannabis, sunshine to lift economy
Gaborone (Botswana) (AFP) - Botswana will diversify its diamond-dependent economy by launching into the medicinal cannabis market and exploiting its...
China’s Xi urges ‘strategic’ ties in talks with Germany’s Scholz
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for Beijing and Berlin to develop ties with a "strategic"...
British farmers protest in London over inheritance tax change
London (AFP) - British farmers massed in London on Tuesday, calling on the Labour government to scrap plans to change...
Farmers descend on London to overturn inheritance tax change
London (AFP) - British farmers massed in London on Tuesday for protests against controversial government plans to change inheritance tax...
French farmers step up protests against EU-Mercosur deal
Paris (AFP) - French farmers planned on Tuesday to step up their protests against a proposed trade pact between the...
Spanish resort to ban new holiday flats in 43 neighbourhoods
Madrid (AFP) - Malaga moved Monday to ban new short-term apartment rentals to tourists in 43 neighbourhoods of the southern...
Urban mosquito sparks malaria surge in East Africa
Nairobi (AFP) - The spread of a mosquito in East Africa that thrives in urban areas and is immune to...
G20 wrestles with wars, ‘turbulence’ in run-up to Trump
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Monday the world faces "turbulence," as G20 leaders met in...
G20 leaders gather to discuss wars, climate, Trump comeback
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - G20 leaders began arriving for a summit in Brazil on Monday to try reignite deadlocked...
‘Devil is in the details,’ EU chief says of S.America trade deal
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Sunday "the devil is always in the details"...
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