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Taiwan’s Lai vows more investment in US as chip tariffs loom
Taipei (AFP) - Taiwan will boost investment in the United States and on its own defences, President Lai Ching-te said...
German sports carmaker Porsche to cut 1,900 jobs
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Sports car manufacturer Porsche said Thursday it will axe 1,900 jobs after sales slumped in China...
President Trump says US ‘reciprocal tariffs’ to be announced Thursday
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said that he would announce "reciprocal tariffs" on trading partners Thursday, opening new...
UK economy picks up, boosting govt amid US tariffs
London (AFP) - Britain's economy picked up at the end of last year, official data showed Thursday, relieving some pressure...
Tens of thousands go hungry in Sudan after Trump aid freeze
Cairo (AFP) - For the first time in nearly two years of war, soup kitchens in famine-stricken Sudan are being...
US trade deficits at core of Trump tariff moves
Paris (AFP) - Imposing punitive tariffs on countries with high trade surpluses with the United States has been at the...
Musk aide given payment system access by mistake: US official
Washington (AFP) - An Elon Musk aide was mistakenly given clearance to make changes to the US Treasury Department's highly...
US inflation fight to take time in ‘highly uncertain’ environment: Fed official
Washington (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve is in a strong position to weather the "highly uncertain" economic outlook, but...
India’s Hindu mega-festival supercharges economy
Prayagraj (India) (AFP) - The unfathomable scale of the world's largest religious festival in India overshadows many nations in size...
US Fed chair says in no rush to tweak interest rate policy
Washington (AFP) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the US central bank was in no hurry to...
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