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‘I feel empty’: Cambodians on canal route await fate
PREK TAKEO (Cambodia) (AFP) - Food stand owner Dem Mech wells up as he sits in the yard of the...
Cambodia looks to ‘breathe’ with controversial new canal
Prek Takeo (AFP) - Dust covers everything in Lim Tong Eng's yard, thrown up by excavators toiling next door to...
Disneyland workers threaten strike action over wages, treatment
Anaheim (United States) (AFP) - Hundreds of Disneyland Resort employees protested outside the world-famous California theme parks Wednesday, calling for...
US unveils Americas-wide plan to boost semiconductor production
Washington (AFP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken unveiled Wednesday a new plan for countries in the Americas to boost...
South Korea’s KHNP wins multi-billion-dollar Czech nuclear tender
Prague (AFP) - South Korean power giant KHNP has won a tender worth billions of dollars to build two nuclear...
Fake luxuries supplant tradition in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar
Istanbul (AFP) - Cut-price branded perfumes and fake high-end handbags line the ornate alleys of Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, with traditional...
Day labourers seek dwindling jobs pre-dawn in Shanghai suburb
Shanghai (AFP) - A dozen men crowded around an employment agent early in the morning in suburban Shanghai, waving their...
Climate change risk stirs oil market
London (AFP) - From forest fires to hurricanes and other natural disasters: climate change risk is increasingly influencing oil prices,...
Rich Chinese exile guilty of fraud in New York
New York (AFP) - A wealthy Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, a self-styled opponent of the authorities in Beijing, was found...
IMF maintains 2024 global growth forecast, warns of inflation risk
Washington (AFP) - The IMF held global growth expectations for 2024 steady in a report Tuesday even as it cut...
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