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Kazakhs approve plan for first nuclear power plant
Almaty (Kazakhstan) (AFP) - Kazakhstan has approved a plan to build its first nuclear power station in a referendum, overcoming...
Sardinia’s sheep farmers battle bluetongue as climate warms
Arbus (Italy) (AFP) - The sheep huddle together, bleeding from the nose, aborting lambs or suffocating on saliva as they...
US trade chief defends tariff hikes when paired with investment
Washington (AFP) - US Trade Representative Katherine Tai defended stiff tariff hikes against countries like China, arguing that paired with...
US dockworkers return to ports after three-day strike
New York (AFP) - Thousands of dockworkers returned to work Friday, the day after a longshoremen's union reached a preliminary...
As EU targets Chinese cars, European rivals sputter
Paris (AFP) - As the EU seeks to put a brake on competition from Chinese electric cars, European automakers are...
One job by day, another by night as US voters make ends meet
York (United States) (AFP) - At 21 years old, Zackree Kline works at a funeral parlor and as a waiter,...
US dockworkers to head back to work after tentative deal
Washington (AFP) - US dockworkers will return to work after a three-day strike at East and Gulf Coast ports after...
Dockers end three-day strike at Montreal port
Montreal (AFP) - Dockworkers at the port in Montreal, the second-largest in Canada, ended a partial three-day strike as scheduled...
Sri Lanka’s new president seek changes to IMF deal
Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's new president Thursday urged the IMF to consider "alternative means" to continue with a $2....
Japan PM slated to announce plans for ‘happiness index’
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will propose a new happiness index during his first parliamentary policy speech...
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