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Economy
New French government faces key test with budget plan
Paris (AFP) - New French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces a major test Thursday as he presents a deficit-slashing budget...
‘A casino in every kitchen’: Brazil’s online gambling craze
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Fernanda, a cleaner from Rio de Janeiro, lists off the items she sold to feed...
China says raised ‘serious concerns’ with US over trade curbs
Beijing (AFP) - The United States and China on Tuesday raised concerns about trade between the world's two biggest economies,...
Can carbon credits help close coal plants?
Bangkok (AFP) - A few dozen kilometres from the Philippine capital Manila sits a coal plant that some hope could...
The US economy is solid: Why are voters gloomy?
Washington (AFP) - Cooling inflation, low unemployment, robust economic growth and.
US trade gap narrowest in five months as imports slip
Washington (AFP) - An uptick in exports and a fall in imports brought the August US trade deficit to its...
China slaps provisional tariffs on EU brandy imports
Beijing (AFP) - China said Tuesday it would impose provisional tariffs on brandy imported from the European Union, marking the...
Top economic official ‘confident’ China will hit 2024 growth target
Beijing (AFP) - China's top economic planner said Tuesday that authorities were "fully confident" the country would hit its economic...
China to flesh out economic stimulus plans after bumper rally
Beijing (AFP) - Top Chinese economic policymakers are expected to flesh out a raft of growth-boosting policies on Tuesday, after...
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...
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