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EU opens probe into possible online food-delivery cartel
Brussels (AFP) - The EU launched an investigation on Tuesday to determine whether online food-delivery companies Delivery Hero and Glovo...
India on $24 bn jobs drive in Modi’s first post-election budget
Mumbai (AFP) - India's government will spend $24 billion on employment and training, it said Tuesday, as Prime Minister Narendra...
Theme park’s novel bid to fix South Korea youth unemployment
Seoul (AFP) - At a kids' role-playing theme park in Seoul, 23-year-old Park Woo-joo is on a very adult mission:...
Israel strikes on Yemen port: what is the damage?
Dubai (AFP) - Israeli strikes on Saturday hit a power plant and fuel storage facilities in Hodeida, the main port...
In Mallorca, 20,000 rally against overtourism
Palma (Spain) (AFP) - Some 20,000 protesters hit the streets of Palma in Mallorca Sunday for a mass demonstration against...
UK unveils training effort to reduce reliance on migration
Farnborough (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Monday to reduce the UK's "long-term reliance on overseas workers"...
US to phase out federal purchase of single-use plastics
Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden's administration on Friday announced plans to phase out single-use plastics in all federal operations...
China central bank says cuts two key rates to support economy
Beijing (AFP) - China's central bank on Monday cut two benchmark interest rates in a bid to boost lagging growth...
Nomadic roots, urban lives: the young Mongolians leading a transition
Ulaanbaatar (AFP) - Freezing from horseback riding in the winter and helping her herder parents tend to livestock during summers...
China central bank cuts two key rates to support flagging economy
Beijing (AFP) - China's central bank on Monday cut two benchmark interest rates in a bid to boost lending and...
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