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Chile’s lithium dreams raise water concerns in the desert
Diego de Almagro (Chile) (AFP) - As night falls in Chile's Atacama desert, the world's driest, a drilling machine extracts...
World Bank says Kenya’s economy to slow in 2024
Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya's economic growth will slow to five percent this year after a "robust" performance in 2023, the...
Private sector hiring in US cools more than expected: ADP
Washington (AFP) - Job gains in the US private sector slowed again in May on a slump in manufacturing, payroll...
Niger to set up protection force for ‘strategic’ sites
Niamey (Niger) (AFP) - Niger's army says it is creating a special force to protect "strategic" sites, including uranium mines...
As investment drive falters, Saudi milks Aramco ‘cash cow’
Riyadh (AFP) - A fresh offering of shares in Saudi Aramco, the Gulf kingdom's largely state-owned oil behemoth, comes at...
‘It’s too much’: Spain’s Balearic Isles battle overtourism
Binibeca Vell (Spain) (AFP) - Every year, nearly 800,000 tourists wander through the alleys of Binibeca Vell, a tiny whitewashed...
Mexico’s president-elect moves to reassure nervous investors
Mexico City (AFP) - Mexican president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's team reassured investors Tuesday that she would ensure the stability of Latin...
Mexican president-elect’s team pledges economic stability
Mexico City (AFP) - Mexico's finance minister reassured investors Tuesday that president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum would ensure the stability of Latin...
Nigeria unions suspend nationwide strike to allow more wage talks
Lagos (AFP) - Nigerian union leaders on Tuesday suspended a nationwide strike to allow for more wage talks after they...
Hardline farmers back in Brussels to protest EU policies
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Hundreds of tractors from across Europe rolled into Brussels on Tuesday in a protest spearheaded by...
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