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S. Korea earmarks $24bn in aid, investment support for Africa
Seoul (AFP) - President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday announced billions of dollars in new aid and investment support for...
Nigeria union strike shuts power grid, schools, disrupts flights
Abuja (AFP) - Nigerian labour unions shut down the national power grid and disrupted flights on Monday as they launched...
Homeowners and housebuilders pin hopes on ECB rates cut
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - In the west Frankfurt suburbs on a plot wedged between a motorway and a wooded park,...
Turkish inflation exceeds 75% but peak in sight
Istanbul (AFP) - Turkish inflation jumped above 75 percent in May, official data showed Monday, but officials expect consumer prices...
Homeowners and housebuilders pin hopes on ECB rates cut
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - In the west Frankfurt suburbs on a plot wedged between a motorway and a wooded park,...
ECB to start rate cuts but sticky inflation clouds path ahead
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - The European Central Bank is expected to begin cutting eurozone interest rates from historic highs this...
S. Korean president to host Africa summit eyeing minerals, trade
Seoul (AFP) - South Korea will aim to secure critical mineral imports and boost trade ties with Africa as President...
‘They must find work’: Germany pushes jobs for Ukraine refugees
Berlin (AFP) - Like a million of her compatriots, hairdresser Valentyna Vysotska fled Ukraine for Germany when Russia invaded. After...
UK Labour pitches new energy policy in election battle
Greenock (United Kingdom) (AFP) - The UK's Labour opposition launched its flagship clean energy policy Friday, bidding to ease the...
China making youth unemployment a ‘top priority’
Shanghai (AFP) - At a job fair for soon-to-be graduates in central Shanghai, recruiters sat bored under washed-out tarpaulins as...
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