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Nigeria targets cryptocurrency in bid to end naira freefall
Lagos (AFP) - The world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange Binance is halting operations in Nigeria's naira currency as the government puts...
US power company admits it might have started huge Texas fire
Houston (AFP) - A US power company admitted Thursday that its equipment may have sparked the largest wildfire in Texas'...
Despite ‘Barbie,’ women not getting movie lead roles: report
Los Angeles (AFP) - The share of Hollywood films with women in the lead role fell last year, new research...
Swiss look at using Russian assets for Ukraine reparations
Geneva (AFP) - Swiss lawmakers on Thursday narrowly backed moves towards allowing the use of frozen Russian state assets to...
US rate cuts ‘can and will’ start this year if trends continue: Fed chair
Washington (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates this year so long as current economic trends...
ECB freezes rates, saying not yet confident on inflation progress
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - The European Central Bank froze interest rates again Thursday, holding off from starting to cut as...
Biden pushes higher corporate tax, touts strong economy in key speech
Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden called for higher taxes on corporations Thursday in his State of the Union...
Saudi says 8% Aramco stake transferred to PIF wealth fund portfolio
Riyadh (AFP) - Saudi Arabia on Thursday said it transferred an additional eight percent stake from oil giant Aramco to...
UN, France co-host first forum to decarbonise construction sector
Paris (AFP) - France warned Thursday that the world's construction sector was not on track to decarbonise by 2050 as...
Niger isolated and suspicious despite end of sanctions
Niamey (Niger) (AFP) - It's been two weeks since the lifting of tough sanctions on military-ruled Niger, but the pace...
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