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Egypt secures extra $5 bn in IMF loans as pound plunges
Cairo (AFP) - Egypt secured an additional $5 billion in IMF loans on Wednesday, the two sides said, after the...
UK govt woos votes with more pre-election tax cuts
London (AFP) - Britain's beleaguered government on Wednesday announced a fresh tax cut for millions of workers as it tries...
Angry Polish farmers protest EU rules, Ukraine farm imports
Warsaw (AFP) - Throwing smoke bombs and lighting fires, thousands of angry farmers demonstrated in Warsaw on Wednesday against EU...
US private sector hiring up less than expected in February
Washington (AFP) - Job gains in the US private sector picked up in February, payroll firm ADP said Wednesday, a...
‘Can’t sell’: the Polish blockade, another blow for Ukraine’s farmers
KIVSHOVATA (Ukraine) (AFP) - In a field in the Kyiv region, Lyudmyla Martyniuk was standing by silos filled with grain...
Britain set for tax-cutting budget before election
London (AFP) - Britain's Conservative government is on Wednesday expected to use a budget update to unveil tax cuts for...
India’s ‘drone sisters’ steer farming and social change
Pataudi (India) (AFP) - Once a housewife in rural India, Sharmila Yadav always wanted to be a pilot and is...
Budget crisis forces UK’s Birmingham to approve service cuts, tax hikes
London (AFP) - Councillors in the UK's second-largest city Birmingham on Tuesday approved tax hikes and deep cuts to public...
EU proposes vast defence boost, spurred by Russian war in Ukraine
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - EU officials on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious proposal to massively boost weapons production and procurement in...
Shady bleaching jabs fuel health fears, scams in W. Africa
Abidjan (AFP) - In her quest for "fair skin", an Ivorian YouTuber recently visited a market stall in Abidjan to...
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