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Argentine unions in the street over Milei labor reforms
Buenos Aires (Argentina) (AFP) - Thousands of Argentines demonstrated on Thursday against President Javier Milei's plans to drastically overhaul the...
Brazil open to EU-Mercosur deal delay as farmers protest in Brussels
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Police fired teargas at farmers protesting the EU's planned trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur...
Brussels farmer protest turns ugly as EU-Mercosur deal teeters
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Protesters lit fires and hurled potatoes at riot police who responded with teargas and water cannon...
Zelensky presses EU to tap Russian assets at crunch summit
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told EU leaders Thursday they had the "moral" and legal right to...
Bank of England cuts interest rate after UK inflation slides
London (AFP) - The Bank of England cut its key interest rate to 3. 75 percent on Thursday after UK...
Bank of England cuts interest rate after UK inflation slides
London (AFP) - The Bank of England cut its key interest rate to 3. 75 percent on Thursday after UK...
Trump vows economic boom, blames Biden in address to nation
Washington (United States) (AFP) - President Donald Trump promised Americans an economic boom in an address to the nation on...
What to know about the EU-Mercosur deal
Paris (France) (AFP) - Squabbles over the EU-Mercosur trade deal are likely to punctuate a European Union summit in Brussels...
ECB holds rates but debate swirls over future
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - The European Central Bank held interest rates steady Thursday for its fourth meeting in a row...
Brazil threatens to walk if EU delays Mercosur deal
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - EU plans to seal a vast trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur this week were...
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