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Economy
Vance lands in India for tough talks on trade
New Delhi (AFP) - US Vice President JD Vance began a four-day visit to India on Monday as New Delhi...
China slams ‘appeasement’ of US as nations rush to secure trade deals
Beijing (AFP) - China on Monday hit out at other countries making trade deals with the United States at Beijing's...
Trump goes to war with the Fed
Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump's simmering discontent with the US Federal Reserve boiled over this week, with the president threatening...
Tariffs could lift Boeing and Airbus plane prices even higher
New York (AFP) - Commercial plane prices, already lifted in recent years due to pandemic supply chain shocks, are poised...
Ford ‘adjusts’ some exports to China due to tariffs
New York (AFP) - Citing the US-China trade conflict, Ford said Friday it has "adjusted" its exports to the country,...
Trump goes to war with the Fed
Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump's simmering discontent with the US Federal Reserve boiled over this week, with the president threatening...
Cash crunch leaves Syrians queueing for hours to collect salaries
Damascus (AFP) - Seated on the pavement outside a bank in central Damascus, Abu Fares's face is worn with exhaustion...
Japan rice prices soar as core inflation accelerates
Tokyo (AFP) - Rice prices in Japan last month were almost twice what they were a year earlier, official data...
Trump says US ‘talking’ to China on tariffs
Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States was in talks with China on tariffs, adding...
Trump insists he could fire independent Fed Chair Powell
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted that he could force out the head of the independent...
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