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Government groceries? NY’s new leftist mayor eyes supermarket experiment
New York (AFP) - New Yorkers struggling to afford food in the country's biggest city -- and often exorbitantly expensive...
Swiss MPs seek probe into lavish Trump gifts after tariff deal
Zurich (AFP) - Two Swiss lawmakers have asked the country's attorney general to probe the legality of gifts reportedly given...
Government groceries? NY’s new leftist mayor eyes supermarket experiment
New York (AFP) - New Yorkers struggling to afford food in the country's biggest city -- and often exorbitantly expensive...
Europe secures record space budget to boost independence
Bremen (Germany) (AFP) - The European Space Agency announced Thursday it had secured a record budget of 22. 1 billion...
South Africa slams Trump’s G20 ban as punitive
Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa denounced US President Donald Trump's decision to bar it from the 2026 G20 summit, calling...
UK allows new oil, gas drilling in existing North Sea fields
London (AFP) - Britain's government signalled Wednesday it could issue permits for oil and gas extraction around existing North Sea...
Climate change ‘increasingly threatens’ dynamic Spanish economy: OECD
Madrid (AFP) - The consequences of climate change such as last year's deadly floods "increasingly threaten" the growth of Spain's...
UK allows new oil, gas drilling in existing North Sea fields
London (AFP) - Britain's government signalled Wednesday it could issue permits for oil and gas extraction around existing North Sea...
UK unveils tax-raising budget as growth downgraded
London (AFP) - Britain's centre-left Labour government unveiled a tax-raising budget Wednesday to curb debt and fund public services --...
Hungary boosts oil shipments to Serbia as energy crisis looms
Belgrade (AFP) - Hungary will deliver more oil products to Serbia, its foreign minister said Wednesday, ahead of a shutdown...
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