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Stock markets rise as traders eye possible Trump-Xi talks
New York (AFP) - Major stock markets rose and the dollar climbed Tuesday as investors kept tabs on the China-US...
Aiming a blow at narcos, Colombia pays farmers to uproot coca
Argelia (Colombia) (AFP) - With cocaine production at an all-time high, Colombia's government is testing a pacific approach to its...
Coral-rich Greek archipelago hopes to gain from trawler ban
Foúrnoi (Greece) (AFP) - As a reddish dawn broke over the tiny, coral-rich Greek archipelago of Fournoi, Manolis Mytikas's wooden...
Stocks mixed, oil up on rising trade tensions, geopolitical risks
New York (AFP) - Oil prices surged Monday over renewed concerns about Russia's war in Ukraine and relief over OPEC+...
US judge cancels planned Boeing trial over 737 crashes
New York (AFP) - A US federal judge on Monday cancelled the planned trial of US aviation giant Boeing over...
Stocks retreat over trade row; oil surges on geopolitical risks
London (AFP) - Oil prices surged Monday over renewed concerns about Russia's war in Ukraine and relief over OPEC+ production,...
Stocks, dollar decline as Trump ups steel tariffs
Hong Kong (AFP) - Stock markets and the dollar recoiled Monday after President Donald Trump announced he would double US...
Jonathan Anderson becomes Dior’s overall artistic director
Paris (AFP) - Jonathan Anderson will become the first designer to head both the women's and men's lines at Dior,...
Jonathan Anderson named Dior’s first men’s and women’s designer
Paris (AFP) - French fashion house Dior named Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson on Monday as the first-ever creative director...
New eurozone rate cut expected as Trump trade war weighs
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump's tariff blitz, persistent growth worries and slowing inflation are expected to prompt...
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