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Argentine peso, stocks fall after ruling party’s election setback
Buenos Aires (Argentina) (AFP) - The Argentine peso and share prices dropped sharply Monday after President Javier Milei's libertarian party...
At consumer tech show, German firms fret about US tariffs
Berlin (AFP) - Displaying one of her company's hot plates proudly labelled "Made in Germany", Sigrid Klenk concedes that maintaining...
Stocks rise tracking political upheaval, data
New York (AFP) - Global stock markets rose Monday, digesting more political upheaval in France and Japan as the tech-rich...
Key OPEC+ members boost oil production
London (AFP) - Eight key members of the OPEC+ alliance said Sunday they have agreed to again boost oil production,...
US jobs data boosts rate cut hopes but stocks slide
New York (AFP) - Weak US jobs data cemented expectations of an interest rate cut later this month on Friday,...
AI giant Anthropic to pay $1.5 bn over pirated books
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Anthropic will pay at least $1. 5 billion to settle a US class action...
Europe bets on supercomputer to catch up in AI race
Jülich (Germany) (AFP) - Europe's fastest supercomputer Jupiter was inaugurated Friday in Germany with Chancellor Friedrich Merz saying it could...
88 postal operators suspend services to US over tariffs: UN
Geneva (AFP) - Postal traffic to the United States plunged more than 80 percent following Washington's imposition of new tariffs,...
Seoul says over 300 South Koreans held in US battery plant site raid
Washington (AFP) - More than 300 South Koreans were among 475 people arrested by US immigration officials in a raid...
US Open offers home court advantage to top brands
New York (AFP) - The US Open, the last Grand Slam of the tennis calendar, has become a coveted money-making...
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