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Venezuela announces release of ‘large number’ of prisoners
Caracas (AFP) - Venezuela on Thursday announced the release of a "large number" of prisoners, some of them foreigners, in...
French farmers rage against EU-Mercosur trade deal
Paris (France) (AFP) - Hundreds of French farmers protested in Paris Thursday after rolling into the capital on tractors, angry...
Trump says US could run Venezuela and its oil for years
Washington (United States) (AFP) - The United States could run Venezuela and tap into its oil reserves for years, President...
Confusion reigns over Venezuela’s oil industry as US looms
Maracaibo (Venezuela) (AFP) - Between US demands for its crude, tankers threatened with seizure, storage tanks at overflow risk and...
Stocks retrench as traders eye geopolitics, US jobs data
London (AFP) - Stock markets mostly pulled back Thursday as an early year rally ran out of steam, but a...
Startups go public in litmus test for Chinese AI
Hong Kong (AFP) - Leading Chinese artificial intelligence startup Zhipu AI soared as it went public in Hong Kong on...
Equity markets mostly down as traders eye US jobs data
Hong Kong (AFP) - Equity markets mostly fell Thursday as the rally that has characterised the start of the year...
US stocks retreat from records as oil falls further
New York (AFP) - Wall Street stock indices pulled back from records on Wednesday ahead of key US labor data,...
US lays out plan for marketing Venezuelan oil after Maduro ouster
Washington (United States) (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday laid out what it called an "energy deal" with Venezuela,...
AI helps pave the way for self-driving cars
Las Vegas (AFP) - Even if Elon Musk's dream of robotaxis for everyone is a long way off, sleek electric...
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