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US charges former Fed official with spying for China
Washington (AFP) - US prosecutors announced Friday that they have charged a former Federal Reserve advisor with spying on behalf...
Meta mulling incorporation shift to Texas: report
San Francisco (AFP) - Meta is considering whether to move its incorporation to Texas, a US state seen as amenable...
Stock markets mostly gain at end of turbulent week
London (AFP) - Stock markets mostly rose Friday, led by New York after strong results from Apple reassured investors that...
Green energy projects adding to Sami people’s climate woes: Amnesty
Oslo (AFP) - Climate change and efforts to curb it by moving away from fossil fuels are both threatening the...
World awaits Trump tariff deadline on Canada, Mexico and China
Washington (AFP) - The global economy is bracing for impact as US President Donald Trump's deadline to impose sweeping tariffs...
US newspaper popularized by ‘The Sopranos’ to cease printing
Jersey City (United States) (AFP) - Two longstanding US city newspapers, including one immortalized in "The Sopranos," will vanish from...
Asian markets mostly rise but worries over tariffs, AI linger,
Hong Kong (AFP) - Most Asian markets edged up Friday at the end of a week beset by volatility after...
Samsung Electronics posts 129.85% jump in Q4 operating profit
Seoul (AFP) - Samsung Electronics said Friday its operating profits surged 129. 85 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2024,...
French luxury billionaire sparks tax debate with threat to leave
Paris (AFP) - Bernard Arnault, the billionaire boss of the world's biggest luxury conglomerate LVMH, has picked a fight with...
Trump blames deadly Washington air collision on ‘diversity’
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump -- speaking as the bodies of 67 people were being pulled from Washington's...
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