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Bill Gates speeds up giving away fortune, blasts Musk
New York (AFP) - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced Thursday an accelerated timeframe for giving away his fortune as he...
Bank of England cuts interest rate as US tariffs hit economy
London (AFP) - The Bank of England on Thursday cut its key interest rate by a quarter point to 4....
Stocks rise on trade hopes, London boosted by reports of deal
Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian and European markets mostly rose Thursday ahead of weekend tariff talks between China and the...
Nintendo forecasts 15 million Switch 2 sales in 2025-26
Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese gaming giant Nintendo forecast Thursday that it would sell 15 million units of its hotly awaited...
Global cult following keeps Le Creuset simmering
Fresnoy-le-Grand (France) (AFP) - They feature in the Duchess of Sussex's "With Love, Meghan" Netflix cooking show. They've been spotted...
Bank of England set to cut rate amid Trump’s tariffs
London (AFP) - The Bank of England is widely expected to cut its key interest rate by a quarter point...
Perrier ordered to remove water filters
Vergèze (France) (AFP) - French authorities ordered Nestle on Wednesday to stop filtering its Perrier and held back on allowing...
California leads lawsuit over Trump’s EV charging funding change
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Donald Trump's order to withhold $5 billion earmarked to grow the electric vehicle charging...
EU eyes targeting 100 bn euros of US goods with tariffs
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU is preparing to hit US goods worth nearly 100 billion euros ($113 billion) with...
US safety officials slow operations at Newark airport after outage
New York (AFP) - Regulators said Wednesday they have been slowing arrivals and departures at one of the United States'...
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