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Madrid (AFP) - Spain is resisting US President Donald Trump's demands to hike defence spending to five percent of national...

China’s AliExpress risks fine for breaching EU illegal product rules

Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Chinese online giant AliExpress must do more to protect consumers from illegal product sales, the European...

Oil edges down, stocks mixed but Mideast war fears elevated

Hong Kong (AFP) - Oil prices slipped Wednesday following the previous day's surge but investors remained on edge fearing a...

Energy transition: how coal mines could go solar

by Thomas Barnes

Bangkok (AFP) - Disused coal mines could be refashioned to place vast fields of solar panels, a new report suggests,...

New rules may not change dirty and deadly ship recycling business

by Andrew Murphy

Chittagong (Bangladesh) (AFP) - Mizan Hossain fell 10 metres (33-foot) from the top of a ship he was cutting up...

New rules may not change dirty and deadly ship recycling business

Chittagong (Bangladesh) (AFP) - Mizan Hossain fell 10 metres (33-foot) from the top of a ship he was cutting up...

Made in Vietnam: Hanoi cracks down on fake goods as US tariffs loom

by Thomas Barnes

Hanoi (AFP) - Since the United States accused Vietnam of being a hub for counterfeit goods, Tran Le Chi has...

Trump extends TikTok deadline for third time

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump will this week give TikTok a fresh 90-day extension to find a non-Chinese...

Swiss insurers estimate glacier damage at $393 mn

Geneva (AFP) - Swiss insurers on Tuesday put the damage caused by last month's glacier collapse, which largely destroyed the...

Brazil sells rights to oil blocks near Amazon river mouth

by David Peterson