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UN experts call for global system to trace critical minerals
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - UN experts called Wednesday for the creation of a global system to trace the...
Argentine Congress backs Milei veto of pensions hike
Buenos Aires (AFP) - Argentina's Congress on Wednesday upheld President Javier Milei's veto of a bill to increase pensions which...
Canada tourism fears bigger, badder wildfires coming
Montreal (AFP) - Images of towering wildfires tearing through forests and leaving a national park in cinders have kept many...
Striking Kenya airport staff to resume work
Nairobi (AFP) - Employees at Kenya's main airport called off their day-long strike which had stranded thousands of passengers as...
Stocks slide as investors weigh slowing US inflation
London (AFP) - US stocks fell on Wednesday as consumer inflation data fuelled debate about the size of an expected...
Iran president deepens Iraq ties on first foreign trip
Baghdad (AFP) - Iran and Iraq on Wednesday signed more than a dozen agreements to deepen already strong ties as...
US stocks diverge as investors weigh slowing inflation
London (AFP) - US stocks diverged on Wednesday as consumer inflation fell more than expected, fuelling a debate about the...
Afghanistan says to begin work on huge gas pipeline
Islim Cheshma (Turkmenistan) (AFP) - Afghanistan said Wednesday work would begin on a $10 billion gas pipeline traversing South Asia...
US consumer inflation eases more than expected in August
Washington (AFP) - The headline rate of US consumer inflation eased more than expected last month, according to government data...
Amazon to invest £8 bn in UK in boost for new Labour govt
London (AFP) - US tech giant Amazon is to invest £8 billion ($10. 5 billion) in Britain over the next...
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