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Petrol industry embraces plastics while navigating energy shift
Washington (AFP) - Amid the inexorable shift toward more electric vehicles, oil and gas producers are looking increasingly to plastics...
Climate finance’s ‘new era’ shows new political realities
Baku (AFP) - Rich countries' promise of $300 billion a year in climate finance brought fury at talks in Baku...
Cheers, angst as US nuclear plant Three Mile Island to reopen
Middletown (United States) (AFP) - The planned reopening of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant is praised as a boon...
Trump’s mass deportation plan could end up hurting economic growth
Washington (AFP) - President-elect Donald Trump's hardline immigration proposals -- including a controversial mass deportation plan -- could prove economically...
Mounting economic costs of India’s killer smog
New Delhi (AFP) - Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents...
Afghan women turn to entrepreneurship under Taliban
Kabul (AFP) - When Zainab Ferozi saw Afghan women struggling to feed their families after Taliban authorities took power, she...
Scott Bessent a credible, safe pick for Treasury: experts
Washington (AFP) - Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent is a credible, safe choice for US Treasury secretary -- and one...
What forcing Google to sell Chrome could mean
New York (AFP) - US antitrust lawyers are calling on a judge to force the sale of Google's Chrome browser...
Dollar gains amid escalating geopolitical tensions
London (AFP) - The dollar and gold gained Friday amid escalating tensions in the Russia-Ukraine war, while stocks got a...
Investors seek 750 mn euros in damages over Wirecard collapse
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - A lawsuit by Wirecard investors claiming 750 million euros ($780 million) in compensation over the German...
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