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UN regulator says shipping still wants to decarbonize — despite US threats
Belém (Brazil) (AFP) - Threats, intimidation, harassment -- the tactics deployed by US negotiators to stall a global deal on...
Return to bad days of hyperinflation looms in Venezuela
Caracas (AFP) - Venezuelans are grappling with political and economic chaos, a mass population exodus and fears of a US...
At COP30, senator warns US ‘deliberately losing’ clean tech race with China
Belém (Brazil) (AFP) - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, one of only a handful of senior US political leaders attending this year's...
At COP30, senator warns US ‘deliberately losing’ clean tech race with China
Belém (Brazil) (AFP) - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, one of only a handful of senior US political leaders attending this year's...
Bulgaria names manager to take over Russia’s Lukoil refinery after US sanctions
Sofia (Bulgaria) (AFP) - Bulgaria on Friday nominated a senior government official to take control of a major Lukoil refinery...
Over 500 economists, top experts call for G20 inequality panel
Johannesburg (AFP) - More than 500 economists and other leading experts, including a Nobel laureate and a former United States...
China retail sales grew at slowest pace in over a year
Beijing (AFP) - Retail sales in China grew last month at the slowest pace in over a year, official data...
Asian markets sink on concerns over tech rally, Fed rates
Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets sank Friday, tracking a selloff on Wall Street as worries over next month's Federal...
Rise of the robots: the promise of physical AI
Tokyo (AFP) - A pair of swivelling, human-like robotic arms, built for physical artificial intelligence research, mirror the motions of...
Trump eyes $2,000 checks, 50-year mortgages as economic fears loom
Washington (AFP) - Is it still the economy, stupid?US President Donald Trump has floated a string of sometimes outlandish policy...
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