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Meta and Spotify blast EU decisions on AI
Paris (AFP) - A group of companies including Meta and Spotify blasted the European Union Thursday for its "fragmented and...
Some Cubans depend on sugar water as food shortages bite
Havana (AFP) - Subsidized food, without which most Cubans would not eat at all, is becoming ever more scarce and...
US stocks dip despite larger Fed interest rate cut
New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks dipped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced a half a percentage-point interest rate...
US Fed makes aggressive rate cut, weeks before election
Washington (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve cut its key lending rate by half a percentage-point Wednesday in its first...
India coal expansion risks massive methane growth: report
Bangkok (AFP) - India's plans to expand coal mining could double emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from its...
X update allows app to bypass Brazil ban: internet providers
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Elon Musk's X social network carried out an automatic update on phone applications that allowed...
So where does the oceans’ plastic waste come from?
Paris (AFP) - In the form of bottles, tyres, packaging and piping, millions of tonnes of plastic waste are dumped...
Stock markets, dollar slip before US rate decision
London (AFP) - European markets and the dollar slipped, while US stocks barely budged Wednesday as traders avoided taking strong...
Two dead in botched armed raid on Russian retailer’s office
Moscow (AFP) - Two people were killed in a shooting at the Moscow office of Russian retailer Wildberries on Wednesday,...
EU court scraps 1.5-bn euro fine against Google
Brussels (AFP) - An EU court on Wednesday scrapped a 1. 49-billion euro ($1
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