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Boeing, union resume talks as strike empties Seattle plants
Renton (United States) (AFP) - Negotiators from Boeing and the machinists union representing its workers resumed talks Tuesday after some...
TikTok battles US ban threat in court
Washington (AFP) - TikTok faced pushback in a federal court on Monday in its efforts to stop a law that...
Brazil’s farmers fret over fires and drought
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Sugarcane farmer Marcos Meloni is still haunted by his battle last month to fight the...
Stock markets mixed before Fed decision
New York (AFP) - US and European stock markets were mixed on Monday as investors traded cautiously ahead of what...
Stock markets diverge before Fed as China woes weigh
London (AFP) - European and Asian stock markets diverged Monday as investors awaited the US Federal Reserve's first interest-rate cut...
Thierry Breton: France’s bulldozer at the EU crashes out
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - France's Thierry Breton became one of the European Union's most prominent faces in Brussels, gaining the...
Markets fluctuate ahead of Fed as China woes dent sentiment
Hong Kong (AFP) - Equity investors trod cautiously Monday as they struggled to build on recent equity gains, with debate...
Plastics: navigating the maze of dizzying acronyms
Paris (AFP) - Plastics are all around us -- from food packaging and drinking bottles to the insulation in our...
Environment takes centre stage as global summits loom
Paris (AFP) - Global warming. Disappearing plant and animal species
Mexico president enacts contested law to elect all judges
Mexico City (AFP) - President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday signed into law controversial judicial reforms making Mexico the...
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