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Oil jumps on Trump’s Iran threat; gold retreats from highs
New York (AFP) - Oil prices surged Thursday after US President Donald Trump ramped up geopolitical tensions with threats of...
French IT group Capgemini under fire over ICE links
Paris (France) (AFP) - A contract with American Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has triggered a barrage of criticism of...
US scrutiny of visitors’ social media could hammer tourism: trade group
Paris (France) (AFP) - A US plan to step up scrutiny of foreign visitors' social media use threatens to cut...
Oil jumps, gold climbs further on Trump’s Iran threat
London (AFP) - Oil prices surged Thursday after US President Donald Trump ramped up geopolitical tensions with threats of a...
Britain’s Starmer hails ‘good progress’ after meeting China’s Xi
Beijing (AFP) - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed "really good progress" on issues including visa-free travel and tariffs during...
UK drugs giant AstraZeneca announces $15 bn investment in China
Beijing (AFP) - British pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca said Thursday that it would invest $15 billion in China through 2030 to...
Northern Mozambique: massive gas potential in an insurgency zone
Maputo (AFP) - Construction on a stalled $20-billion gas project by TotalEnergies in Mozambique officially resumed Thursday, nearly five years...
Gold demand hits record high on Trump policy doubts: industry
London (AFP) - Gold demand surged to a record high in 2025 as investors and central banks flocked to the...
Trump-era trade stress leads Western powers to China
Tokyo (AFP) - Britain's Keir Starmer is the latest Western leader to thaw trade ties with China in a shift...
Ghana moves to rewrite mining laws for bigger share of gold revenues
Accra (AFP) - Ghana is preparing to overhaul its mining laws to increase its share of the revenues generated by...
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