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Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Germany's government pledged Tuesday to make massive new investments by taking on record debt as it...

Oil prices drop as Israel agrees to ceasefire proposal

Tokyo (AFP) - Oil prices sank 3. 5 percent Tuesday after Israel said it had agreed to US President Donald...

German budget plans outline vast spending – and record debt

by David Peterson

Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Germany's government pledged Tuesday to make massive new investments by taking on record debt as it...

Oil prices drop as Israel agrees to ceasefire proposal

Tokyo (AFP) - Oil prices sank 3. 5 percent Tuesday after Israel said it had agreed to US President Donald...

Better than gold: how Ecuador cashed in on surging cocoa prices

by Andrew Murphy

June 25, 2025

Milagro (Ecuador) (AFP) - In Ecuador, farmers who bet on cocoa beans rather than bananas, the country's top agricultural export,...

Asian countries most vulnerable to Strait of Hormuz blockade

by Thomas Barnes

Tokyo (AFP) - Around 84 percent of oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz is destined for Asia, leaving the...

Star-packed, Covid-shaped ‘Death Stranding 2’ drops this week

by David Peterson

Paris (AFP) - Japanese video game legend Hideo Kojima releases "Death Stranding 2: On the Beach" this week, a star-studded...

Oil prices seesaw as investors await Iran response to US strikes

by Thomas Barnes

London (AFP) - Oil prices wobbled and stock markets wavered Monday as traders awaited Tehran's response to US strikes on...

Toxic threat from ‘forever chemicals’ sparks resistance in Georgia towns

by Andrew Murphy

Dalton (United States) (AFP) - Sasha and Jamie Cordle thought their small farm in rural Georgia would be a ladder...

Oil dips, dollar firms after US strikes in Iran