German business urges ‘new beginning’ after election
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - German business leaders called Monday for the swift formation of a new ruling coalition to usher ...
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On $15 a month, Venezuela’s teachers live hand to mouth
Caracas (AFP) - With a monthly salary of $15, a teacher in Venezuela earns nowhere near enough to cover their ...
Argentina records lowest monthly inflation in 4.5 years
Buenos Aires (AFP) - Argentina recorded a monthly inflation rate of 2. 2 percent in January, the lowest in 4
Emigration and war hit once-booming Belarus tech sector
Minsk (AFP) - A project manager in Belarus's once-flourishing tech industry, Andrei Dorin admits his sector is in "crisis". Thousands ...
Facing Bolivia’s economic crunch with toy houses, fake banknotes
La Paz (AFP) - For a month every year, thousands of Bolivians throng the stalls of an unusual market in ...
Sudan ‘political’ banknote switch causes cash crunch
Cairo (AFP) - Sudan's army-aligned government has issued new banknotes in areas it controls, reportedly aimed at undermining its paramilitary ...
In Brazil, disinformation deals Lula a bruising defeat
Sao Paulo (AFP) - An avalanche of disinformation about a new economic measure proved so tricky for Brazil's government to ...
At VW home base, Germany’s Scholz vows to revive economy
Wolfsburg (Germany) (AFP) - Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday laid out his vision to secure the future of Germany's ailing ...
At VW home base, Germany’s Scholz vows to revive economy
Wolfsburg (Germany) (AFP) - Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday laid out his vision to revitalise Germany's ailing economy at a ...
‘No money’: gloom on Beijing streets as economic growth slows
Beijing (AFP) - Consumers pinching pennies, businesses seeing fewer customers, and a pervading sense that the economy just isn't bouncing ...
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