Tourist numbers in Portugal hit record in 2023
Lisbon (AFP) - Foreign tourists flocked to Portugal in record numbers in 2023 with 26. 5 million visitors -- a ...
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Rachel Reeves: Britain’s first woman finance chief
London (AFP) - Rachel Reeves, Britain's first woman finance minister, is a former child chess champion and Bank of England ...
Rachel Reeves: Britain’s first woman finance chief
London (AFP) - Rachel Reeves, Britain's first woman finance minister, is a former child chess champion and Bank of England ...
US private hiring eases unexpectedly in June: ADP
Washington (AFP) - Private sector employment cooled unexpectedly in June, payroll firm ADP said Wednesday, with job creation slowing for ...
Trump says inflation is ‘killing our country’ under Biden
Atlanta (AFP) - Donald Trump accused Joe Biden on Thursday of doing a "poor job" on the US economy and ...
Yen touches 38-year low, stocks slide
London (AFP) - The yen, weakened by the Japanese government's easy monetary policy, hit a 38-year low against the dollar ...
Argentina’s growth plummets 5.1% in first quarter
Buenos Aires (AFP) - Argentina's austerity-hit economy contracted by 5. 1 percent in the first quarter, the national statistics agency ...
Argentina has surplus harvest, but farmers want more from Milei
Lobos (AFP) - In the pampas, Argentina's vast and fertile grasslands outside Buenos Aires, grain silos overflow with this year's ...
Spain to eliminate tax on olive oil to ease price jump
Madrid (AFP) - Spain's leftist government said Friday it will remove the value-added tax on olive oil, a staple of ...
Argentina has surplus harvest, but farmers want more from Milei
Lobos (AFP) - In the pampas, Argentina's vast and fertile grasslands outside Buenos Aires, grain silos overflow with this year's ...
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