US seeks minerals trade zone in rare Trump move with allies
Washington (United States) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump's administration called Wednesday for a preferential trade zone among allies on ...
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Tag: geopolitics
Merz heads to Gulf as Germany looks to diversify trade ties
Berlin (AFP) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz headed to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to kick off a Gulf tour as ...
Stocks fluctuate after Wall St AI-fuelled sell-off
London (AFP) - European and Asian stock markets struggled for direction Wednesday following a tech-fuelled sell-off on Wall Street, while ...
Finland building icebreakers for US amid Arctic tensions
Helsinki (AFP) - Finland is building a new fleet of icebreakers for the US but President Donald Trump's plans for ...
Stocks mostly climb as gold recovers
London (AFP) - European stock markets mostly rose Tuesday after large gains across Asia, as gold and silver prices strongly ...
European stocks rise as gold, oil prices tumble
London (AFP) - European stock markets rose Monday but oil and gold prices tumbled as concerns eased over US monetary ...
Japan says rare earth found in sediment retrieved on deep-sea mission
Tokyo (AFP) - Sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from ocean depths of 6,000 metres (about 20,000 feet) on a ...
Panama court annuls Hong Kong firm’s canal port concession
Panama City (AFP) - Panama's Supreme Court annulled on Thursday the concession allowing Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison to operate ports ...
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 ...
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 ...
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