Tech stocks lead Wall Street higher, gold hits fresh record
London (AFP) - Wall Street and Asian stock markets advanced on Monday, with tech stocks leading the way. Gold and ...
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As US battles China on AI, some companies choose Chinese
New York (AFP) - Even as the United States is embarked on a bitter rivalry with China over the deployment ...
Zelensky presses EU to tap Russian assets at crunch summit
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told EU leaders Thursday they had the "moral" and legal right to ...
South Africa says wants equal treatment, after US G20 exclusion
Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa responded Thursday to a US bar on its participation in G20 events under Washington's presidency ...
South Africa prepared to ‘take a break’ from G20 after US ban
Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa said Thursday it was prepared to wait out next year's G20 after being barred by ...
EU moves to break dependence on China for rare earths
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU on Wednesday presented a multi-billion-euro plan to help curb the 27-nation bloc's dependence on ...
EU moves to break dependence on China for rare earths
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU on Wednesday presented a multi-billion-euro plan to help curb the 27-nation bloc's dependence on ...
Arms makers see record revenues as tensions fuel demand: report
Stockholm (AFP) - Sales by the world's top 100 arms makers reached a record $679 billion last year, as the ...
OPEC+ reaffirms planned pause on oil output hikes until March
Vienna (AFP) - OPEC nations and oil-producing allies reaffirmed Sunday plans to keep current oil output levels unchanged until March, ...
Venezuela foreign airline ban slammed as ‘disproportionate’
Caracas (AFP) - Venezuela's decision to ban foreign airlines that stopped flying to the Caribbean country over concerns about US ...
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