Lufthansa accelerates cost cuts, closing subsidiary, as fuel prices surge
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Lufthansa said Thursday that it was accelerating savings plans by closing a regional subsidiary as the ...
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Tag: geopolitics
Hormuz shipping muted as US blockade takes hold: tracking data
Paris (France) (AFP) - A trickle of ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday and Wednesday as a US blockade ...
Oil rises, stocks mixed as investors eye chances for end of Mideast war
London (AFP) - Crude prices climbed Wednesday while stocks diverged as investors digested mixed signals about talks to end the ...
Trump vows US will sink any Iran boats that challenge blockade
Washington (United States) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump warned Monday that any Iranian attack boats that approach the American ...
US military to begin blockade of Iranian ports on Monday
Tehran (AFP) - The US military said it would begin a blockade of all Iranian ports on Monday, after talks ...
Waiting for DeepSeek: new model to test China’s AI ambitions
Tokyo (AFP) - For weeks now, the global tech industry has been waiting for a major artificial intelligence launch from ...
Shipping toll for Hormuz passage sharply divides nations
Paris (France) (AFP) - Iran's imposition of a toll for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz looks set ...
Waiting for DeepSeek: new model to test China’s AI ambitions
Tokyo (AFP) - For weeks now, the global tech industry has been waiting for a major artificial intelligence launch from ...
Crude rises, stocks fall on fears over nascent Iran ceasefire
Hong Kong (AFP) - Oil prices climbed and most stocks fell Thursday on fears over the nascent US-Iran ceasefire after ...
Iran defiant as deadline looms for Trump threat to infrastructure
Tehran (AFP) - Iran showed no sign of backing down Tuesday as a US deadline loomed for it to reopen ...
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