Musk details mass cuts to US federal spending and staff
Washington (AFP) - Elon Musk outlined plans Wednesday for his new role as "efficiency" czar -- signaling an assault on ...
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‘First Buddy’: Musk takes unusual star role with Trump
Washington (AFP) - As Donald Trump prepares his return to the White House, one of his most omnipresent confidants has ...
Elon Musk: rocket man takes aim at Washington
Washington (AFP) - Billionaire Elon Musk took a wild gamble backing Donald Trump's White House candidacy, but the bet has ...
Sri Lanka’s leftist president faces first parliament test
Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to ...
German big business calls for early vote, economic vision
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - German big business groups demanded almost in unison Thursday that embattled Chancellor Olaf Scholz call elections ...
Ex-banker and Scholz ally: Germany’s new finance minister
Berlin (AFP) - Joerg Kukies, Germany's new finance minister, is a former investment banker who has long been one of ...
Fox News vindicated over early US election call once again
New York (AFP) - In the 2020 US presidential election, Fox News triggered controversy by calling the state of Arizona ...
As Musk’s big Trump bet pays off, US government faces ‘hardcore’ reform
Washington (AFP) - Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is positioned to have sweeping powers in the second Trump administration ...
Bolivia’s breadbasket squeezed by pro-Morales blockades
Cochabamba (Bolivia) (AFP) - At a wholesale market in the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba, farmer Damaris Masias watches through ...
Musk’s millions: Five ways the world’s richest man helps Trump
Washington (AFP) - In an extraordinary twist that has upended an already unpredictable election, the world's richest man has become ...
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