China, inflation could pop Japan PM’s bubble
Tokyo (AFP) - Charming Donald Trump one week, angering China the next, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has had a ...
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Study finds 41% of EV drivers would avoid Tesla over politics
Oslo (AFP) - More than 40 percent of electric car drivers worldwide would avoid owning a Tesla, the brand run ...
BBC caught in crossfire of polarised political and media landscape
London (AFP) - Accused of being biased by some, defended as a champion of impartiality by others, the BBC is ...
BBC caught in crossfire of polarised political and media landscape
London (AFP) - Accused of being biased by some, defended as a champion of impartiality by others, the BBC is ...
Big lips and botox: In Trump’s world, fashion and makeup get political
Washington (AFP) - Long, blond, wavy hair, heavy makeup and cosmetic injections: like many women in Donald Trump's orbit, political ...
BBC chief resigns after row over Trump documentary
London (AFP) - The director general of the BBC announced his resignation Sunday following a row over the editing of ...
Budget impasse threatens Belgium’s ruling coalition
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Belgium's Prime Minister Bart De Wever looked Thursday to pile pressure on his deadlocked government partners ...
Sri Lanka targets big fish in anti-corruption push
Colombo (AFP) - When Sri Lanka's economy collapsed in 2022, politicians and officials were accused of brazenly stealing the island's ...
French lawmakers reject wealth tax proposal in budget debate
Paris (AFP) - France's lower house on Friday rejected a wealth tax proposed by the left, which has threatened to ...
Caught between Venezuela and US, Trinidad fishermen fear the sea
Cedros (Trinidad and Tobago) (AFP) - A stone's throw from Venezuela, in the eye of a political storm fueled by a ...
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