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Macron sticks with PM after pensions crisis, riots
AFP, Published on 18/07/2023
» PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron is keeping his prime minister in place, his staff has said, ending weeks of speculation about a possible reset after successive crises shaking his government.
UK water crisis pollutes privatisation legacy
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» LONDON: Britain's biggest water supplier staving off renationalisation, trains derailed by strikes and consumers suffering huge energy bills — the nation's vital sectors are mired in chaos decades after their controversial privatisation.
Brazil's Lula gets to work vowing clean break with Bolsonaro
AFP, Published on 06/01/2023
» BRASíLIA - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva held his first cabinet meeting Friday, vowing to work with Congress and run a government of traditional technocrats to "rebuild" Brazil after the "authoritarianism" of predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
Italy's new PM Meloni sets out programme to parliament
AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» ROME - Giorgia Meloni will address Italy's parliament for the first time as prime minister on Tuesday, setting out her plan for government one month after her far-right party's historic election victory.
UK's Truss admits tax cuts misstep at start of tense Tory conference
AFP, Published on 02/10/2022
» BIRMINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Sunday conceded she should have better prepared Britain for her recent debt-driven mini-budget, which slashed taxes and sparked market turmoil, as her restive ruling Tories kick off their annual conference.
Algeria's poor fret over plan to slash subsidies on basic goods
AFP, Published on 24/11/2021
» ALGIERS - Algeria plans to scrap its generous state subsidies on basic goods that have long helped maintain social peace but strained state budgets as energy revenues have fallen.
Struggles facing China's Evergrande not panicking markets - yet
AFP, Published on 15/09/2021
» NEW YORK: Debt-crippled Chinese real estate giant Evergrande's troubles are being watched closely by foreign investors, but markets do not seem to fear a major contagion, at least so far. With a debt load of $300 billion, the threat of bankruptcy is real, especially as Evergrande hinted on Tuesday that it may not be able to pay its creditors.
Airport echoes with sobs and farewells in Hong Kong exodus
AFP, Published on 23/07/2021
» HONG KONG: Twice a day Hong Kong's virtually deserted airport fills with the sound of tearful goodbyes as residents fearful for their future under China's increasingly authoritarian rule start a new life overseas, mostly in Britain.
Norwegian pension fund sells off groups linked to Israeli settlements
AFP, Published on 05/07/2021
» OSLO - Norway's largest pension fund announced Monday it had divested assets in 16 companies for their links to Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including telecom equipment giant Motorola.
Boom or bust as Spain, Italy get biggest slice of EU fund
AFP, Published on 25/06/2021
» MADRID : Spain and Italy will receive the lion's share of the 750-billion-euro EU rescue fund but opinions vary over whether it will help their economies roar back to life or go to waste.