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From shopping to tourism, French protests hit economy
AFP, Published on 10/12/2018
» PARIS - Shops shuttered in the run-up to Christmas, chaos on the roads: France's "yellow vest" protests are dealing a blow to the economy which the finance minister says is no less than a "catastrophe".
Grim holiday tidings as Paris businesses count cost of riots
AFP, Published on 03/12/2018
» PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron was elected on a promise to burnish France's image on the global stage, but as shops and hotels counted the costs Monday of rioting over the weekend, many fear they won't have much to cheer for Christmas.
Alaska hit by powerful earthquake
AFP, Published on 01/12/2018
» LOS ANGELES: A powerful earthquake rocked Anchorage on Friday, violently shaking homes and businesses in Alaska's largest city and knocking out power to some residents.
Sears, the once-mighty US retailer, files for bankruptcy
AFP, Published on 16/10/2018
» WASHINGTON: Sears, an anchor of retail life for generations of Americans, filed for bankruptcy on Monday and said it was closing almost 150 stores, the latest marquee victim of the online era.
Record US imports drive goods trade deficit with China to high in August
AFP, Published on 06/10/2018
» WASHINGTON - The US trade deficit ballooned in August to its highest level in six months as exports of tariff-targeted goods fell while American consumers snapped up imported cars and mobile phones, the government reported Friday.
Ivanka Trump to close her fashion house
AFP, Published on 25/07/2018
» NEW YORK: Ivanka Trump announced Tuesday that she was closing her eponymous fashion brand, following a firestorm of criticism about potential conflicts of interests and flagging sales fueled by a political backlash.
Japan rescuers go house to house as flood toll hits 156
AFP, Published on 10/07/2018
» Kurashiki, Japan: Rescue workers carried out house-to-house searches Tuesday in the increasingly unlikely hope of finding survivors after days of deadly floods and landslides that have claimed 156 lives in Japan's worst weather-related disaster for decades.
US designer Kate Spade found dead at 55
AFP, Published on 06/06/2018
» NEW YORK - Designer Kate Spade, one of the biggest names in American fashion known especially for her sleek handbags, was found dead Tuesday in her New York apartment. She was 55.
Fashion designer Kate Spade dead by suicide
AFP, Published on 06/06/2018
» NEW YORK: Designer Kate Spade, one of the biggest names in American fashion, was found dead Tuesday in New York after committing suicide, police said. She was 55.
Sixth reported explosion in Texas unrelated to bombings: authorities
AFP, Published on 21/03/2018
» CHICAGO - A sixth explosion further rattled the city of Austin, Texas late Tuesday, but authorities quickly determined it was not related to a series of package bombs that have killed two people.