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Once the bane of big tech, Vestager's star wanes
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» BRUSSELS - Margrethe Vestager is preparing to return to her day job as the European Union's competition chief after a hard-fought and ultimately unsuccessful bid to lead the bloc's lender.
Spanish giant Ferrovial sells remaining stake in Heathrow
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» MADRID - Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial announced it is offloading its remaining 25 percent stake in London's Heathrow Airport to a French private equity group and Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.
Nigeria's president inaugurates cabinet to tackle economic, security woes
AFP, Published on 21/08/2023
» ABUJA - President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday swore in a cabinet of 45 ministers, urging them to build public trust as his new government takes on Nigeria's huge economic and security challenges.
German defence minister quits as pressure grows for Ukraine aid
AFP, Published on 16/01/2023
» BERLIN: German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht resigned on Monday after coming under months of heavy criticism over Berlin's stuttering response to the war in Ukraine.
Fighting for a place to breathe
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 01/01/2023
» In the shadow of a retired coal-fired power plant in India's capital, Meena Devi tries to make her family home -- four brick walls with a tin roof -- a safe place to breathe.
Italy chases African gas to end dependence on Russia
AFP, Published on 20/04/2022
» ROME - Italian ministers head to central Africa Wednesday in an urgent quest for new energy deals as Italy scrambles to break away from Russian gas over the Ukraine war.
Petrolhead, novelist, trampolinist for post-Merkel cabinet
AFP, Published on 24/11/2021
» BERLIN - Olaf Scholz, who is on the brink of succeeding Angela Merkel after 16 years as German chancellor, has assembled a team of strange bedfellows to share power at the helm of his centre-left government.
Cardinal on trial as Vatican financial scandal case resumes
AFP, Published on 05/10/2021
» VATICAN CITY - The financial fraud trial of a once powerful Catholic cardinal and nine others resumed Tuesday at the Vatican, with allegations centring on a disastrous London property deal paid for with charity funds.
Cardinal on trial as Vatican financial scandal case resumes
AFP, Published on 05/10/2021
» VATICAN CITY - The trial of a once powerful Catholic cardinal and nine others resumes Tuesday at the Vatican over alleged financial fraud and a disastrous London property deal paid for with charity funds.
Historic Vatican fraud trial to expose London secrets
AFP, Published on 25/07/2021
» VATICAN CITY: A once-powerful Catholic cardinal and nine others stand trial at the Vatican this week in an embezzlement scandal that allegedly saw charity funds used in a ruinous London property venture.