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S. Korea chooses new president with inequality key concern
AFP, Published on 09/03/2022
» SEOUL: South Koreans began voting for a new president Wednesday with economic inequality a top concern, despite growing sabre-rattling from the nuclear-armed North.
Germany begins slow move away from Russian gas after Ukraine invasion
AFP, Published on 03/03/2022
» BERLIN - The invasion of Ukraine has thrown Germany's problematic dependence on Russian gas into stark relief, forcing Europe's largest economy to urgently reshape its energy mix.
Mum, daughter bound for space after winning Virgin Galactic prize
AFP, Published on 25/11/2021
» WASHINGTON: A health coach from Antigua and Barbuda has won two tickets worth almost US$1 million to be among Virgin Galactic's first space tourists -- and plans to take the trip of a lifetime with her teenage daughter.
Modi U-turns on Indian farm laws after mass protests
AFP, Published on 19/11/2021
» NEW DELHI - India will scrap three agricultural reform laws that sparked almost a year of huge protests by farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday in a stunning and rare U-turn by his Hindu nationalist government.
Asian markets down as US data strengthen call for Fed action
AFP, Published on 17/11/2021
» Asian markets turned lower Wednesday as a recent rally ran out of steam and investors struggled to match a strong lead from Wall Street as inflation concerns continue to drag on sentiment, though the dollar extended a rally against the yen.
Fernandez under pressure as polls open for Argentine legislative vote
AFP, Published on 14/11/2021
» BUENOS AIRES - Argentines headed to the polls Sunday in midterm legislative elections that could see the party of center-left President Alberto Fernandez lose its Senate majority.
No Roman holiday: G20 meets on climate, Covid, recovery
AFP, Published on 28/10/2021
» ROME - The leaders of the world's major economies gather in Rome this weekend for the first in-person G20 summit since the pandemic began, with Covid-19, economic recovery and climate change topping a packed agenda.
'Big John', world's largest triceratops, sells for 6.6mn euros
AFP, Published on 21/10/2021
» PARIS - "Big John", 66-million-years old and the largest triceratops skeleton ever unearthed at eight metres long, was sold at auction to a US collector on Thursday for a gargantuan 6.6 million euros.
Curators squeezed out by high dino bones price tag
AFP, Published on 21/10/2021
» PARIS - This week the largest triceratops skeleton ever unearthed goes up for auction in Paris -- but museum curators like Francis Duranthon can only dream of getting their hands on such a prize.
Venezuela's inflation-battered bolivar sheds 6 zeroes
AFP, Published on 02/10/2021
» CARACAS - The official exchange rate of Venezuela's bolivar went from 4.18 million to the US dollar overnight to just 4.18 as the impoverished country slashed six zeroes off its inflation-battered currency Friday to simplify transactions.