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Argentina's Milei may find an unexpected friend in the IMF
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - What will the relationship be like between Javier Milei, Argentina's new self-described "anarcho-capitalist" president, and the IMF, with which the Latin American country has an ongoing $44 billion loan agreement?
PGA-LIV deal has US lawmakers asking for more details
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - US lawmakers began an investigation Thursday into the shock merger of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, taking aim at tax breaks.
G7 to press Russia, weigh risk of China's 'economic coercion'
AFP, Published on 18/05/2023
» HIROSHIMA (JAPAN) - G7 leaders arrive Thursday in Japan's Hiroshima to weigh tighter sanctions on Russia and protections against China's "economic coercion", surrounded by reminders about the harrowing cost of war.
Belarus jails top news site managers for 12 years
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» MOSCOW - Belarus on Friday handed long jail terms to senior staff at the country's largest independent news site, which was forced to shutter after historic demonstrations against strongman Alexander Lukashenko.
Belarus Nobel winner facing long jail term for 'smuggling': NGO
AFP, Published on 29/11/2022
» MOSCOW - Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski, who was co-awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize, faces up to 12 years in prison on smuggling charges, the Viasna rights centre said Monday.
Tax oil firms to pay for climate damage, island nations say
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH (EGYPT) - A group of small island nations joined calls on Tuesday for a windfall tax on oil companies to compensate developing countries for the damage caused by climate change-induced natural disasters.
Bialiatski: veteran rights defender in authoritarian Belarus
AFP, Published on 07/10/2022
» MOSCOW - Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarus rights group Viasna who was jailed last year, won the Nobel Peace Prize in the wake of historic demonstrations and a severe crackdown in his ex-Soviet country.
VW faces Brazil hearing over dictatorship-era slavery claims
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» RIO DE JANEIRO: German carmaker Volkswagen faces an audience with Brazilian prosecutors Tuesday over allegations of human rights violations at a farm it ran during Brazil's military dictatorship, including slave labour, rapes and beatings.
Pariah to president: Marcos Jr returns family to Philippines supremacy
AFP, Published on 10/05/2022
» MANILA: Ferdinand Marcos Jr, whose dictator father and namesake plundered and brutalised the Philippines for decades, on Tuesday won a historic election victory, capping his clan's journey from pariahs to the presidential palace.
Marcos Jr eyes victory as Philippines votes for new president
AFP, Published on 09/05/2022
» BATAC CITY, Philippines: Millions of Filipinos thronged polling stations Monday to elect a new president, with the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos the favourite to win the high-stakes vote.