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Major supermarket chain stops advertising on TV in France
AFP, Published on 08/01/2026
» PARIS - The German deep-discount food retailer Lidl has announced that it would stop advertising on broadcast television in France, where it is one of the country’s top advertisers.
In the black: the business of mourning Thailand's queen mother
AFP, Published on 31/10/2025
» In a bustling Bangkok market, hundreds of wholesale vendors have been selling black clothing since dawn -- several with hefty discounts -- in honour of Thailand's late former queen.
Trump scares off corporate donors to NY Pride parade
AFP, Published on 19/06/2025
» NEW YORK - New York’s pride Parade, the highest-profile annual US LGBTQ gathering, is ramping up efforts to raise funds from individual community members with corporate donations on the wane as Washington demonises diversity.
China exports slow as trade war takes toll
AFP, Published on 09/06/2025
» BEIJING - Chinese exports grew slower than expected in May, according to official data Monday, as shipments to the United States tumbled amid global trade turmoil triggered by Donald Trump's tariff blitz.
Nvidia loses $500 bn in value as Chinese AI firm jolts tech shares
AFP, Published on 28/01/2025
» NEW YORK - US chip-maker Nvidia led a rout in tech stocks Monday after the emergence of a low-cost Chinese generative AI model that could threaten US dominance in the fast-growing industry.
How Belize became a poster child for 'debt-for-nature' swaps
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» NEW YORK - When Covid hit Belize, its economy nosedived: closed borders meant fisheries and farmers had no export markets, and tourism centered on the tiny Central American nation's warm waters and wonders of biodiversity came to a halt.
'We are penniless': migrants bled dry on path through Darien Gap
AFP, Published on 27/09/2023
» ACANDI (COLOMBIA) - At the start of the perilous jungle trek through the Darien Gap to Panama, uniformed workers on the Colombian side hand out colored wristbands to migrants, like bouncers at a nightclub, to indicate what "services" they have paid for.
Florida gunman driven by racial 'hate' kills 3: authorities
AFP, Published on 27/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - A white man driven by racial hatred shot dead three Black people in a Florida discount store Saturday before taking his own life after a standoff with police, authorities said.
Suspicion and regret on Arctic border still open with Russia
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» KIRKENES (NORWAY) - Assault rifles at the ready, binoculars pointed at the Russian shore, the patrol boats carrying Norwegian soldiers power up the Pasvik River at full speed.
Iconic New York discount luxury store reopens
AFP, Published on 17/05/2023
» NEW YORK: Forced to shutter during the Covid-19 pandemic, the discount luxury goods store Century21 reopened its flagship location in Manhattan on Tuesday, drawing elated crowds of bargain hunters back to the New York institution.