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'Makes no sense': Hollywood shocked by Trump's film tariffs announcement
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» LOS ANGELES - Hollywood reacted on Monday with skepticism to US President Donald Trump's announcement of 100% tariffs on foreign films, with movie insiders calling it a policy made up on the fly by a president who fails to understand how the industry works.
US drugmaker Eli Lilly says slashing insulin prices
AFP, Published on 02/03/2023
» NEW YORK - US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly announced Wednesday it would cut the cost of its insulin by 70 percent, with President Joe Biden calling on others to follow suit to tackle soaring drug prices.
Arctic cold 'no sweat' for electric cars in Norway
AFP, Published on 01/02/2023
» JESSHEIM (NORWAY) - Norwegian electric car owners have a word for the way they feel when they look nervously at their battery indicators while driving in subfreezing weather: "rekkevideangst", or "range anxiety".
Xi's 'Chinese Dream' flickers in one Beijing neighbourhood
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» BEIJING: Wu has staked out his patch of the Chinese Dream. Married with a second child on the way, he has a Beijing apartment and a car paid for by a tech job with a comfortable salary.
Orc-ward! Amazon ends New Zealand's role as Middle Earth
AFP, Published on 13/08/2021
» WELLINGTON - Amazon on Friday dumped New Zealand as the location of its big-budget "The Lord of The Rings" series after just one season, in a major blow to the South Pacific's self-styled Middle Earth.
Premier League clubs suffer losses of nearly £1bn during pandemic
AFP, Published on 15/06/2021
» LONDON - Premier League clubs reported a cumulative pre-tax loss of almost £1 billion ($1.4 billion) for the coronavirus-hit 2019-20 season, according to figures from finance company Deloitte.
Aston Villa's FA Cup tie with Liverpool in jeopardy after virus outbreak
AFP, Published on 08/01/2021
» LONDON: The fate of Aston Villa's FA Cup match with Liverpool remained uncertain Thursday, with a decision on whether the third-round tie goes ahead as scheduled set to be announced on the day of Friday's fixture after a coronavirus outbreak at the Birmingham club.
Covid woes, not new checks, weigh on post-Brexit passengers
AFP, Published on 02/01/2021
» PARIS - Travellers braving trains between London and Paris on the first day after Britain's exit from the EU customs union experienced additional checks but were more worried by the extra rules required for travel in a pandemic-haunted world.
G20 backslides on fossil fuel subsidies: report
AFP, Published on 10/11/2020
» PARIS: Rich nations are still providing more than half a trillion dollars annually to fossil fuel projects despite committing to slash greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris climate deal, research showed Tuesday.
Premier League clubs forget coronavirus crisis in transfer splurge
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» LONDON: Just five months after Premier League clubs consulted their players about taking a 30 percent wage cut, the English top-flight is again blowing Europe's other top leagues out the water when it comes to splashing the cash.