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Chinese cluster now world's top innovation hotspot: UN
AFP, Published on 01/09/2025
» GENEVA - Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou has overtaken Tokyo-Yokohama to become the world's top cluster for innovation, the United Nations said Monday.
Ex-crypto boss Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud
AFP, Published on 04/01/2023
» NEW YORK - FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty Tuesday to US criminal fraud charges over the spectacular collapse of his crypto exchange.
Women fight for funding in man's world of tech startups
AFP, Published on 28/02/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO - Lauren Foundos has excelled at just about everything she has put her mind to, from college sports and Wall Street trading to her Forte startup that takes workouts online.
Hundreds held in Indonesia on second day of protests
Reuters, Published on 07/10/2020
» JAKARTA: Indonesian police detained nearly 400 protesters on Wednesday, some armed with molotov cocktails and sharp weapons, on a second day of heated demonstrations over a controversial new jobs law in Southeast Asia's largest economy.
A world redrawn: Nobel winner Deaton warns virus could worsen inequality
AFP, Published on 16/06/2020
» LONDON: The coronavirus outbreak has exposed existing inequalities but without reform, argues Nobel prize-winning economist Angus Deaton, it also risks making them much worse.
Yellow vests, anarchists put French police on G7 alert
AFP, Published on 23/08/2019
» BIARRITZ (FRANCE) - French security forces began locking down the resort town of Biarritz on Friday ahead of this weekend's G7 meeting, with the deployment of 13,000 officers seen as heavy-handed by opponents.
Glitzy French resort braces for G7 lockdown
AFP, Published on 20/08/2019
» BIARRITZ (FRANCE) - Surfers must stay out of the Atlantic waves, tourists will have to keep away from gleaming beaches at the height of the summer season and locals risk being unable to access the city centre.
Omaha's 'Woodstock for Capitalists' celebrates Buffett
AFP, Published on 04/05/2019
» OMAHA (UNITED STATES) - Two words are on the lips of the tens of thousands who have descended on this small city in the American heartland: "Warren Buffet."
Lessons in loyalty at North Korea's top school
AFP, Published on 26/07/2018
» PYONGYANG - Not many schools have classrooms equipped with tanks, jet fighter simulators, and grenade launchers. But North Korea's Mangyongdae Revolutionary School for boys is no ordinary establishment.
Clashes as French police clear anti-airport protest camp
AFP, Published on 09/04/2018
» NOTRE-DAME-DES-LANDES (FRANCE) - French anti-capitalist activists clashed with riot police at burning barricades Monday during a huge security operation to clear a rural protest camp at the site of an abandoned airport project.