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Merz vows to rev up German economic ‘growth engine’
AFP, Published on 14/05/2025
» BERLIN - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday pledged reforms and investment for Europe’s biggest economy to transform it once again into a “growth engine” after two years of recession.
‘I thought I was going to die,’ Kardashian tells Paris robbery trial
AFP, Published on 13/05/2025
» PARIS - American celebrity Kim Kardashian told a Paris court on Tuesday she feared she was going to be killed by masked men who robbed her at gunpoint of millions of dollars' worth worth of jewellery during the French capital’s fashion week.
Stocks, dollar surge as US and China agree 90-day tariff relief
Published on 12/05/2025
» LONDON - Wall Street stock futures surged, the dollar rallied and gold prices slumped on Monday as the US and China agreed to temporarily slash the harsh tariffs imposed on each other and work together to limit economically damaging trade spats.
NATO chief seeks defence spending at 5% of GDP by 2032: Dutch PM
AFP, Published on 10/05/2025
» THE HAGUE - NATO chief Mark Rutte wants member countries to agree at a summit in June to reach five percent of GDP on defence-related spending by 2032, Dutch premier Dick Schoof said Friday.
On patrol for jihadists with Mauritania's camel cavalry
AFP, Published on 10/05/2025
» ACHEMIME (MAURITANIA) - A posse of turban-clad soldiers perched on "ships of the desert" may conjure images of the past but Mauritania's camelback cavalry play a vital role in the fight against jihadism today.
EU threatens to target US cars, planes if Trump tariff talks fail
AFP, Published on 08/05/2025
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - The EU on Thursday threatened to target US cars and planes among a raft of products worth 95 billion euros ($107 billion) if negotiations with President Donald Trump's team fail to avert a trade war.
Germany's Merz to launch new govt amid Trump turbulence
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» BERLIN — Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to be sworn in as chancellor on Tuesday with a mission to revive the ailing economy and boost the diplomatic standing of the European Union's (EU) most populous country.
France, EU take aim at Trump's assault on science, seek to lure US researchers
AFP, Published on 05/05/2025
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen took aim at Donald Trump's policies on science on Monday, as the European Union seeks to encourage disgruntled US researchers to relocate to Europe.
Shares advance on optimism about China-US talks
Business, Published on 03/05/2025
» RECAP: Asian shares rose to the highest level in a month and US equity-index futures advanced yesterday after China said it is evaluating trade talks with the US, boosting optimism that tariff tensions will cool.
EU fines TikTok €530m over China data transfer
AFP, Published on 02/05/2025
» DUBLIN - TikTok was hit with a massive EU fine of 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday, accused of sending personal data of Europeans to China and failing to guarantee it was shielded from access by Chinese authorities.