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Sunak appointed crisis-hit UK's first PM of colour
AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» LONDON: Rishi Sunak on Tuesday became Britain's third prime minister this year and the first person of colour to lead the former imperial power, vowing to mend the "mistakes" of Liz Truss's calamitous 49-day tenure.
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New York Stock Exchange threatens to exit New York
Business, AFP, Published on 11/02/2021
» NEW YORK: Is the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) about to leave New York city?
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Musk hands over made-in-China Teslas to early buyers in Shanghai
AFP, Published on 07/01/2020
» SHANGHAI: Tesla CEO Elon Musk presented the first batch of made-in-China cars to ordinary buyers on Tuesday in a milestone for the company's new Shanghai "giga-factory", but which comes as sales decelerate in the world's largest electric-vehicle market.
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£9.9m chimp parliament painting smashes Banksy record
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» LONDON: A Banksy painting depicting the British parliament populated by chimpanzees smashed the record for the mysterious British street artist on Thursday, fetching nearly £9.9 million, Sotheby's auction house said.
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China slaps retaliatory tariffs on 128 US imports (video)
AFP, Published on 02/04/2018
» BEIJING - China on Monday imposed new tariffs on 128 US imports worth $3 billion, including fruits and pork, in retaliation to US duties on steel and aluminium, fuelling fears of a trade war.
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Ivanka and North Korean general to attend Olympic closing
AFP, Published on 22/02/2018
» SEOUL - US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka will come face-to-face with a top North Korean general at the Winter Olympics closing ceremony in the South this weekend, it emerged Thursday.
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Chinese travel site Ctrip buys Skyscanner for $1.7bn
AFP, Published on 24/11/2016
» SHANGHAI - China’s largest online travel agency Ctrip will buy British flight search app Skyscanner for $1.7 billion, the companies said, as it steps up its overseas ambitions.
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WTO cuts global trade growth outlook
AFP, Published on 14/04/2015
» GENEVA — Global commerce is expected to grow just 3.3% this year, the World Trade Organisation said Tuesday, slashing its previous forecast of 4% as global economic growth remains weak.
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Asian markets mostly higher
AFP, Published on 05/12/2014
» HONG KONG — Asian markets mostly rose Friday, with the dollar again breaking 120 yen while the euro held onto gains after the European Central Bank shied away from fresh stimulus measures.
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Asia stocks mixed on patchy US economic data
AFP, Published on 06/08/2015
» HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mixed on Thursday, as gains on Wall Street drove trading in Tokyo but patchy US economic data fed wider uncertainty in the region.
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