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Qatar 2022: a one-off World Cup fantasy
AFP, Published on 18/11/2022
» DOHA: Fifa's president promised the World Cup would be like "Disneyland" while rights groups say workers have been through hell, but one thing is certain — there will never be another World Cup like Qatar 2022.
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TotalEnergies's 'superprofit' renews windfall tax debate
AFP, Published on 27/10/2022
» PARIS - TotalEnergies said Thursday surging global oil and gas prices helped it post a massive jump in profits in the third quarter as France is riven over taxing windfall profits of energy companies.
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Africa's longest oil pipeline takes shape in Niger
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» GAYA (NIGER) - Chinese and Nigerien workers haul giant steel pipes over mounds of earth as heavily armed soldiers keep guard.
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Fuel price hikes, scarce rice add to hardship in Myanmar
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» Many people queue under monsoon drizzle for subsidised cooking oil in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon, waiting for one of the many commodities that have become scarce as economic misery strikes the city.
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Hunger claims children in forgotten corner of Uganda
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» KARAMOJA (UGANDA) - In one of Uganda's poorest and most lawless regions, anxious mothers clutch bone-thin infants in a malnutrition ward, terrified their child could be next to succumb to starvation in Karamoja.
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'We are ready', Ukraine towns insist as Russians advance
AFP, Published on 21/06/2022
» SLOVIANSK, Ukraine: "The city is ready to defend itself," insists Vadym Lyakh, mayor of Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine which could soon become a fighting hotspot as Moscow's troops advance from the north.
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Out of the frying pan: Indonesians pay price of cooking oil crisis
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» JAKARTA - About three weeks after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, Indonesian housewife Liesye Setiana was forced to close her banana chip business as cooking oil supplies dried up across the country.
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Indonesia suspends all exports of palm oil
AFP, Published on 28/04/2022
» JAKARTA: Indonesia began imposing a complete ban on palm oil exports Thursday, as the world's largest producer of the commodity risked destabilising a global vegetable oil market already hitting peak prices.
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Indonesia suspends all exports of palm oil
AFP, Published on 28/04/2022
» JAKARTA - Indonesia began imposing a complete ban on palm oil exports Thursday, as the world's largest producer of the commodity risked destabilising a global vegetable oil market already hitting peak prices.
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Tonga races to clear runway for volcano aid flights
AFP, Published on 19/01/2022
» WELLINGTON - Tongans raced Wednesday to clear a thick coat of ash from the main international runway to let in emergency aid, as the island nation faced a month of crippled international communications following a violent volcanic eruption and tsunami.
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