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Canada to slap $2.7bn counter-tariffs on US aluminum
AFP, Published on 08/08/2020
» OTTAWA: Ottawa will hit American aluminum products with C$3.6 billion (US$2.7 billion) in counter-tariffs, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday, in response to "absurd" US levies announced on Canadian goods.
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Musk mocks Tesla short-sellers by selling short shorts
AFP, Published on 07/07/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO - Tesla founder Elon Musk is ruthlessly mocking the carmaker's doubters who sell the company short by selling short shorts with the company logo.
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Khamenei to lead Friday prayers amid Iranian tumult
AFP, Published on 17/01/2020
» TEHRAN - Iran's supreme leader is expected to lead the main weekly Muslim prayers in Tehran on Friday, after a traumatic month in which the country had appeared on the brink of war with the United States and accidentally downed a Ukrainian passenger jet.
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France Michelin Guide overshadowed by shock downgrade
AFP, Published on 27/01/2020
» PARIS: It is the annual event that has accomplished chefs quaking in their toques: Monday's 2020 edition of the Michelin restaurant guide for France reveals the winners and losers of its coveted ratings stars.
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Koenigsegg, a supercar challenging Swedish stereotypes
AFP, Published on 08/01/2020
» ÄNGELHOLM (SWEDEN) - For a quarter century, Koenigsegg has been making supercars for a niche market typically reserved for Italian luxury brands, while challenging perceptions of Swedish modesty.
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More pain for German car industry as Daimler axes 10,000 jobs
AFP, Published on 29/11/2019
» FRANKFURT: Luxury automaker Daimler said Friday it would scrap at least 10,000 jobs worldwide, the latest in a wave of layoffs to hit the stuttering German car industry as it battles with a costly switch to electric.
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Extreme surfers catch record waves in Portuguese town
AFP, Published on 24/11/2019
» NAZARé (PORTUGAL) - Big wave surfers have been flocking to a formerly sleepy Portuguese fishing town, chasing monster waves that are some of the highest ever surfed.
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Volkswagen to unveil new Golf as end of era nears
AFP, Published on 24/10/2019
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Volkswagen is set to unveil the newest incarnation of its iconic Golf hatchback on Thursday, counting on the bestseller to help fund a costly switch to the electric era and bridge the gap to the cars of the future.
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No private plane, no plastics as Hamilton declares: 'I'm only human'
AFP, Published on 25/10/2019
» MEXICO CITY: Lewis Hamilton on Thursday said there "is a lot going on in my life" as he responded to critics of his recent emotional social media postings by conceding that he is only human after all.
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'Silicon Saxony' stands on foundations laid under East Germany
AFP, Published on 04/11/2019
» DRESDEN (GERMANY) - When US computer processor maker AMD was building a factory in the eastern German city Dresden in the late 1990s, it sent around 200 local engineers for training to its site in Texas.
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