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Spain to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» MADRID - Spain’s left-wing government has approved a plan to regularise around 500,000 undocumented migrants by decree, the country’s latest break with harsher policies elsewhere in Europe.
Stocks pull lower at end of record year for markets
AFP, Published on 01/01/2026
» NEW YORK - Stock markets mostly retreated Wednesday in thin trading, following a year of record gains for key assets as central banks cut interest rates and the tech sector boomed thanks to the growth of artificial intelligence.
Iraq's social media mercenaries dying for Russia
AFP, Published on 05/11/2025
» BAGHDAD — Smiling broadly and clad in military fatigues, young Iraqi Mohammed Imad's last TikTok post was in a field carved up with heavy vehicle tracks in what appeared to be Ukraine. Smoke was rising behind him.
Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» BERLIN — Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade.
Russia short of 4.8 million workers in 2023, crunch to persist
Reuters, Published on 24/12/2023
» MOSCOW: Russia was short of around 4.8 million workers in 2023 and the problem will remain acute in 2024, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Sunday, citing experts and research from the Russian Academy of Science's Institute of Economics.
'Save our village': Indonesians resist eviction for China-backed project
AFP, Published on 27/09/2023
» REMPANG (INDONESIA) - Sitting on a creaky bridge linking stilt houses, Indonesian fisherman Sadam Husen fears for his people and their traditions, knowing they may be uprooted from their ancestral land to make way for a China-funded megaproject worth billions.
German arrested in France for holding wife 'captive' for 12 years
AFP, Published on 08/08/2023
» FORBACH (FRANCE) - French police on Monday said they had arrested a 55-year old German after his wife was discovered naked in a poor state following what she said was 12 years in captivity at the couple's home.
German arrested in France for holding wife captive for 12 years
AFP, Published on 07/08/2023
» PARIS - French police on Monday said they had arrested a 55-year old German national after his wife was discovered naked and with broken bones following 12 years in captivity at the couple's home.
With record unemployment, China's youth confront bleak job market
AFP, Published on 20/06/2023
» BEIJING - Rather than celebrating finishing university, this summer Chinese graduates shared photos of themselves theatrically throwing their degrees into bins, underscoring the bleak outlook as youth unemployment sits at a record high.
Stocks mixed as traders weigh inflation, China talks and debt
AFP, Published on 12/05/2023
» LONDON - Stock markets were mixed on Friday as traders weighed a range of issues, including US debt-ceiling hopes, talks between Washington and Beijing, and more signs of a slowing economy.