Shipping giant Maersk’s profit sinks, warns of Red Sea risk
COPENHAGEN, Feb 8, 2024 (AFP) - Shipping giant Maersk reported on Thursday a massive drop in net profit in 2023…
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China consumer prices show quickest drop in 14 years
BEIJING, Feb 8, 2024 (AFP) - Chinese consumer prices fell in January at their quickest rate in more than 14…
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Taiwan chip giant TSMC announces second Japan plant
TAIPEI, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) - TSMC will build a second foundry in Japan, the semiconductor giant and its local…
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Lufthansa says strike to axe up to 90% of flights
FRANKFURT, Germany, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) - Up to 90 percent of Lufthansa's flight schedule will be cancelled Wednesday due…
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Canada ice fishing season gets off to late start due to warm weather
By Anne-Sophie THILL SAINTE-ANNE-DE-LA-PÉRADE, Canada, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) - On a frozen river in Canada, a cluster of brightly…
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US defies hiring slowdown expectations, adds 353,000 jobs in January: govt
By Beiyi SEOW WASHINGTON, Feb 2, 2024 (AFP) - The US labor market smashed expectations last month in a surprise…
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Japan’s Aozora Bank shares plunge over bad loans
TOKYO, Feb 2, 2024 (AFP) - Shares in Japan's Aozora Bank plunged for a second straight day Friday -- wiping…
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Russia has created 520,000 new defence jobs, Putin says
MOSCOW, Feb 2, 2024 (AFP) - Russia has created more than half a million new jobs in its defence sector…
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France offers cash and support to protesting farmers
By Myriam LEMETAYER, Tom BARFIELD PARIS, Feb 1, 2024 (AFP) - France's government offered a slew of new concessions Thursday…
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Japanese airliners ‘clip wings’, no injuries
TOKYO, Feb 1, 2024 (AFP) - The wing tips of two passenger jets "scratched" each other at a Japanese airport…
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