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Nepal signs hydro energy export deal with India

KATHMANDU, Jan 4, 2024 (AFP) - Nepal signed a deal with India on Thursday for the Himalayan republic to export…

Tesla to recall 1.6 mn cars in China to fix steering software: regulator

BEIJING, Jan 5, 2024 (AFP) - Tesla is recalling more than 1.6 million electric vehicles in China, the country's market…

Argentina court suspends Milei labor reforms

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 4, 2024 (AFP) - Argentine judges on Wednesday suspended labor law changes that form part of a…

Tokyo market plunges in first trade of 2024

TOKYO, Jan 4, 2024 (AFP) - Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower Thursday, the first trading day of 2024, playing catch-up…

Maersk extends suspension of Red Sea passage

COPENHAGEN, Jan 2, 2024 (AFP) - Shipping giant Maersk said on Tuesday it would not resume passage through a key…

Doctors in England start longest strike in NHS history

LONDON, Jan 3, 2024 (AFP) - Hospital doctors in England on Wednesday began their longest consecutive strike in the seven-decade…

China’s Xi hails ‘resilient’ economy in bullish New Year speech

By Matthew WALSH, Oliver HOTHAM BEIJING, Dec 31, 2023 (AFP)- President Xi Jinping said Sunday the Chinese economy had grown…

Chinese appetite for Australian barley is back

By Grégory PLESSE SYDNEY, Dec 30, 2023 (AFP) - Three years after steep Chinese tariffs halted imports of Australian barley…

No second trial for crypto fraudster Bankman-Fried

NEW YORK, Dec 30, 2023 (AFP) - A federal prosecutor in New York has decided against pursuing a second trial,…

Tokyo’s Nikkei index soars 28.2% in 2023

TOKYO, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) - Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 28.2 percent in 2023, its best yearly performance…

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