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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — London’s stock market rebounded Monday, with miners buoyed by solid Chinese economic growth figures, while eurozone indices were steady to slightly lower. Asia equities mostly increased in value following another record close on Wall Street before the weekend. United States stocks were essentially flat to start the week, with the Dow and S&P 500 retreating a bit from Friday’s records, but the the Nasdaq edging higher ahead of a […]
by David Harding Agence France Presse DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — Energy-rich Qatar said Tuesday it plans to increase natural gas production by 30 percent over the next several years, as it faces pressure from its neighbors in a diplomatic crisis. State-owned Qatar Petroleum said it would go ahead with the output boost regardless of whether or not Saudi Arabia and its allies maintain a sweeping embargo they imposed last month. The company’s head, Saad Sherida […]
by Maria ANTONOVA MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for the country to reinforce its military nuclear potential and praised the army’s performance in its Syria campaign. In a speech that recapped military activities in 2016,Putin said the army’s preparedness has “considerably increased” and called for continued improvement that would ensure it can “neutralize any military threat”. “We need to strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces, especially with […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Security has been beefed up at holiday markets throughout France following the carnage in Berlin on Monday, French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux said. “Security at holiday markets was immediately reinforced” after a lorry ploughed into a Berlin holiday market killing at least nine people, he said. The scenes in Berlin were reminiscent of an attack in the French Riviera city of Nice in July in which Tunisian extremist Mohamed Lahouaiej […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — New satellite imagery shows China has apparently installed “significant” defensive weapons on a series of artificial islands it built in the South China Sea, a US-based think tank said Wednesday. Beijing has created seven islets in the Spratly Islands in recent years, built up from much smaller land protuberances and reefs. Although Beijing has said it does not intend to militarize the contested waters of the South China Sea, ongoing satellite […]
NEW YORK — United States (AFP) — Facebook said Tuesday it has signed a series of deals to pay celebrities and media companies to produce content for its new live video streaming service. The test program calls for “a relatively small number partners that includes a broad range of content types from regions around the world” receiving “temporary financial support to encourage experimentation with this new format,” Facebook said in a statement. The Wall Street […]
