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Brazil, the world's biggest exporter of chicken meat, on Friday welcomed China's move to lift a ban on imports of the product after an outbreak of bird flu earlier this year.
Economy
A leading German auto supplier said Friday it has received permission to export Nexperia chips from China again as Berlin welcomed signs of "de-escalation" in a row that has alarmed carmakers.
Economy
Stock markets fell Friday on renewed fears of an AI bubble, a weak US job market and a prolonged US government shutdown.
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Spanish singer Rosalía released her anticipated fourth album, "Lux", on Friday, a sweeping, spiritual work that marks a departure from her previous work.
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In a World War II bunker east of Frankfurt, a steel door weighing over four tonnes protects Germany's largest reserve of rare earths, a treasure at the heart of rising geopolitical tensions.
Economy
The world's leading furniture company, Ikea, reported a sharp fall in annual profits on Friday as it focused on dropping prices to boost volume and faced higher costs due to US tariffs.
Economy
European and Asian stock markets retreated Friday after a slide on Wall Street following weak US jobs data and signals that the Federal Reserve will not cut interest rates this year.
Weather
World leaders will meet for a second day of climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon on Friday after fiery speeches and renewed criticism of Big Oil marked the opening session.
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As guardian of the occupied West Bank's oldest olive tree, Salah Abu Ali prunes its branches and gathers its fruit even as violence plagues the Palestinian territory during this year's harvest.
Technology
Flashy AI, robotics and self-driving cars will be on show at the annual Web Summit in Lisbon from Monday, but global tensions over high-tech trade, competition and sovereignty will be weighing on the minds of entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers.
Weather
Typhoon Kalmaegi churned across Vietnam early Friday, claiming five more lives after its devastating passage through the Philippines where the death toll rose to 188.
Economy
US President Donald Trump hosted all five Central Asian leaders on Thursday for the first time, a few months after they held separate summits with Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping.
Economy
Asian stocks tracked Wall Street losses Friday as investors weighed weak US jobs data against Federal Reserve signals suggesting no more interest rate cuts this year.
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Which EU countries face the most pressure from migration? The question is proving deeply divisive as capitals scramble to agree by year-end how to redistribute at least 30,000 asylum seekers across the bloc.
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US right-wing influencers falsely linked New York's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to the Islamic State group, amplifying a fabricated statement that garnered millions of views on social media, researchers said Thursday.
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Travelers across the United States were left scrambling to rebook flights as the government shutdown heaps pressure on the country's air traffic control system, prompting hundreds of Friday flight cancellations at major American airports.
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US lawmakers wrote to Britain's disgraced former prince Andrew on Thursday requesting he sit for an interview about his friendship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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World leaders attending a climate summit in Brazil launched a fund Thursday to save the world's forests, quickly raking in over $5 billion in pledges to reward tropical countries for not chopping down trees.
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Fears of a fracturing global resolve loomed over climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday as world leaders acknowledged their failure to contain global warming to agreed limits.
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Canada's high court on Thursday ended a months-long battle to save some 400 ostriches exposed to avian influenza that had attracted support from the likes of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Economy
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a nonprofit launched by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife aimed at curing all disease, on Thursday announced it was restructuring to focus its efforts on using artificial intelligence to achieve that goal.
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Travelers across the United States prepared on Thursday for potential chaos ahead of widespread flight cancellations ordered by authorities due to the federal government shutdown.
Economy
The newly elected mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, is married to Rama Duwaji, a woman of Syrian descent. For many in Syria, that practically makes him family.
Economy
US and European stocks slumped Thursday as investors weighed another wave of corporate results, economic data and the likelihood of another interest rate cut.
Economy
A US judge dropped criminal charges against Boeing on Thursday over deadly crashes of its 737 MAX 8 aircraft as part of an agreement between the company and prosecutors.
Economy
US and European stocks sputtered Thursday as investors weighed another wave of corporate results, interest rates, the US government shutdown and a Supreme Court hearing on President Donald Trump's tariffs.
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Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever gave his deadlocked ruling coalition more time to agree a cost-cutting budget on Thursday, staving off fears of an imminent government collapse.
Economy
Germany supports proposals by the EU to increase tariffs on foreign steel as the bloc struggles with cheap imports, especially from China, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday.
Weather
The spectre of humanity's failure to curb heat-trapping emissions hangs over climate negotiations in Brazil, after the UN confirmed the planet is now certain to "overshoot" 1.5C of warming and faces a tough battle to bring temperatures back down.
Weather
Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall Thursday in Vietnam's already storm-battered central belt, where thousands have been evacuated from areas in the path of one of the world's deadliest cyclones this year.
Economy
The Bank of England kept its key interest rate at 4.0 percent Thursday, opting against a cut before the UK government's annual budget this month set to feature tax rises.
Economy
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced surging quarterly profit Thursday on strong sales of cancer drugs and as the group zones in on the United States, pressured by President Donald Trump.