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China Says To Probe Google Over Anti-monopoly Violations

China on Tuesday said it would probe US tech giant Google over violations of anti-monopoly laws after Washington slapped 10 percent levies on...

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Musk Brands USAID 'Criminal', Trump Calls Its Leaders 'Radical Lunatics'

Elon Musk attacked the US Agency for International Development, calling it a "criminal organization" on Sunday, as Donald Trump said the agency was...

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Afp News

Panama Lawsuit Requests Axing Hong Kong Firm's Canal Concession

Two Panamanian lawyers filed a complaint Monday to cancel the concession of a Hong Kong-based company for operating two ports on the Panama Canal,...

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Afp News

Japan PM To Meet Trump On Feb 6-8 US Trip

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet President Donald Trump on a visit to the United States this week, top government spokesman...

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Asian Stocks And Peso Rise On Trump's Mexico, Canada Tariff Delay

Asian equities rose with the Mexican peso and Canadian dollar Tuesday after Donald Trump said he would delay the imposition of stiff tariffs on...

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Qantas Launches Massive International Sale With 400,000 Discounted Seats

Qantas is launching its largest international sale in the past year, offering 400,000 discounted seats across its global network starting Feb. 5....

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Vidhya Ck

Netanyahu To Meet Trump As Israel, Hamas Eye Gaza Truce Talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet President Donald Trump on Tuesday, as Israel and Hamas say they are ready for negotiations...

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Danny Kemp

Where Things Stand In China-US Trade Tensions

China has made good on its threats to retaliate in the escalating trade war with the United States, imposing tariffs on American imports of energy,...

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Oliver Hotham

Why Is Coles Streamlining Its Shelves? Reason Behind Supermarket Giant's Decision To Cut 10% Of Products

Australian grocery giant Coles is all set to remove at least 10% of its products in an effort to make shopping simpler for customers. Coles'...

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Sana Khan

Eyeing Trump And Putin, EU, UK, NATO Leaders Talk Defence

EU leaders huddle Monday with Britain's prime minister and the head of NATO to discuss efforts to boost Europe's defences faced with an aggressive...

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Max Delany

OpenAI Chief Altman Signs Deal With South Korea's Kakao After DeepSeek Upset

OpenAI chief Sam Altman signed a deal with tech giant Kakao in South Korea on Tuesday as the US firm seeks new alliances after Chinese rival...

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Claire Lee

Democrats Blast Musk As US Aid Agency HQ Shutters

The US government's giant humanitarian agency closed its headquarters to staff Monday amid moves by Elon Musk, the world's richest person and...

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Frankie Taggart

AI Regulation Around The World

Countries and economic blocs around the world are at different stages of regulating artificial intelligence, from a relative "Wild West" in the...

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Tom Barfield With Afp Bureaus

How China Could Respond To Trump's New Tariffs

From retaliatory tariffs on US goods like car parts and soy beans to controls on raw minerals essential for American manufacturing -- analysts say...

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Oliver Hotham

'Around 10' Dead, Including Gunman, In Sweden's Worst Mass Shooting

Around 10 people were killed on Tuesday in a shooting at an education centre in Sweden, including the suspected gunman, with the Swedish prime...

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Nioucha Zakavati

'Breaks A Little Part Of You Every Day': Texas Man On Death Row

Steven Nelson has spent more than a dozen years on Death Row in Texas and is to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the murder of a...

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Cecile Clocheret And Francois Picard

UBS Profit Beats Forecast As Credit Suisse Merger Nears End

Swiss banking giant UBS said it remained on track to substantially wrap up its mega-merger with Credit Suisse by the end of 2026, after once again...

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Nathalie Olof-Ors With Robin Millard In Geneva

At Least 56 Killed As Fighting Grips Greater Khartoum

Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum on Saturday, according to a medical source and Sudanese...

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Afp News

Mexican Farmers, Auto-parts Makers Urge Dialogue With US

Mexican agricultural and auto-parts producers called Sunday for "dialogue" to head off the trade war prompted by US President Donald Trump's...

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Afp News

EU Leaders Vow To Hit Back If Trump Triggers Trade War

EU leaders meeting in Brussels Monday warned there would be no winners in a trade war with the United States, insisting they would hit back if...

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Afp News

WHO Chief Counters Trump Criticisms Behind US Pullout

The World Health Organization's chief hit back Monday at US President Donald Trump's reasons for pulling the United States out of the WHO -- and...

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Afp News

Russian Attacks On Ukraine Kill 15

Russia fired dozens of missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight and early Saturday, killing 15 people, Kyiv said. Ukraine and Russia also traded...

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Afp News

East Ukrainian Crime Boss Killed In Moscow Blast: Russian Media

An east Ukrainian crime boss and separatist wanted by Kyiv was killed with one other person in a blast at a luxury residential complex in Moscow on...

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Afp News

Cryptocurrency Market Tanks As Bitcoin Hits 3-Week Low Amid Trump's Tariff Annoucements

The cryptocurrency market experienced a sharp decline with Bitcoin hitting a three-week low and Ether falling to its lowest value since September,...

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Vidhya Ck

Georgia Police Arrest Two Opposition Leaders At Protest

Georgian police arrested two opposition leaders during a street protest against the ruling party on Sunday, a moved quickly denounced by the...

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Irakli Metreveli

Israeli Prime Minister In Washington For Gaza Ceasefire Talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to begin talks Monday on brokering a second phase of the ceasefire with Hamas, his office...

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Mohammad Ateeq With Callum Paton In Jerusalem

'Life's Ruined': UK Town Broken By Grooming Gangs Wants Answers

Once famed as an industrial powerhouse that produced some of the world's finest steel, Rotherham is now known as the epicentre of the UK grooming...

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James Pheby

Grammys Red Carpet: All The Drama, All The Hotness

Music's brightest stars on Sunday rocked the red carpet at the Grammy Awards, bringing some high drama, serious style -- and, as ever, lots of...

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Robyn Beck

Trump Says Tariff 'Pain' Will Be 'Worth The Price'

President Donald Trump said Sunday that Americans may feel economic "pain" from his tariffs on key trading partners, but argued it would be "worth...

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Aurelia End With Daniel Stublen In Washington

French PM Moves To Force Budget Through Divided Parliament

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Monday moved to force through France's budget without a vote but looked certain to keep his job -- for now --...

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Stephanie Lerouge

How China Allegedly Contributes To The Deadly Fentanyl Crisis

US President Donald Trump has slapped new tariffs on Chinese goods, partly in response to Beijing's alleged role in a deadly opioid epidemic in the...

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Peter Catterall

Two Years On, Construction Jungle Emerges From Antioch's Quake-hit Ruins

Whenever Sema Genc enters a room, the first place she looks is the ceiling: would it hold up in an earthquake, or would she be trapped under the...

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Hazel Ward

Rubio Lays Down Ultimatum To Panama Over Canal

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday threatened action against Panama without immediate changes to reduce Chinese influence on the canal,...

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Shaun Tandon And Maria Isabel Sanchez

Adore Beauty's First Physical Store Opens In Melbourne, Welcomes Shoppers After 25 Years Online

Popular online retailer Adore Beauty opened its first physical store in Melbourne on Saturday, leading to a massive crowd of eager shoppers waiting...

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Sana Khan

Trump Pauses Mexico Tariffs As Last-ditch Canada Talks Continue

US President Donald Trump paused tariffs on Mexico for one month after last-minute talks Monday -- but there was no breakthrough yet in...

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Danny Kemp With Daniel Rook In Mexico City

Rising Floodwaters Force Evacuations In Eastern Australia

Fast-moving floodwaters rose Monday in northeastern Australia after forcing many to flee, blacking out homes, and sweeping away a chunk of a...

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Laura Chung

Mavs Boss Defends Doncic-Davis Deal As Trade Stuns NBA

Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison defended the jaw-dropping trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for...

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Rob Woollard

Eurozone Inflation Edges Up In January To 2.5%

Eurozone inflation ticked up slightly in January to 2.5 percent, edging higher for a fourth consecutive month driven by energy price increases,...

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Afp News

Stock Markets Sink, Dollar Rallies As Trump Imposes Tariffs

Stock markets slumped, the dollar rallied and oil prices rose Monday as US President Donald Trump eyed more tariffs after launching trade wars with...

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Afp News

OpenAI Announces New 'Deep Research' Tool For ChatGPT

US tech giant OpenAI on Monday unveiled a ChatGPT tool called "deep research" that can produce detailed reports, as China's DeepSeek chatbot heats...

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Hiroshi Hiyama And Katie Forster

At Least 160,000 Rally In Berlin Against Far Right

Demonstrators descended on Berlin Sunday to protest the norm-shattering overtures by Germany's conservatives towards the far right as the country...

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Sophie Makris With Lea Pernelle In Frankfurt

For World's Poorest, Fears For Long-term Setbacks After Trump Aid Cut

In Uganda, millions of schoolchildren have benefitted from a universal education program backed by the United States. In South Sudan, US assistance...

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