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The International Maritime Organization, overseer of the highly-polluting shipping industry, sealed a landmark deal Friday to improve its target to cut carbon emissions but green campaigners said it fell far short.

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AIIB says internal review found 'no evidence' of China influence

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Yellen says 'impossible' to decouple China, US economies

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that a decoupling of the US and Chinese economies would be "virtually impossible" and would destabilise global markets, in comments made while on a visit to Beijing packed with talks with officials and businesses.

'No second chance' to save Sri Lanka, central banker warns

The man charged with clawing Sri Lanka out of bankruptcy says he had warned about economic calamity years before it hit -- and was pressed into retirement for his troubles.

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Yellen to discuss US-China ties, global economic outlook in Beijing

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen begins a full day of meetings in Beijing including with Premier Li Qiang on Friday, as Washington seeks to steady the tense relationship between the world's top two economies.

Asian markets fall further as US data fans rate fears

Stocks tumbled again Friday in Asia after another round of strong US data reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve will resume its interest rate hikes as officials wrestle with stubbornly high inflation.

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Tattoos cover up painful pasts for US sex-trafficking victims

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Twitter threatened to sue Meta just hours after the Instagram parent company launched Threads, an app it hopes will beat out the struggling site owned by Elon Musk.

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Threads, Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram-based challenge to dethrone Elon Musk's troubled Twitter, has already secured tens of millions of downloads, but it remains to be seen whether this Twitter rival will be a winning one.

Drills, red wine: Ukrainians ready for leak at Russia-held plant

In the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, couples stroll in a popular park and parents push their children on swings on a hot summer day.

Rome's historic bakery to the popes closes

The Arrigoni bakery has made bread for the popes for almost a century, from rosetta rolls to wholewheat loaves -- but mass tourism has proved deadly and no prayers can save it now.

Stocks sink on higher interest rate fears

Stock markets tumbled on Thursday as investors fretted over the prospect of more US interest-rate hikes and the risk of recession.

US safety regulators demand more records on Tesla Autopilot

US auto safety regulators have demanded additional information about Tesla's Autopilot, threatening civil penalties on the automaker for inadequate response, according to a document request reviewed Thursday by AFP.

Tens of millions sign up to Twitter rival Threads

More than 30 million people have downloaded Threads, Meta's rival to Twitter, within the first few hours of its launch, the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday.

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South Africa's crippling blackouts have shrunk from up to 12 hours a day to just over two hours daily in recent weeks, after inflicting a massive hit on the economy.

TotalEnergies CEO says COP28 chief can press oil nations on climate

The head of French firm TotalEnergies says national oil giants from the Gulf and other nations must pull their weight against global warming, and the Emirati oil executive chairing the COP28 climate summit is right man to press them.

Stocks sink on higher US rate worries

Stock markets sank on Thursday as investors fretted over the prospect of more US interest-rate hikes and the risk to the global economy.

Rise of the robots: UN tries to tackle 'mind-blowing' growth of AI

The mind-blowing growth of artificial intelligence poses many questions that have no answers yet, the United Nations admitted Thursday at its AI summit, attended by some exceptionally life-like humanoid robots.

Record storm cost up to 100 mn euros in damage: Dutch insurers

A record-breaking summer storm that pummelled the Netherlands and Germany, leaving two people dead, has caused as much as 100 million euros ($109 million) in damage, Dutch insures said on Thursday.

Ratcliffe still keen to buy Man Utd as sale process drags on

British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has said he remains focused on completing a takeover of Manchester United as the battle to buy the Red Devils drags on.

17 dead in gas leak at South African slum

At least 17 people, including three children, died in a slum near Johannesburg from a leak of toxic gas apparently used for scavenging gold at an abandoned mine, rescue services said Thursday.

Stock markets slump on higher US rate worries

Major stock markets slumped Thursday, with the biggest falls in Paris and Hong Kong, as investors fretted over the prospect of more US interest rate hikes and the risk to the global economy.

China says critical metals curbs 'not targeting' any country

China's commerce ministry on Thursday said recent curbs on essential chip-making metals were not aimed at any specific country and that they did not represent a "ban on exports".

Rubbish-clearing divers come to rescue of 'pearl of Kyrgyzstan'

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Equities track Wall St losses as traders brace for more Fed hikes

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Twitter rival Threads crosses 10 mn users within hours of launch

More than 10 million people have signed up to Threads, Meta's rival to Twitter, within the first few hours of its launch, the Facebook parent's CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday.

Mountain of strategic metals stranded in DR Congo begins to shift

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