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Twitter: Elon Musk rebrands platform to ‘X’

Elon Musk has replaced Twitter’s blue bird logo with a white X and launched a major rebranding of the social media giant. Musk has said tweets will now be called “x’s.” Social media giant Twitter received a...

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Morocco and Western Sahara: A new conflict brewing?

With Israel recognizing Western Sahara as part of the Moroccan kingdom and a contentious fishing agreement between Morocco and the EU expiring, tensions are intensifying between the Polisario Front, Morocco and Algeria. Characterized by vast...

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EU summit with Latin America: What’s at stake?

EU, Latin American and Caribbean leaders are meeting for the first time in eight years. Free trade and climate change are on EU-CELAC summit agenda. The two-day EU-CELAC summit on July 17 and 18 in Brussels...

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African exchange rate: Sliding currencies stoke inflation

African currencies have lost ground against the US dollar this year, further driving inflation in the import-reliant region. Depleting dollar reserves have left policymakers with limited options to arrest the decline. Sub-Saharan African currencies are...

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Why the EU-New Zealand free trade deal is important

Brussels says the bloc’s trade with New Zealand could now grow by 80%. In a first for an EU trade pact, there is a section that commits both sides to targets to tackle climate change....

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Elon Musk tweets false climate claim

The world’s richest man has made public statements that deny basic science about the role of agriculture in heating the planet, say experts. Elon Musk, the wealthy owner of Twitter, has falsely claimed that farming has...

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Will IMF deal end Pakistan’s economic misery?

The agreement should be viewed as a stopgap measure that gives Pakistan time and some resources needed to pull its economy back from the verge of default, say experts. Irfan Ali, a 22-year-old resident of...

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WEF in China: Separating business from politics?

The World Economic Forum’s (wef) summer meeting is bringing together decision-makers in Tianjin, China. Alongside topics like AI and biotech, the conversation has focused on whether business can ignore political tensions. On the way from...

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Turkey’s central bank hikes interest rates sharply

Turkey has increased its base interest rates by a whopping 6.5%, the clearest indication yet that the unconventional economic policy dubbed “Erdonomics” might be history now in Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s new government. Turkey’s central bank delivered...

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China and Germany: A balancing act

The latest round of high-level government consultations in Berlin were friendly in tone but tough in substance. Germany needs China, but also wants to minimize its dependency. Chinese Premier Li Qiang came to Berlin with ten...

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AI: Are stock markets ready for it?

Some fear automated stock trading done by computers will fall victim to fake images generated with artificial intelligence (AI). But experts say algorithmic trading could actually be the key to market stability. On one Monday...

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OECD forecasts ‘long road’ for global economic recovery

Economic experts have slightly raised their expectations for global economic recovery based on fresh economic data. The Paris-based organization foresaw economic expansion of 2.7%, up from 2.6% in its last report in March. Despite the improvement,...