By AFPOpenAI on Monday said it is making ChatGPT-powered internet search available to all users, escalating its threat to Google's dominance.The San Francisco-based tech firm had beefed up its ChatGPT generative AI chatbot with search engine capabili...

By AFP/Marietou BÂIvory Coast's mining industry is booming, driven by foreign investment and the discovery of new deposits, but the country now wants a bigger slice of the pie for its own businesses.Huge deposits of natural resources -- including oil...

By AFPThousands of Amazon workers on Thursday launched what they called the "largest strike against Amazon in US history" seeking to maximize pressure on the retail behemoth at the height of the holiday shopping season.The job action targets seven Am...

By AFPThe number of eurozone consumers who own cryptocurrencies has more than doubled in the past two years, with most using them as an investment, a European Central Bank survey indicated Thursday.Nine percent of those quizzed said they owned crypto...

By AFP/Jules BONNARDTikTok's breakneck rise from niche video-sharing app to global social media behemoth has drawn intense scrutiny, particularly over its links to China.The platform faces accusations of espionage in the United States, while the Euro...

By AFP/Natsuko FUKUECall it an antidote to fast fashion: Japanese jeans hand-dyed with natural indigo and weaved on a clackety vintage loom, then sold at a premium to global denim connoisseurs.Unlike their mass-produced cousins, the tough garments cr...

By AFP/Holmes CHANIn the shadow of the Grand Lisboa, the Macau casino world-famous for its "golden lotus" design, fashion boutique owner Suzanne Leong wonders if the economic miracle that initially made her fortune has now cast her aside.The Chinese...

By AFPThe war in the Palestinian territories is having a catastrophic impact on the local economy, the World Bank said Monday, noting that all sectors have been badly affected by Israel's attacks.Economic output in the Gaza Strip plummeted by 86 perc...

By AFP/Guillaume DAUDINDR Congo on Tuesday filed a criminal case against European subsidiaries of tech giant Apple, accusing them of illegally using "blood minerals" in its supply chain.The Democratic Republic of the Congo alleges that Apple has boug...

By AFPCameroonian President Paul Biya on Monday urged central African states to take "urgent action" to face the region's "concerning" economic climate, in his first public appearance since late October.The 91-year-old strongman, who has been in powe...

By AFPThe Syrian pound has begun to recover against the dollar after president Bashar al-Assad's ouster, moneychangers and traders said Monday as foreign currencies again became available on the local market.On December 7 -- the day before Damascus f...

By UN NewsInternational migrants comprised 4.7 per cent of the labour force in 2022 – an indication of the crucial role they play in the global economy, the UN labour agency ILO said in a report published on Monday.Some 167.7 million migrants were pa...