By AFP/Alex PIGMANTikTok restored service in the United States Sunday after briefly going dark, as a law banning the wildly popular app on national security grounds came into effect.The video-sharing platform credited President-elect Donald Trump, wh...

By AFP/Boureima HamaAt a Niamey market, mother of five Rakia Abdou haggles hard for a sack of rice, a staple out of reach for many in Niger due to record inflation."The prices of local food are falling but those for imported products are still high,"...

By AFP/Ulrike KOLTERMANNFrench researchers have developed an application to help users migrate their whole online community from Elon Musk's X to rival social platforms such as Bluesky or Mastodon.The developers are betting on a campaign urging users...

By AFP/Mary YANGConsumers pinching pennies, businesses seeing fewer customers, and a pervading sense that the economy just isn't bouncing back -- the mood was grim in Beijing as China posted some of its lowest growth in decades.Government data on Fri...

By AFP/Daniel AVISGlobal growth is expected to increase slightly this year while remaining stuck below its pre-pandemic average, the IMF said Friday, flagging the growing economic divide between the United States and European countries.In an update t...

By AFP/Romain FONSEGRIVESOn one side of the street lie the ashes of ruined houses, lost to the huge blazes that defeated Los Angeles firefighters when hydrants ran dry.On the other side, a small village of shops is still intact, watched over by tanke...

By AFP/Maggy DONALDSONTikTok has dramatically changed music discovery and marketing -- a reliance the looming US ban on the popular app has underscored as the music world braces for an unknown future.That the short-form video-sharing app might shut d...

By AFPGlobal growth should remain stable this year and next, but at recent historic lows, the World Bank said Thursday, expressing particular concern about growth in developing countries.Growth should hit 2.7 percent in 2025 and 2026, in line with th...

By AFPNuclear-powered electricity generation is set to hit a record level in 2025, accounting for nearly 10 percent of global production, the International Energy Agency forecast on Thursday.The leading energy monitor said in a report that 70 gigawat...

By UN NewsGeopolitical tensions, the rising costs of climate change and unresolved debt issues are putting labour markets under pressure, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) published on Thursday.The newly relea...

By AFP/Jean-Philippe LACOURAs Donald Trump's looming return to the White House promises to boost cryptocurrencies, a German stock exchange is on a mission to anchor them firmly in the staid world of traditional finance.Boerse Stuttgart group CEO Matt...

By AFPElectric car sales rose by 25 percent globally last year, surging in China but slowing in Europe, according to figures published Tuesday by the British consultancy Rho Motion.A record 17.1 million battery electric vehicles (excluding plug-in hy...