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By AFPFrench prosecutors have ordered an inquiry into allegations that Chad's president embezzled public funds to splurge on luxury clothing from Paris, a source close to the case said Tuesday.Investigators have been looking into "the clothing expens...
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By AFP/Nina LarsonThe number of international patent filings for innovations using cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence have surged eightfold in six years, the UN said Wednesday, the majority from China-based innovators.A total of 54,000 p...
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By AFPThe Acropolis in Athens, one of the world's most visited ancient monuments, has begun offering private visits for 5,000 euros ($5,400), setting off protests from the site's guards.According to the official website of the culture ministry unit t...
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By AFP/Joseph BoyleGoogle made major changes to its search algorithm and spam filters earlier this year to get rid of low-quality content -- but the effects have proved devastating to some smaller websites.Online businesses have been left considering...
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By AFP/Raziye AkkocThe EU accused Facebook owner Meta on Monday of breaching the bloc's digital rules, paving the way for potential fines worth billions of euros.The charges against the US tech titan follow a finding last week against Apple that mark...
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By AFP/John BiersNippon Steel's proposed acquisition of United States Steel has been a source of unease in Pittsburgh, where the metal once dominated the economy and still looms large in the collective psyche.Critics such as the United Steelworkers (...
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By AFPThe EU on Friday demanded wildly popular shopping platforms Shein and Temu explain what action they are taking to protect consumers, including children.The query was made under the EU's breakthrough law known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) t...
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By AFP/Ali Bekhtaoui and Fanny CarrierGlobal anti-money laundering watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said Friday it had added Monaco to a "grey list" of countries subject to increased monitoring.The action comes despite Monaco having al...
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By AFPThe US Supreme Court on Thursday said a tribunal system used by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall Street's government watchdog and rule enforcer, was unconstitutional in a major victory for pro-business conservatives.In a 6-3 vote, t...
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By AFPMonths into the closure of Tunisia's main border crossing with Libya, a haven for smugglers, shops are shuttered and unemployment has soared in the already-marginalised desert region, merchants say.Ras Jedir, in Tunisia's south, is a major hub...
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By AFP/Bruno KalouazIn the shade of an almond tree, Zubayda Pardayeva began the age-old and barely profitable process of turning cocoons into silk that Uzbekistan wants to overhaul.With her expert fingers honed by 40 years of labour, Pardayeva delica...
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By AFPThe failure of rich countries to tax the world's billionaires has made it necessary to introduce a global minimum tax rate on the world's richest, argued a G20-commissioned report published on Tuesday.The idea of a global tax on the richest is...
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