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How China's economy remains vibrant despite U.S. tariff war
CGTN
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Editor's note: CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offering a Chinese perspective on the latest global events. With Chinese Vice Premier He...
European shares settle lower as investors gauge mixed earnings, EU-US trade progress
Business Recorder
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July 25, 2025
European shares closed lower on Friday, as investors assessed mixed corporate earnings while awaiting updates on a framework of an EU-U.S. trade deal that officials said could be reached as early as this weekend. Investors navigated the peaks and...
Rethinking journalism: How should newsrooms embrace the creator economy?
World Association of News Publishers
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July 25, 2025
When, last December, the Knight Centre for Journalism in the Americas rolled out a course for digital content creators and journalists, How to Be a Trusted Voice Online, it drew a record 9,000+ participants from 172 countries. The overwhelming...
EU sanctions against Russia could push down global growth rates — speaker
TASS
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July 24, 2025
MOSCOW, July 24. /TASS/. The European Union's latest sanctions against Russia will hurt not only Europe itself, but may also deal a serious blow to the global economy, Valentina Matviyenko, the Speaker of the Federation Council, the upper house of...
Governor pledges peaceful, business-friendly environment as Plateau woos foreign investors
Eagle Online
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July 25, 2025
Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has restated his administration’s commitment to fostering an environment where businesses can thrive, pledging to make the state one of Nigeria’s most peaceful and investment-friendly destinations. The...
President Xi Jinping calls on China, EU to provide more stability, certainty for world
Pakistan Today
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July 25, 2025
BEIJING: Fifty years ago, China-Europe trade was a trickle. Now, as the two sides mark half a century of ties, a single day’s trade equals what they exchanged in the entire year when relations were first established. Noting that this year marks...
Venezuela, Chevron, and the Licenses: Economic Opening or Political Control Strategy?
teleSUR
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July 25, 2025
Since the death of President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela has gone through one of the most complex periods in its recent history. The combination of an economic crisis and unprecedented external pressures has shaped the country’s trajectory. In 2014,...
Trump’s $550 billion deal with Japan might not be a sure thing
The Columbian - Washington State
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is bragging that Japan has given him, as part of a new trade framework, $550 billion to invest in the United States. It’s an astonishing figure, but still subject to negotiation and perhaps not the sure thing...
‘India-UK FTA Finalised 10 Days Ago’: High Commissioner Doraiswami Reveals Inside Story | Exclusive
News18
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July 25, 2025
Last Updated:July 25, 2025, 20:04 IST From how UK PM was to visit India for signing, but PM Modi visited UK instead, to why Chequers matters, Vikram Doraiswami, Indian High Commissioner to UK, shares exclusive details (From left) Vikram...
EIB supporting Greek foodtech innovator
Kathimerini
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ECONOMY [STIQ] The European Investment Bank is committing 20 million euros to STIQ, a fast-growing Greek foodtech company pioneering AI-powered cloud kitchen technology, it announced on Friday. The financing, backed by the InvestEU program, will...
Breaking Barriers: Chef Mariya Un Noun’s journey from survival to building a kitchen where everyone belongs
Human Resources Online
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From a childhood shaped by poverty and perseverance to leading the kitchen at Smiling Gecko Farmhouse Resort & Spa, Mariya Un Noun is redefining what leadership, inclusion, and purpose can look like in Cambodia’s culinary scene. Feature by Priya...
EU-China ties hit ‘inflection point’ amid tense summit
BusinessLIVE
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Xi earlier told Von der Leyen and European Council president Antonio Costa that the challenges facing Europe do not come from China, urging the bloc to “properly handle differences and frictions.” “It is hoped that the European side will keep the...
Roundtable: What the latest UN Finance for Development summit means for the world
Dialogo Chino
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July 25, 2025
From 30 June to 3 July, representatives from governments across the world met in Seville, Spain, for the Fourth Financing for Development (FfD4) summit. This UN event, last held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a decade ago, is designed to be a forum for...
EU press for more balanced relationship at scaled-back EU-China summit in Beijing
Euronews
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July 24, 2025
European leaders were pushing for rebalancing trade at the EU-China summit with President Xi Jinping on Thursday. Focusing their opening remarks on trade, they called for concrete progress to address Europe's yawning trade deficit with China. "As...
UN To Suspend Food Aid In North-East Nigeria Amid Funding Crisis
Sahara Reporters
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The United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) has run out of food and nutrition supplies in Nigeria’s northeast and says it will suspend emergency aid for 1.3 million people at the end of July 2025. A Wednesday statement by the UN said the...
Kenneth Washington, Last Surviving ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ Cast Member, Dies at 89
Breitbart
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July 25, 2025
Kenneth Washington, widely applauded for his starring role on CBS’s classic 1960s sitcom Hogan’s Heroes, has died. He was 89. Born on October 19, 1935, the actor who would go on to play radio expert Sgt. Baker replacing Ivan Dixon and his...
UN calls for urgent, coordinated action to launch recovery efforts in Lebanon
Times of Oman
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New York: The United Nations on Thursday called for urgent and coordinated action to launch recovery efforts in Lebanon, warning that the country's protracted crisis is worsening under the combined impact of war and other compounding shocks. In a...
In Washington state, concealed carry gun permits have spiked
102.7 KORD - Washington
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July 25, 2025
With special gun legislation rolling through the State legislature over the last couple of years, many gun retailers had been advertising that they were going to go out of the gun selling business, now they have changed their minds (at least in...
EU-US trade talks near 15% tariff deal, Brussels remains ready to retaliate
Euronews
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July 23, 2025
Published on 23/07/2025 - 18:58 GMT+2 •Updated 24/07/2025 - 9:44 GMT+2 The European Commission is preparing member states for the possibility of resorting to anti-coercion measures in the tariff dispute between the EU and the US, two diplomatic...
EU-US trade deals buoy stocks while Tesla plummets
Leader Publications - Missouri
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Stock markets mostly bumped upwards Thursday as hopes grew that the European Union could strike a trade deal with the United States, while Tesla shares nosedived on poor earnings results. Investors have profited in recent weeks from wagers that...