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Nasa has announced the start of a $20 billion programme to build a permanent base on the Moon, describing it as one of the most ambitious engineering efforts in human history and
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France’s minister for Francophonie, Éléonore Caroit, has defended Paris’s continued role in Africa while warning that Russia is actively engaged in manipulation, disinformation and political interference across parts of the continent, according
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Indonesia has begun a sweeping crackdown targeting major palm oil producers over allegations of under-invoicing and transfer pricing in commodity exports, raising pressure on some of the country’s most powerful agribusiness groups.
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China has accumulated more than 30 days’ worth of coal supplies to ensure power stability ahead of an expected summer electricity crunch linked to the El Niño climate pattern. The National Development
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A new phase of artificial intelligence adoption is taking shape inside global businesses, according to a Google report issued today that draws on insights from more than 3,400 executives worldwide alongside internal
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Javier Milei’s government took office in December 2023 with a strong rhetoric about the need to expand freedom. However, rather than expanding it, his economic policy reduces it. Neoliberal policy advocates a
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