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  • A DIAMOND NECKLACE ON DISPLAYRetail

    Cartier owner Richemont shines with better-than-expected sales as poor China demand offset by rest of the world

    By Prarthana Prakash and AFP
  • French founder of artificial intelligence start-up Mistral AI, Arthur Mensch poses during a photo session at the Mistral headquarters in Paris, on January 15, 2025. AFP (Agence France-Presse) and Mistral have signed an agreement that allows the conversational robot of the French start-up that aims to become Europe’s leading AI player to use the agency’s news dispatches to answer its users’ queries, they announced on January 16, 2025. (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Does Mistral—the French AI underdog—have what it takes to take on U.S. giants?

    By Daxia Rojas and AFP
  • dpatop – 15 January 2025, Berlin: Stefan Hauf, Head of the “National Income, Sector Accounts, Employment” Group (l-r) , Ruth Brand, President of the Federal Statistical Office and Federal Returning Officer, Florian Burg, Press Spokesman of the Federal Statistical Office, Michael Kuhn, Head of the “Domestic Product, Input-Output Accounting” Group and Peter Kuntze, Head of the “Origin of Domestic Product” Unit, take part in a press conference on the development of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024. Photo: Hannes P. Albert/dpa (Photo by Hannes P Albert/picture alliance via Getty Images)Finance

    Germany’s economic engine misfires again, fueling election uncertainty

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  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses, devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Meta tells Brazil it will keep fact-checking outside of the U.S. for now

    By Juan Sebastian Serrano and AFP
  • WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 12: Rehearsals for the inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Inauguration is set to be held in eight days on January 20, 2025 where US President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)Politics

    Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk will attend Trump inauguration

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  • Matthias Voelkel, CEO of Boerse Stuttgart Group, poses for a picture at the Stuttgart Stock Exchange in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on December 2, 2024. As Donald Trump’s 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. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Stuttgart stock exchange banking on Trump-fueled crypto boom in Germany

    By Jean-Philippe Lacour and AFP
  • BEIJING, CHINA – JANUARY 11: British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves listens during the 11th China-UK Economic And Financial Dialogue on January 11, 2025 in Beijing, China. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is the most senior British official to visit China since former Prime Minister Theresa May seven years ago. (Photo by Aaron Favila – Pool/Getty Images)Politics

    Sterling rises after U.K. inflation unexpectedly fell in December, easing some pressure on Chancellor Reeves

    By Ben Perry and AFP
  • Crowds of tourists.Lifestyle

    Replica landmarks and tourist taxes: How visitor hotspots are fighting back against overtourism

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  • Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida and US secretary of state nominee for US President-elect Donald Trump, during a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, not pictured, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. The fate of Donald Trump’s nominees will come down to a handful of Republicans, a number of whom have a history of breaking with the party or clashes with Donald Trump, Lillianna Byington reports. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Marco Rubio, Secretary of State nominee, to argue that China ‘cheated’ and ‘hacked’ its way to ‘global superpower status’ at hearing

    By Shaun Tandon and AFP
  • Police officers stand at the barricade with supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as authorities try to detain him near his residence in Seoul on January 15, 2025. Yoon was arrested on January 15 over his failed martial law bid, after hundreds of anti-graft investigators and police raided his residence to end a weeks-long standoff. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    South Korean police finally arrest impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law fiasco

    By Claire Lee and AFP
  • Vice President and Managing Director for Google in the United Kingdom Debbie Weinstein smiles on the second day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    U.K. regulator says Google has ‘strategic market status’ and launches probe into search dominance

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  • Emma Walmsley, chief executive officer of GlaxoSmithKline speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York City on September 24, 2024. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz / AFP) (Photo by LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images)Retail

    British pharma giant GSK to acquire U.S. drug developer IDRx in $1.15 billion deal

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  • In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with Russia’s energy giant Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller as they visit the Lakhta Centre skyscraper, the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom in Saint Petersburg on June 5, 2024. (Photo by ALEXANDRE ZHOLOBOV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDRE ZHOLOBOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Retail

    Gazprom—once a major source of revenue for Russia—considers cutting 40% of HQ staff as war takes its toll

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  • NEWPORT NEWS, VA – APRIL 8: In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is seen underway on its own power for the first time on April 8, 2017 in Newport News, Virginia. The first-of-class ship — the first new U.S. aircraft carrier design in 40 years — will spend several days conducting builder’s sea trials, a comprehensive test of many of the ship’s key systems and technologies. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)Politics

    Future aircraft carriers will be named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush

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  • CALIFORNIA, USA – JANUARY 10: A view of burned houses at Malibu Beach that burned during Palisades wildfire in Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, United States on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)Environment

    Former child reality show star killed in Los Angeles wildfires as water runs out

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