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Nikki Haley and Donald Trump shake hands

Trump says Nikki Haley and Mike Pompeo won’t be asked to return in second administration

By Joshua Melvin and AFP

Trump at podium

Bitcoin tops $80,000 for first time as crypto continues to rally after Trump victory

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BEIJING, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 29: Community security workers place Chinas national flags outside a shop in an historic neighbourhood in preparation for the upcoming National Day on September 29, 2024 in Beijing, China. China will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China on October 1st. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

China unveils massive debt swap to save local governments as it eyes trade fight with Trump

By Peter Catterall, Sam Davies, and others

LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 11: Mike Wooldridge poses with Ai-Da Robot during a photo call for the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures at The Royal Institution on December 11, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images)

Robot artist Ai-Da’s portrait of Alan Turing shatters auction records selling for over $1 million—a first for AI artwork

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Mario Draghi, former president of the European Central Bank (ECB), during a news conference in the Berlaymont building of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Draghi called on the EU to invest as much as 800 billion ($884 billion) extra a year to make the bloc more competitive and to commit to the regular issuance of common bonds to compete with China and the US. Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Trump’s return spurs EU to act—but will European leaders heed Draghi’s €800 billion challenge?

By Raziye Akkoc and AFP

Cartier owner Richemont posts dip in sales due to Chinese luxury downturn

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PARIS, FRANCE – 2024/04/01: Demonstrators seen with a banner that says “Housing for all” during the demonstration against the housing crisis. Thousands of people attended the demonstration for the right to housing in Paris. The movement, organized by the association Droit Au Logement (DAL) or “Right to Housing,” focused on denouncing the planned evictions scheduled to start at the beginning of April. It also demanded a reduction in rents, the requisition of empty houses for rent, accommodation for all inhabitants, and an end to real estate speculation. (Photo by Telmo Pinto/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

France approves anti-Airbnb bill to crack down on the ‘explosive increase’ in tourist rentals

By Arnaud Bouvier, Severine Rouby, and others

The AstraZeneca stand is seen at the Zhejiang Medical Equipment Expo in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on October 31, 2024. The head of multinational pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca’s China arm is under investigation in the country, the firm said. Leon Wang, president of AstraZeneca China, is “cooperating with an ongoing investigation by Chinese authorities”, the company said in a statement on October 30. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

AstraZeneca’s China chief detained in illegal data collection and drug import probe, pharma giant says

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07 November 2024, Berlin: Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) speaks to participants at the Deutsche Telekom AG forum following the break-up of the “traffic light” coalition. Photo: Carsten Koall/dpa (Photo by Carsten Koall/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Germany’s chancellor under pressure to call early no-confidence vote as coalition government collapses

By Femke Colborne and AFP

BEIJING, CHINA – OCTOBER 29: China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during a meeting with Finnish President Alexander Stubb (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People on October 29, 2024 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kazuki Kozaki – Pool/Getty Images)

Xi Jinping tells Trump that U.S. and China must ‘get along’

By Oliver Hotham and AFP

LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 21: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits a NHS Healthcare Facility in East London on October 21, 2024 in London, England. Sir Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting visit a NHS site this morning to mark the launch of the Government’s consultation on the future of the health service. (Photo by Jaimi Joy – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Keir Starmer hopes U.S. special relationship will ‘prosper’, but Britain has many reasons to fear a Trump comeback

By Peter Hutchison and AFP

Makoto Uchida, chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co., speaks during a joint news conference with Honda Motor Co. in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Nissan and Honda agreed to collaborate on software, batteries and other electric vehicle-related technologies to save on costs and better compete in markets such as China, where sales are slumping. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nissan announces 9,000 job cuts and slashes sales forecast as it faces ‘severe situation’

By Hiroshi Hiyama and AFP

WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – NOVEMBER 06: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump look on during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Americans cast their ballots today in the presidential race between Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as multiple state elections that will determine the balance of power in Congress. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

‘She is ours’—Melania Trump’s Slovenian hometown, where wine and slippers are named after her, welcome her return as first lady

By Bojan Kavcic and AFP

LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA – NOVEMBER 03: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Lancaster Airport on November 03, 2024 in Lititz, Pennsylvania. With only two days until the election, Trump is campaigning for re-election on Sunday in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

What Trump’s win could mean for the three-year Russia-Ukraine conflict

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SMITHTON, PENNSYLVANIA – SEPTEMBER 23: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, looks on during a campaign stop to address Pennsylvanians who are concerned about the threat of Communist China to U.S. agriculture at the Smith Family Farm September 23, 2024 in Smithton, Pennsylvania. Trump is campaigning throughout western Pennsylvania today. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

China says it hopes for ‘peaceful coexistence’ with U.S. as Trump clinches win

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