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Woman having facial injections and medical equipment of skin care.

Once Europe’s North Korea—Albania is now a rising star of the region’s medical tourism industry

By Briseida Mema and AFP

Shell CEO Wael Sawan speaks at the panel discussion during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference held at ADNEC Exhibition Center on October 2, 2023. (Photo by Ryan LIM / AFP) (Photo by RYAN LIM/AFP via Getty Images)

Shell blames lower oil prices, weaker margins and ‘accounting mismatch’ for slump in third-quarter profits

By AFP

VOVCHANSK, UKRAINE – JUNE 9: Ukrainian soldiers with the 57th Motorized Brigade operate at an artillery position on June 9, 2024 near Vovchansk, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine. Russian forces have been pressuring Ukrainian forces for weeks around the Kharkiv region. (Photo by Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images)

How Russia wiped this Ukrainian city ‘off the face of the Earth’

By Boris Bachorz and AFP

A Samsung flag flutters outside the company’s Seocho building in Seoul on October 8, 2024. Samsung Electronics said on October 8 it expected third-quarter profits to jump almost three-fold, but fell short of market expectations as it struggled to leverage robust demand for chips used in artificial intelligence servers. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

Samsung’s semiconductor division, lagging behind rivals in AI chips, reports a 40% drop in profit from the previous quarter

By AFP

A wide-angle interior view shows the Hello Kitty boutique in the Hot Zone shopping area of the Edo Market Place above the main Departure Hall at Haneda Airport’s new TIAT (Tokyo International Air Terminal), located in Tokyo’s Ota Ward on Tokyo Bay just south of central Tokyo, Japan.

Britain’s King Charles III wishes Hello Kitty a happy birthday as the ‘CEO of supercute’ turns 50

By Katie Forster, Hiroshi Hiyama, and others

Sergio Ermotti, chief executive officer of UBS Group AG, during a Bloomberg Television interview in Zurich, Switzerland, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. UBS Group AG returned to profit after two loss-making quarters, with both wealth management and the investment bank adding to sustained progress in the integration of Credit Suisse after its emergency rescue last year. Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty Images

UBS outshines expectations with $1.4 billion in profit but says macroeconomic outlook appears ‘gloomy’ due to U.S. election and geopolitical conflict

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Emma Walmsley, chief executive officer of GlaxoSmithKline PLC, listens during a meeting with the Coronavirus Task Force and pharmaceutical executives in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. on Monday, March 2, 2020. Executives told President Donald Trump they were making rapid progress on vaccines and antivirals to combat the coronavirus, which has infected about 100 people in the country and killed six. Photographer: Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images

British pharma giant GSK reports a Q3 loss due to Zantac cancer lawsuits—but CEO Emma Walmsley remains optimistic on delivering 2024 guidance

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SHENZHEN, CHINA – MAY 13: Aerial view of BYD vehicles waiting for shipment at a ro-ro terminal of Xiaomo International Logistics Port on May 13, 2024 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

Beijing complains to the WTO about Europe’s new tariffs on Chinese electric cars

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Figures of people interact with mannequins in the Chanel store window on Bond Street on 15th November 2023 in London, United Kingdom. Bond Street is one of the principal streets in the West End shopping district and is very upmarket. It has been a fashionable shopping street since the 18th century. The rich and wealthy shop here mostly for high end fashion and jewellery. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Forget China, fashion empires are facing an even greater risk from ‘luxury fatigue’ according to Chanel exec

By AFP

HOUSTON, TEXAS – MARCH 19: S&P Global Vice Chairman, Daniel Yergin, left, discusses current issues facing the energy industry with BP plc Chief Executive Officer Murray Auchincloss during a panel discussion at CERAWeek by S&P Global Tuesday, March 19, 2024 in Houston. (Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

British oil giant BP profits slump amid decline in oil refining margins

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Volkswagen’s reckoning: Job cuts, factory closures, and a 10% pay slash loom over Germany’s auto icon

By Michelle Fitzpatrick and AFP

The British chef Jamie Oliver cooks at the One Kitchen Culinary School in Hamburg, Germany, 6 December 2017. Oliver also presented his book “5 Ingredients – Quick & Easy Food recipes”. Photo: Axel Heimken/dpa (Photo by Axel Heimken/picture alliance via Getty Images)

£300,000 worth of posh cheddar stolen in the great London cheese heist

By AFP

The Olympus Corp. flag flies outside the company’s Ishikawa research development facility in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, March 14, 2022. The involvement of U.S. hedge fund ValueAct Capital Management in Olympus’s strategy and management is spurring the transformation of the worlds leading maker of endoscopes, Chief Executive Officer Yasuo Takeuchi said, boosting its stock price and profit. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Olympus shares plunge after its CEO resigns over alleged illegal drug purchases

By AFP

TOKYO, JAPAN – OCTOBER 27: Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to the media at the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) headquarters on October 27, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Exit polling suggested that the incumbent LDP would not be able to form a single-party majority government in a snap election called by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. (Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images)

Japan’s scandal-plagued ruling party set to lose majority for first time in 15 years

By AFP

Beating the gelato

Gelato Godfather: Inside the Sicilian ice cream empire built on mafia money

By Victor Le Boisselier, Gael Branchereau, and others