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NewsAFP NewsTop Thai protest leader jailed on royal insult charges
A Thai court on Tuesday jailed one of the leading figures in the kingdom's youth-led pro-democracy protest movement for four years on royal insult charges.Anon Numpa, a 39-year-old human rights lawyer and activist, was convicted on Tuesday at Bangkok Criminal Court over a speech he made during the protests in 2020.
NewsAFP NewsSlovakia's Fico, populist ex-premier with penchant for Putin
Slovak ex-premier Robert Fico, whose Smer-SD party is tipped to win the snap election on Saturday, is a former Communist Party member who may sway his country's foreign policy in favour of the Kremlin.- Red roses - Smer went on to win the 2016 election, but that stint as premier ended two years later following the murders of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, who were found shot dead.
BusinessReutersChina's e-commerce discount race to the bottom puts incumbents under pressure
Discount e-commerce is set to dominate globally during the critical upcoming holiday shopping season in the West and Singles’ Day in China, analysts said. Platforms in China, the world’s largest e-commerce market, have recently described a “value-for-money battle” stoked by economic insecurity and a slower-than-expected retail recovery following the lifting of COVID-19 curbs late last year. In much of the rest of the world, meanwhile, from Southeast Asia to North America and Europe, consumers are in the thrall of fast-growing platforms, like PDD Holdings' Temu and Bytedance-owned TikTok Shop, which ship cheap goods from China at a time when cost-of-living is front of mind for many.
NewsAFP NewsEU trade chief warns China data laws could have 'unintended consequences'
The EU trade commissioner warned Tuesday that Chinese regulations governing the transfer of data out of the country, including a revised anti-espionage law, could have "unintended consequences".Asked by AFP if he had specifically discussed a recently revised law dramatically expanding China's definition of espionage, Dombrovskis said it had been raised in the context of discussions around "broader data transfers and data-related remarks".
NewsAFP NewsRiver rescues and barbed wire: a day at the US-Mexico border
The sun had barely risen above Eagle Pass, Texas, when the migrants wading across the Rio Grande from Mexico had a crisis on their hands.Greeting them on the US side of the Rio Grande was an inextricable tangle of concertina wire, which Texas authorities reinforce daily.
BusinessReutersIndian stocks flat as global rate fears trigger foreign outflows
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian benchmark indexes were muted on Tuesday as some domestic buying helped limit losses from a relentless selling by foreign funds over fears that global interest rates will stay higher for longer. The Nifty 50 was mostly flat at 19,687 points as of 10:26 a.m. IST, while the S&P BSE Sensex was also unchanged at 66,022 points. Both the benchmarks have fallen about 2.5% in the past one week after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled last week that it was likely not done rising rates.
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NewsAFP NewsSudan's vital date industry struggles in war-decimated economy
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PoliticsHuffPostPelosi Says It Would Be A ‘Good Idea’ If Menendez Resigned
Menendez has insisted he will be "exonerated and continue to be the senior senator from New Jersey."
NewsAFP NewsSpain's Feijoo faces key vote without support to be PM
Lawmakers on Tuesday begin debating Alberto Nunez-Feijoo's bid to become Spain's next prime minister a day before an inauguration vote the right-wing opposition leader is almost certain to lose.If his bid fails, it will pave the way for outgoing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to try his hand at an inauguration vote, which he believes he can pass with support from a hardline Catalan separatist party cast in the role of kingmaker.
BusinessAFP NewsAsian markets on back foot on growing US rate, China worries
Markets fell further Tuesday as investors grew increasingly fearful about another possible US interest rate hike and the prospect they will be kept elevated for some time to combat persistent inflation.A recent surge in oil prices in recent months has fanned fears that central banks' attempts to bring inflation down could be thrown off track after more than a year of tightening.
NewsHuffPostJurors Will Remain Secret In Trump’s Georgia Trial Amid Safety Concerns, Judge Rules
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PoliticsAFP NewsBiden, Trump in dueling US auto strike trips
US President Joe Biden will join the picket line with striking auto workers on a historic trip to Michigan Tuesday, putting him on a collision course with likely 2024 election rival Donald Trump who visits a day later.She insisted Biden's visit to the picket line in Wayne County, Michigan, was "absolutely not" influenced by Trump's planned trip to the state the following day.
NewsAFP NewsMaduro says ready to meet with Guyana leader on border dispute
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called Monday for direct talks with his Guyanese counterpart to resolve mounting tensions between the two South American neighbors over a disputed border region rich in oil.In remarks directed to Guyanese President Irfaan Ali, Maduro said: "I am ready to meet with you very quickly, at the location of our choice in the Caribbean... to resume peace negotiations and put an end to these threats."
NewsReutersMexico eyes US energy exports from solar farm, chip supply chain role
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Mexico's northern state of Sonora wants to export clean energy to California and Arizona from a massive new solar farm project and play a role in the chip supply chain given TSMC's $40 billion investment in Arizona, Sonora's governor said. The first phase of the Puerto Penasco solar plant in the sprawling border state, which boasts some of the highest temperatures in the country, was inaugurated in February as part of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's flagship solar push, which officials have said could boast four additional plants.
NewsAFP NewsHundreds of Sikh Canadians protest against India
Hundreds of Sikh protesters rallied outside Indian diplomatic missions in Canada on Monday, trampling pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and burning flags a week after Ottawa said New Delhi had played a role in the killing of a prominent Sikh activist.Last Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told parliament that New Delhi was possibly involved in the assassination of the Sikh leader, triggering a major diplomatic crisis between the two nations.
PoliticsHuffPostRNC Debate Stage Shrinks To 7 Candidates, With Trump Still Not Participating
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PoliticsHuffPost2 More Democratic Senators Call For Bob Menendez To Resign
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NewsHuffPostCop Allegedly Forced Ex-Girlfriend Into Psychiatric Facility With Claim She Was Suicidal
Pennsylvania officials said Ronald Davis, who has been charged, used “the system to locate, control and assault the victim, rather than to protect her from self-harm.”
NewsHuffPostCrew Members At The Center Of Montgomery Riverfront Brawl Speak Out
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BusinessAFP NewsUS stocks end losing streak as Europe, Asia fall
US stocks snapped a four-day losing streak to end higher Monday, while European and Asian markets fell on fresh concerns about the embattled Chinese property market. Briefing.com pointed to investor sentiment "that the market is due for a bounce" after all three major indices fell the last four days.
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NewsHuffPostIf India Did Assassinate A Sikh Activist, As Canada Alleges, Should Others Worry?
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NewsHuffPostFBI Predicted Extremists Were 'Very Willing To Take Action' Over 2020 Election
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