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  • BusinessAFP News

    Asia, Europe track Wall St stock losses as US jobs market softens

    Asian stocks sank Thursday, extending a rollercoaster week across world markets as investors jockey for position ahead of key US jobs data and oil struggled to bounce back after hitting a five-month low.After a November rally built on optimism that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next year, markets have pulled back this month on concerns the buying may have been overdone.

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    EU tells China 'differences' must be addressed

    EU President Ursula von der Leyen told Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday that the bloc and its biggest trading partner must address their differences, in the first in-person EU-China summit in over four years.In opening remarks, von der Leyen, flanked by European Council President Charles Michel and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, told Xi "there are clear imbalances and differences that we must address".

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    What We Learned — And Wished We Learned — From The Last GOP Debate

    This debate, just weeks before the Iowa caucuses, didn't reflect much progress in the presidential field from the first time we did this.

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    China says exports rise for first time in seven months

    Chinese exports rose in November for the first time in seven months, officials said Thursday, as the country navigates a troubled recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.Officials have struggled to sustain a recovery from the impact of the pandemic, even after removing draconian containment measures at the end of 2022.

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    A Likely Co-Conspirator In Trump’s Georgia Case Got To Ask A Question At GOP Debate

    Tom Fitton, head of the right-wing group Judicial Watch, asked the presidential rivals about election security at the Alabama event ditched by Trump.

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    Ron DeSantis Still Can't Defend His Record On Health Care

    The Florida governor doesn't know how to explain why his state's uninsured rate is so high — or why voters should trust him on health care.

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    Three killed in Las Vegas university shooting

    Three people were killed and another seriously injured by a gunman who was shot dead by police at a US university on Wednesday.Las Vegas was the scene of one of America's deadliest-ever mass shootings, when a gunman opened fire on a crowded music festival in 2017, killing 60 people.

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