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South America summit hopes to seal 'historic' trade deal with EU
Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay are hoping to announce a blockbuster trade deal with the European Union at a regional summit Friday after a push by Brussels to get the long-delayed accord over the line. The European Commission, however, has not announced any plans for its chief, Ursula Von der Leyen, to travel to the summit.
Trump taps Peter Navarro as trade, manufacturing counselor
US President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his former White House trade advisor Peter Navarro -- who went to prison for contempt of Congress -- would return as senior counselor for trade and manufacturing. The president-elect added that Navarro's "mission will be to help successfully advance and communicate the Trump Manufacturing, Tariff, and Trade Agendas."
Top US executive shot dead in New York City: media
The chief executive of one of the United States's largest health insurance companies, UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed outside a New York Hilton hotel in an apparently targeted hit Wednesday, US media reported.
GM announces more than $5 bn hit to earnings in China venture
General Motors announced Wednesday it will book more than $5 billion in losses and write-downs due to the restructuring of its China joint-venture.
UK faces trade balancing act with Trump, EU
Donald Trump's presidential election victory is fuelling fears that Britain must choose between its "special relationship" with the United States and forging closer ties with the European Union regarding trade. Prime Minister Keir Starmer insists this is not the case and that Britain can have strong ties with the United States and the EU, its main trading partner despite fallout from Brexit.
UNESCO grants heritage status to Aleppo soap as Syria war flares
The UN's cultural organisation added Aleppo's famous soap to its intangible cultural heritage list Tuesday with Syria's second city again wracked by war.
Ghana's illegal mining boom seeps into presidential election
Dressed in a white singlet with a scarf tied around his head, Frank crouched near a muddy pit, preparing to plunge his hands into the soil in search of gold.
France's Orano says Niger junta controls uranium firm
French nuclear group Orano said Wednesday that authorities in Niger had taken "operational control" of its uranium mining unit, in an escalating spat between the company and the country's military junta.
In Angola, Biden promises to invest differently to China
President Joe Biden will make the case on Wednesday in Angola that the United States must do better rather than more than China to regain influence in Africa.
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