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China making youth unemployment a 'top priority'
China making youth unemployment a 'top priority'
by  AFP

At a job fair for soon-to-be graduates in central Shanghai, recruiters sat bored under washed-out tarpaulins as rain and an apparent lack of interest kept potential young employees away.

Geneva auto show closes shop after 119 years
Geneva auto show closes shop after 119 years
by  AFP

The more than century-old Geneva International Motor Show will be cancelled for good following waning interest from automakers in what was once an unmissable industry event, organisers said Friday. The next Geneva International Motor Show Qatar will take place in Doha in November 2025. noo/clc/lth/ach

Giant lithium partnership created in Chile
Giant lithium partnership created in Chile
by  AFP

Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco signed a deal Friday with SQM to nearly double the private mining firm’s current extraction of lithium, a key mineral for the global switch to cleaner energy. Chile's leftist President Gabriel Boric came to office with plans to create a national lithium company similar to state-owned Codelco, formed in the 1970s out of nationalized mining firms.

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