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Afghanistan coffers swell as Taliban taxman collects
Afghanistan coffers swell as Taliban taxman collects
by  AFP

A dusty logjam of trucks inches across a rut in the mountains splitting Pakistan and Afghanistan, teeming with a cargo of fruit and coal -- and paying the Taliban authorities for the privilege of passage.

Asian markets fluctuate with nervous eye on US jobs data
Asian markets fluctuate with nervous eye on US jobs data
by  AFP

Asian traders shifted cautiously Thursday ahead of key US jobs data at the end of the week, after Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell warned it could ramp up its pace of interest rate hikes if the economy shows no sign of slowing.

Medical tourism in spotlight after Mexico kidnapping
Medical tourism in spotlight after Mexico kidnapping
by  AFP

As reports swirl around the recent kidnapping in Mexico of four Americans, two of whom were killed, one detail has drawn particular attention -- they had crossed the border for a medical procedure. A 2020 study that surveyed more than 400 people crossing the US–Mexico border found 92 percent cited cost as a key factor in choosing medical tourism.

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