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McDonald's profits hit by weakness in US market
McDonald's profits hit by weakness in US market
by  AFP

Fast food giant McDonald's reported a drop in first-quarter profits Thursday as US traffic from low- and medium-income customers diminished amid economic anxiety in the wake of President Donald Trump's trade wars. Shares of McDonald's fell 1.3 percent in afternoon trading. jmb/aha

US-Ukraine minerals deal: what we know
US-Ukraine minerals deal: what we know
by  AFP

Washington and Kyiv have signed a new minerals deal that will see the United States invest in Ukraine's rare earth and other deposits as it seeks to reduce military aid to the war-torn country. Kyiv says "rare earth metals are known to exist in six deposits" and an investment of $300 million would be needed to develop a deposit at Novopoltavske, which it claimed was one of the world's largest.

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