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Asian markets stutter with focus on China as Trump picks team
Asian markets stutter with focus on China as Trump picks team
by  AFP

Traders struggled Tuesday to bounce back from the previous day's losses in most markets sparked by disappointment over China's economic support measures, while keeping tabs on the United States as president-elect Donald Trump builds his cabinet.

Bees help tackle elephant-human conflict in Kenya
Bees help tackle elephant-human conflict in Kenya
by  AFP

"We used to hate elephants a lot," Kenyan farmer Charity Mwangome says, pausing from her work under the shade of a baobab tree. It is also expensive -- about 150,000 Kenyan shillings ($1,100) to install hives -- well beyond the means of subsistence farmers, though the project organisers say it is still cheaper than electric fences.

Australia moves to keep its banks in the Pacific
Australia moves to keep its banks in the Pacific
by  AFP

Australia will move to stem the exodus of its banks from the Pacific Islands, the country's top economic official said, as concerns mount that China could bolster its influence by filling in the gaps. Australia and China are locked in "a state of permanent contest in the Pacific", Australia's foreign minister said earlier this year.

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