"We call it green gold," says Ramadan Youssouf, a khat trader in the Ethiopian town of Aweday, one of the largest markets in the world for the mildly narcotic shrub. Many of the bundles from the Aweday market will make their way to Wajale, a border town straddling Ethiopia and Somaliland -- a breakaway region of Somalia.
Asian stock markets mostly rose Friday morning, with a surge in Japanese shares coming after better-than-expected earnings reports from US tech behemoths Apple and Amazon. Amazon also reported earnings that were better than expected, driven by surging demand for its cloud computing services.
A stone's throw from Venezuela, in the eye of a political storm fueled by a US naval deployment, fishermen from the archipelago of Trinidad and Tobago fear getting caught up in the tumult. But he does not dare venture far in the current political climate, fearing he will be caught and sent back. esp/pgf/ms/mlr/mlm
Apple on Thursday reported profit of $27.5 billion in the recently ended quarter, powered by iPhone and services revenue. "Apple is very proud to report a September quarter revenue record," chief executive Tim Cook said in a release.
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