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'Like hell': India's burning coalfields
'Like hell': India's burning coalfields
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Deadly fires have raged for a century in mines in India's Jharkhand state, where Savitri Mahto is one of 100,000 people risking their lives shovelling coal to supply insatiable demand. The fires, raging in pockets across opencast mines spread over nearly 300 square kilometres (116 square miles), have burned millions of tonnes of CO2-belching coal, experts say.

Markets extend rally on hopes Fed near end of rate hike cycle
Markets extend rally on hopes Fed near end of rate hike cycle
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Asian traders on Friday welcomed more data showing falling US inflation, giving the Federal Reserve room to bring the curtain down on more than a year of interest rate hikes. US traders pushed the S&P 500 up almost one percent to its highest finish since April last year, while the Nasdaq surged more than one percent as tech firms benefit from a lower rate environment.