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Farmer discontent spreads in EU as France seeks to quell protests
Protests by angry farmers spread across the European Union on Tuesday, as the French government scrambled to placate agriculture workers who have been moving towards Paris in long convoys of tractors, blocking key motorways. In France, protests have spread to the capital where tractors, hay bales and other objects have prevented motorists from entering Paris along several key routes.
US set to reimpose Venezuela oil sanctions over election disqualifications
The United States warned Tuesday it will reimpose sanctions on Venezuela's oil and gas sector, relaxed under a reconciliation deal, after opponents to President Nicolas Maduro were barred from running against him.
Niger newspapers feel force of post-coup sanctions
Weak sales, deserting advertisers, falling revenues and unpaid wages: Niger's newspaper industry has been buffeted by sanctions imposed on the country after military officers seized power in July. "They were our advertisers."
71% of musicians fear AI: French-German study
More than two-thirds of musicians fear that artificial intelligence will make it impossible to make a living, according to a study by French and German music societies published Tuesday.
IMF lifts global growth forecast citing unexpected 'resilience'
The IMF announced Tuesday it has raised its 2024 global growth forecast to 3.1 percent, citing unexpected resilience in major advanced and emerging market economies around the world, including the United States and China.
General Motors eyes strong 2024 as earnings top estimates
General Motors reported higher quarterly profits Tuesday thanks to continued robust vehicle pricing amid strong North American demand, offsetting the hit from a labor strike. The company relied heavily on its North American division, where sales of full-size pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles remained lofty.
Eurozone narrowly dodges recession
The eurozone economy narrowly avoided a technical recession in the second half of 2023 but stagnated in the final three months of the year, official data showed Tuesday. The data also showed the EU and the eurozone economies grew by 0.5 percent in the whole of 2023, compared to the previous year.
Unionists to end boycott of N. Ireland government
Northern Ireland's main pro-UK party, the DUP, said on Tuesday it endorses a deal with the UK government allowing it to end a long-running boycott of the province's devolved administration. If approved, the deal would allow the DUP and the nationalist pro-Irish Sinn Fein to elect a speaker for the Assembly as early as next week.
German economy shrank at end of 2023: data
The German economy contracted at the end of 2023, official data showed Tuesday, the latest gloomy news for Europe's export powerhouse as it battles high inflation and a manufacturing slowdown. The agency also confirmed an initial estimate from earlier this month that Europe's export giant shrank 0.3 percent across the whole of 2023, and narrowly dodged a recession in the second half of the year.
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