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US, China commerce ministers pledge to further talks in 2024
The United States and China plan further talks on commercial issues next year, the US Commerce Department said Friday in a commitment to continue high level engagement despite tensions. "During the meeting, the two discussed progress made under the commercial issues working group and planned to hold an in-person meeting in early 2024," the Commerce Department said in a statement.
White House condemns Musk's 'abhorrent promotion' of anti-Semitism
The White House on Friday condemned the owner of social media platform X and the world's richest person, Elon Musk, for "abhorrent promotion" of anti-Semitism. "We condemn this abhorrent promotion of anti-Semitic and racist hate in the strongest terms, which runs against our core values as Americans," Bates said.
'We won't need bullets': Taser boss says electric gun saves lives
Rick Smith, founder of Taser-maker Axon, pointed one of his company's yellow stun guns at a target and discharged its electric darts to demonstrate its effectiveness at a security fair outside Paris. But the company's ultimate aim, he said, is to get to the point where tasers are so reliable "that the gun gathers dust, and we don't kill people anymore". lem/mra/rox/lth
Shakira, Shakira: Latina superstar with tax woes
Shapeshifting Colombian superstar Shakira is in comeback mode after a torrid, highly publicised split from her footballer ex, Gerard Pique. And in June 2022 she announced her split from Spanish football hero Gerard Pique, with whom she has two children, ending what had been one of the world's most famous celebrity couples.
Kenya's economy faces climate change risks: World Bank
The impacts of climate change could shave up to seven percent off Kenya's economic output by 2050 compared to baseline forecasts, unless it adapts, the World Bank warned on Friday.
Meta, TikTok challenge incoming EU digital market law
Tech giants Meta and TikTok are contesting the scope of an EU law that from March will set new rules on competition in the digital marketplace. The DMA comes after other EU laws aimed at imposing order and rules on the digital world.
Italian workers strike over hard-right government budget
Public sector employees and transport workers across Italy went on strike Friday in an action pitting trade unions against the hard-right government in Rome over its 2024 budget. But the watchdog that arbitrates strikes in Italy said it did not meet the criteria, as several sectors were excluded from the action, which is also being spread out over five days. ide/ar/rox
Activists slam conditions at Europe's fur farms, seek ban
Animal rights group on Friday decried conditions at 31 fur farms in Europe, following the emergence of videos showing dead mutilated foxes lying in cages and minks with severe eye infections. The photos and videos, seen by AFP, show caged minks, foxes and raccoon dogs sick and in convulsions, as well as a number of animal cadavres with open wounds lying in the cages.
Winds of change? Bid to revive England's onshore sector
When yet another winter storm hits Britain, Ellis Jacklin is happier than most, as he gets his energy at up to half the usual unit price. A self-declared pragmatist rather than "total eco-warrior", he uses the scheme's app to tell him when the turbine is turning fastest and his unit price is lowest.
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