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Intense talks as OPEC+ meets to decide over output amid tumbling prices
Intense talks as OPEC+ meets to decide over output amid tumbling prices
Economy
by  AFP

Uncertainty hovered over what major oil-producing nations -- collectively known as OPEC+ -- will decide on output policy as they headed into virtual meetings Thursday in a bid to halt a continuous slump in prices. But heading into the meeting, disagreement over output quotas persisted among the OPEC+ group, which was forced to delay its key meeting by four days.

Eurozone inflation falls to more than two-year low
Eurozone inflation falls to more than two-year low
Economy
by  AFP

The annual rate of inflation in the eurozone fell to a more than two-year low in November, the EU's official statistics agency said Thursday. Belgium was the only country where consumer prices fell in November, dropping by 0.7 percent, according to Eurostat figures.

'More than a chatbot': Google touts firm's AI tech
'More than a chatbot': Google touts firm's AI tech
Technology
by  AFP

Google's position as king of the search engines is under threat like never before, but the firm's global policy chief told AFP this week it still had the edge over its AI competitors. And Walker, who joined Google in 2006 and heads its legal and policy teams, chose his words carefully on AI's potential to upend the search engine market.