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Chinese energy projects take off in Indonesia as western financing falters
China Dialogue Ocean
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August 27, 2025
To help Indonesia shift away from coal, an international group of western countries, along with Japan, launched the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in 2022. Their pledge totalled USD 20 billion in grants, soft loans and private finance....
Canada is leading the U.K. and France in boycotting American goods due to Trump’s tariffs
The Conversation
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August 27, 2025
Since taking office, United States President Donald Trump has used tariffs to address perceived trade deficits with other countries. He claims that other countries have cheated and pillaged the U.S. via trade deficits. In response, many political...
Limited FX Fallout From France and Fed Turmoil
Investing
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August 27, 2025
It’s becoming increasingly clear that Trump’s dismissal of Lisa Cook is not going to have a big short-term FX impact. The implications may only play out in the longer run, as the current focus remains more on data. French politics also appears to...
“Paris is the perfect place to grow”: Rasheedat Ajibade opens up on PSG move
Premium Times
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August 27, 2025
When Paris Saint-Germain confirmed the signing of Rasheedat Ajibade, the Nigerian forward known for her relentless energy, leadership, and eye for goal, it marked not only a major transfer coup for the French giants but also a defining step in the...
Chapman Freeborn delivers oversized industrial cargo from Belgium to China
AeroTime News
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August 27, 2025
Global air charter specialist Chapman Freeborn has successfully handled the delivery of oversized industrial equipment from Belgium to China. The equipment, welded tubes for industrial heat exchangers, was 20 meters long and weighed 700 kg. It was...
German precision & French intellect: How India’s openness to global cultures is making it the world’s GCC capital
The Economic Times
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August 27, 2025
Indian professionals’ ability to adapt to diverse work cultures has become a key factor behind the country’s rise as a hub for global capability centres (GCCs). Industry experts say this cultural flexibility goes beyond technical skills and cost...
Were the French ‘good colonisers’ in India? Historian Robert Ivermee says it’s ‘misleading’
The Indian Express
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August 27, 2025
Among the European colonial powers in the Indian Ocean, France was a relative latecomer. It arrived in the Indian subcontinent several decades after the Portuguese, Dutch, and the English, and within just a matter of a century was reduced to a...
French political turmoil sends European stocks down
Sharjah24
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The Paris stock market tumbled and French borrowing costs rose over fears that France's minority government could be toppled, after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed a confidence vote to break an impasse over his proposed budget cuts....
Rhenus Logistics leads Rhône Modal Shift consortium to double rail and river freight
Rail Freight
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August 27, 2025
Rhône Modal Shift, a consortium led by German logistics services provider Rhenus Logistics, has been awarded a 25-year concession for the management of the Vienne Sud and Portes-lès-Valence river ports, following a call to tender by state utility,...
Russia moves to displace France in uranium-rich Niger with nuclear power proposal
Business Insider Africa
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August 27, 2025
Despite holding some of the world’s richest uranium deposits, Niger suffers from chronic electricity shortages and has for decades exported the raw material to France for refining. That dependency is now under strain as the military government in...
Turkish rose takes spotlight at Paris perfume museum
Sabah
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August 27, 2025
The Fragonard Perfume Museum in Paris highlights the significance of the Turkish rose in French fragrances, including the history of scents and bottles. Charlotte Urbain, the museum's culture and communications director, and Nazan Özarslan, a...
Investors worry Trump's Intel deal kicks off era of US industrial policy
Yahoo Finance
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By Ross Kerber (Reuters) -The U.S. government's new stake in Intel (INTC) is making some investors nervous that President Donald Trump's deal heralds an era of government meddling in private industry, particularly as the arrangement followed...
World Associated Press Woman seeks compensation from South Korea over her forced adoption to France in 1984
Yahoo News
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A 52-year-old woman who was adopted to a French family in 1984 without her biological parents’ consent has filed for compensation from South Korea’s government, citing how authorities at the time fraudulently documented...
Woman seeks compensation from South Korea over her forced adoption to France in 1984
Spectrum Bay News 9 - Florida
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August 27, 2025
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A 52-year-old woman who was adopted to a French family in 1984 without her biological parents’ consent has filed for compensation from South Korea’s government, citing how authorities at the time fraudulently documented...
Analysis:Investors worry Trump's Intel deal kicks off era of US industrial policy
Channel News Asia
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August 27, 2025
The U.S. government's new stake in Intel is making some investors nervous that President Donald Trump's deal heralds an era of government meddling in private industry, particularly as the arrangement followed Trump's call for the resignation of...
British Hydropulse and German ABO Energy create strategic partnership
AK&M
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AK&M 27 August 2025 10:59 Hydropulse, a subsidiary of British ITM Power plc, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with German ABO Energy GmbH&Co. KGaA in order to implement projects for the production of "green" hydrogen in Europe. This is...
Letter to the President & Minister of Foreign Affairs: Containing France: A shield for Ghana’s sovereignty
MyJoyOnline
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August 27, 2025
Your Excellency, Nations rise or fall not only by the strength of their armies or the wealth of their economies, but by the choices they make in moments of transition. West Africa today stands at such a crossroads. The region is reshaping itself...
At Just 27, Jaipur’s Maharaja Padmanabh Singh Holds A Rs 20,000 Crore Legacy, Lives In A 300-Year-Old Palace, And Shares It With His Rumoured French Girlfriend Claire Deroo
Times Now
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August 27, 2025
Inside Maharaja Padmanabh Singh’s Royal Life: His £2 Billion Family Fortune, 300-Year-Old City Palace, and the Rumoured French Girlfriend Who Calls Jaipur Home The grand story of Jaipur’s royal family has always carried the weight of opulence and...
Asia report: Markets mixed on China industrial data, US tariff concerns
ShareCast
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China’s industrial profits fell 1.5% in July from a year earlier, a marked improvement after months of steeper declines. TickMill market strategy partner Patrick Munnelly noted that “data showed that industrial profits declined at a slower pace in...
Political Instability Is Escalating In France. The RBA Intends To Continue Cutting Interest Rates Despite Rising Inflation
myMotherLode - California
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Wednesday, August 27, 2025 4:36 AM EDT Image Source: Unsplash By the end of Tuesday, the Dow Jones Index (US30) was up 0.30%. The S&P 500 Index (US500) rose by 0.41%. The Nasdaq Technology Index (US100) closed up 0.43%. Investors were balancing...