Category: News
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Pakistan welcomes World Bank’s $20 billion lending pledge
The deal, which begins in 2026 under its Country Partnership Framework, is to help address the impoverished country’s acute development challenges
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Trump says he will create an ‘External Revenue Service’ agency to collect tariff income
The president-elect, who has vowed to shrink the size of government, would be creating a new agency to perform functions already handled by existing agencies
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Biden issues executive order for building AI data centers on federal land
Order follows rule restricting AI chip, model exports
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China’s EV sales surge in 2024; foreign automakers struggle in shifting market
Domestic sales of all types of electric vehicles rose by 40% in 2024; sales of gasoline powered cars tumbled, including foreign imports
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Ethiopia relaunches securities exchange to lure investors
The exchange returns after a 50-year absence
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Past US presidents had hard time downsizing government
President-elect Donald Trump wants to slash government spending. A proposed advisory commission called the Department of Government Efficiency will lead the effort. It’s not a new concept. American leaders have tried to reduce the role of government almost since the beginning.
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Trump energy plans complicated by tariffs, global competition
A different approach to energy is at the center of President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to bring down the cost of living for Americans. But as VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson reports, Trump’s plans could be complicated by a complex global interdependence on oil and gas supplies.
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Internet is rife with fake reviews; will AI make it worse?
Fake reviews are found across a wide range of industries, from e-commerce, lodging and restaurants, to services such as home repairs, medical care and piano lessons
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World Bank raises China’s GDP forecast for 2024, 2025
World’s second-biggest economy has struggled this year
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China, Japan foreign ministers meet and agree on visit, security dialogue
The one-day visit is Takeshi Iwaya’s first to Chinese capital since becoming Japan’s foreign minister in October, to discuss thorny issues with his country’s largest trading partner