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Liechtenstein's oldest newspaper closing after 145 years

After 145 years chronicling the life and times of Liechtenstein, the tiny principality's oldest daily newspaper announced Tuesday that it would close down next month.. An agreement has also been reached so that subscribers can now receive the country's other main daily newspaper, the Liechtensteiner Vaterland, which has been running since 1936.

Tesla to make big investment in Mexico plant, government says

Elon Musk's electric carmaker Tesla will open a plant in northern Mexico, making a significant investment in the Latin American nation, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced Tuesday.. "The plant is going to be established in Monterrey," Lopez Obrador told reporters after speaking with Musk.

French court dismisses case against TotalEnergies E. Africa oil project 

A French court on Tuesday dismissed a landmark case against TotalEnergies for a massive oil project in Uganda and Tanzania after several NGOs filed a suit to suspend the controversial project.. The court on Tuesday ruled the case was "inadmissible", saying the plaintiffs did not correctly follow court procedures against the French energy giant.

Canada economy stalls in 2022 fourth quarter

Canada's economy stalled at the end of 2022 with zero growth, the government statistical agency said Tuesday, coming in below analysts' expectations.. Economists had expected Canada would end the year with growth of up to 1.6 percent, while the Bank of Canada had forecast gross domestic product (GDP) of 1.3 percent.

Murdoch says Fox News hosts 'endorsed' false election claim

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch admitted in a deposition that hosts on his Fox News network promoted the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump, court documents show.. It alleges that the 24-hour news behemoth promoted Trump's false claims that its machines were used to rig the election.

India growth slows to 4.4% in Dec quarter on weak demand

India's quarterly economic growth slowed to 4.4 percent in the last three months of 2022, official estimates showed Tuesday, as weaker global demand and high inflation weigh on the world's fifth-largest economy.. "Growth indicators have started to show signs of reacceleration in early 2023" after "losing some steam" in late 2022, Morgan Stanley said in a report Tuesday.

EU narrows probe into Apple's restrictions on apps

The EU on Tuesday narrowed its landmark antitrust case against Apple to focus on how the iPhone-maker prevents apps from giving users information about rival music subscription options.. The Commission, in a statement, now says only that Apple restricts iPhone and iPad users from seeing other music subscription options at lower prices outside of the app.

Moroccans struggle to afford vegetables as Ramadan looms

Shoppers inspect vegetables at a huge market in Sale, near the Moroccan capital Rabat, but exploding prices mean they are keeping their eye on what they spend ahead of Ramadan.. At the market in Sale, one full-throated stallholder hawks his potatoes at eight dirhams a kilogram -- almost $1 (one euro).

UK's Sunak in N.Ireland to sell breakthrough Brexit deal

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will on Tuesday meet pro-UK unionists in Northern Ireland to sell his breakthrough deal with the European Union that overhauls post-Brexit trading rules in the province.. Agreed in 2020 as part of Britain's EU divorce, the original pact kept the province in the European single market for physical goods and subject to different customs rules than the rest of the United Kingdom, angering pro-UK unionists there and eurosceptics in London.

Credit Suisse 'seriously breached' duty in Greensill affair: watchdog

Credit Suisse "seriously breached its supervisory obligations" regarding risk management in its business relationship with financier Lex Greensill and his companies, the Swiss financial watchdog said Tuesday.. Four enforcement proceedings have been opened against former Credit Suisse managers, it said.