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Trump taps Peter Navarro as trade, manufacturing counselor
Trump taps Peter Navarro as trade, manufacturing counselor
by  AFP

US President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his former White House trade advisor Peter Navarro -- who went to prison for contempt of Congress -- would return as senior counselor for trade and manufacturing. The president-elect added that Navarro's "mission will be to help successfully advance and communicate the Trump Manufacturing, Tariff, and Trade Agendas."

Top US executive shot dead in New York City: media
Top US executive shot dead in New York City: media
by  AFP

The chief executive of one of the United States's largest health insurance companies, UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed outside a New York Hilton hotel in an apparently targeted hit Wednesday, US media reported.

UK faces trade balancing act with Trump, EU
UK faces trade balancing act with Trump, EU
by  AFP

Donald Trump's presidential election victory is fuelling fears that Britain must choose between its "special relationship" with the United States and forging closer ties with the European Union regarding trade. Prime Minister Keir Starmer insists this is not the case and that Britain can have strong ties with the United States and the EU, its main trading partner despite fallout from Brexit.

France's Orano says Niger junta controls uranium firm
France's Orano says Niger junta controls uranium firm
by  AFP

French nuclear group Orano said Wednesday that authorities in Niger had taken "operational control" of its uranium mining unit, in an escalating spat between the company and the country's military junta.