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Vietnam's young coffee entrepreneurs brew up a revolution
Vietnam's young coffee entrepreneurs brew up a revolution
by  AFP

Ditching a lucrative career in finance, Vu Dinh Tu opened a coffee shop without telling his parents and joined a wave of young Vietnamese entrepreneurs using espressos to challenge family expectations around work.

EU court blocks French ban on vegetable 'steak' labelling
EU court blocks French ban on vegetable 'steak' labelling
by  AFP

A European court on Friday overturned a French government ban on makers of plant-based meats calling their products "steak" or "sausage", which Paris had imposed to protect livestock farmers. "This is a very welcome victory," said La Vie, a French maker of plant-based meats.

US dockworkers return to ports after three-day strike
US dockworkers return to ports after three-day strike
by  AFP

Thousands of dockworkers returned to work Friday, the day after a longshoremen's union reached a preliminary deal with shippers, ending a three-day strike weeks before the US presidential election.

UK's Starmer hails 'landmark' carbon capture funding
UK's Starmer hails 'landmark' carbon capture funding
by  AFP

Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday said planned government investments of nearly £22 billion ($28.8 billion) in the capture and storage of carbon emissions marked a "landmark week" for Britain. "It is a landmark week in our national story, because this week we saw the end of coal, the power that built this country for many years," Starmer said, speaking in Chester, near Liverpool.

As EU targets Chinese cars, European rivals sputter
As EU targets Chinese cars, European rivals sputter
by  AFP

As the EU seeks to put a brake on competition from Chinese electric cars, European automakers are stuck in second gear. Weaker demand for their cars in China, whose economy is slowing, and growing competition from cheaper Chinese EVs elsewhere are among the main drags on European automakers, which employ 2.4 million people.