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US trade deficit widens in May as Trump tariffs fuel uncertainty
US trade deficit widens in May as Trump tariffs fuel uncertainty
Economy
by  AFP

The US trade deficit widened more than expected in May, with both imports and exports declining as US President Donald Trump's tariffs sent shock waves through the economy and snagged supply chains. US exports, meanwhile, dropped by 4.0 percent to $279.0 billion, with declines largely seen in industrial supplies and materials, the report showed.

Joy riders give Paris bike share system a flat
Joy riders give Paris bike share system a flat
Economy
by  AFP

Paris's public bike sharing system, Velib, is losing more than 600 bicycles per week to joy riders, threatening to overwhelm the scheme and leaving users frustrated, its operator said Thursday. "At the moment, we're missing 3,000 bikes" out of the fleet of some 20,000 regular and electric bicycles, said Sylvain Raifaud, head of the Agemob company that currently operates the Velib system.