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May 31,2023
Today (Thursday, June 1) the five foreign ministers of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are meeting in Cape Town. On the second day of their meet they will be joined by 15...
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May 30,2023
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he has forced his son to resign as his executive policy secretary after his son used the prime minister's residence for a private party, prompting public...
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May 28,2023
Preliminary, unofficial results from Turkey’s official Anadolu news agency showed incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead with 49% of ballot boxes counted, while a competing news agency gave...
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May 26,2023
The World Bank has approved a $300 million additional funding to the Emergency Crisis and COVID Response Social Safety Net Project (ESNN) that aids poor Lebanese families.
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May 24,2023
The government in Japan is considering issuing bridge bonds as early as fiscal 2024 to make up for an expected shortfall in funding to boost child-rearing support, a key policy goal of Prime...
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May 23,2023
Former Polish president Lech Walesa says his retirement income is not quite enough to make ends meet, though it’s four times the national average. He once led the Solidarity trade union in its...
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May 22,2023
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has told Al Jazeera he does not “have a problem” with the country’s army chief but accused Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir of trying to stop...
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May 21,2023
World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged diversification in global supply chains, amid ongoing efforts to progress the body’s reform.
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May 19,2023
After more than a year of warnings, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey says the UK is now experiencing a wage-price spiral despite 12 consecutive central bank interest rate hikes.
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May 17,2023
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal against a prison sentence for corruption. However, the Paris appeals court ruled that he could serve his time at home wearing a tag...
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May 16,2023
Austin Russell, a 28-year-old automotive tech billionaire, will buy a majority stake in Forbes Global Media Holdings from its current owner, Hong Kong-based Integrated Whale Media Investments (IWM...
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May 13,2023
UK Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt signaled the nation’s inflation remains too high, a day after the Bank of England agreed its 12th consecutive interest rate hike in a bid to combat stubbornly high...
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May 09,2023
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested Tuesday, police said, during a court appearance for one of dozens of cases pending since he was booted from office last year.
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May 08,2023
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next Sunday puts his two-decade legacy on the line in a knife-edge vote against a powerful alliance built on anger over economic hardship and his...
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May 05,2023
Sounding alarms about artificial intelligence has become a popular pastime in the ChatGPT era, taken up by high-profile figures as varied as industrialist Elon Musk, leftist intellectual Noam...
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May 03,2023
Italy's right-wing government on Monday rolled back anti-poverty subsidies introduced four years ago that helped some four million people last year, as critics denounced a "provocation" on the...
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May 02,2023
Public transit companies in Germany say more than 3 million people have already snapped up a new ticket being launched Monday that allows them to use all local and regional trains, buses and metros...
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April 30,2023
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has not invited the Taliban administration to a meeting that he is convening with special envoys on Afghanistan from various countries in Doha next week, a UN...
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April 28,2023
BBC chairman Richard Sharp on Friday announced his resignation after an inquiry found he had breached rules for failing to declare his involvement in arranging a loan for then prime minister Boris...
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April 25,2023
French centrists will likely lose to right-wing politicians, namely Marine Le Pen, in the 2027 presidential election if current "challenges" are left unaddressed, President Emmanuel Macron has...
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April 24,2023
Alphabet Inc Chief Executive Sundar Pichai received total compensation of about $226 million in 2022, more than 800 times the median employee's pay, the company said in a securities filing on...
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April 19,2023
The fragmentation of the world economy into rival blocs led by the United States and China threatens to destabilize global commerce, increase inflation and weaken growth, Christine Lagarde, the...
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April 17,2023
A month before Turkey goes to the polls on May 14, the country’s inflation crisis is a major campaign theme as the six main opposition parties rally around Kemal Kilicdaroglu to create the...
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April 11,2023
Japan's new central bank governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday he will communicate closely with the government and guide monetary policy flexibly, warning of high uncertainty over the economic outlook...
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April 06,2023
Whoopee! The crook got booked.