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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – More than 20 students were injured Sunday evening in the Shahbagh neighborhood of Bangladesh’s capital when police charged them with batons while they were protesting against a massive hike in fuel prices. An alliance of left-leaning student organizations has been protesting in Dhaka since midnight Friday after the gov...
The U.S. Senate on Sunday barely passed a $430 billion bill intended to fight climate change, lower drug prices, and raise some corporate taxes. The 51-50 party-line vote needed Vice President Kamala Harris to cast the tie-breaking ballot. Thanks to Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), there was a huge, last-minute win for the private equity and hed...
On Aug 7 2022, Senate Democrats sided with American families over special interests, voting to lower the cost of prescription drugs, health insurance, and everyday energy costs and reduce the deficit, while making the wealthiest corporations finally pay their fair share. I ran for President promising to make government work for working famili...
BEIRUT (AA) – More parts of the damaged grain silos at Beirut’s port collapsed on Thursday, coinciding with the second anniversary of the blast that killed hundreds. Four more grain silos collapsed in the northern part of the port. Dust blanketed the surrounding areas following the collapse of large sections of the silos, which had...
ANKARA (AA) – The Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) for multiple potential collaborations in Saudi Arabia. The MoU cements the bilateral ties between the parties and builds cooperation in several areas including refining and petrochemi...
ANKARA (AA) – The Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco has purchased the global products business of US lubricants and chemicals producer Valvoline for $2.65 billion, according to a statement by Aramco. “Valvoline’s global products business fits perfectly with Aramco’s growth strategy for lubricants as it will leverage our ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Afghanistan has received another tranche of $40 million in humanitarian cash assistance, according to the country’s central bank. The amount arrived from donor countries to help the people of Afghanistan. “This is the second tranche which arrived this week and has been handed over to commercial banks,” ...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Türkiye is among the biggest investors in Algeria, Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune has said. “Algeria’s strive for developing ties with Türkiye is normal given the long history between the two countries,” Tebboune said in a TV interview. He noted that Turkish investments in Algeria are estimated at around $4 bill...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The annual inflation rate in Indonesia was at 4.94% in July, hitting its highest level since November 2015, when it had been 6.25%. According to official figures released on Monday, the rate at which prices went up on a monthly basis was 0.64%. The highest monthly price increase was in the food-beverage-tobacco […]
ANKARA (AA) – The first ship to leave Ukraine under a historic grain export deal has departed from the port of Odesa for Lebanon, the Turkish National Defense Ministry announced. “The ship is expected to arrive in Istanbul on August 2,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that the vessel would continue on its […]
