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Turkey inflation hits almost 70% in April dampening interest rate cut hopes
Date: 2024-05-03 13:38:43 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10689617
ANKARA, May 3 (MENA) - Turkey’s inflation accelerated to 69.8% annually for the month of April, according to latest data from the Turkish Statistical Institute. The country's annual consumer price inflation climbed close to 70% last month, just ....
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Targeting Rafah could lead to slaughter, warns UN aid agency
Date: 2024-05-03 13:01:33 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10689605
GENEVA, May 3 (MENA) - An Israeli military operation in Rafah “could lead to a slaughter” and cripple lifesaving humanitarian work throughout Gaza, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Friday. “Any ground operation would mean more ....
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NCHR head praises chief prosecutor's decision to establish office for protecting elderly rights
Date: 2024-05-03 13:01:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:10689528
CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) - President of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) Moushira Khattab has commended Prosecutor General Mohamed Shawqy’s decision to establish an office to protect the rights of the elderly, which shall be affiliated with ....
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Pope Tawadros leads Good Friday mass prayers
Date: 2024-05-03 13:00:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:10689564
CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St Mark Diocese led the Good Friday mass at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo's Abbasiya district, attended by a host of bishops and priests. The pope will also preside ....
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Police evacuate pro-Palestinian sit-in at elite Paris university
Date: 2024-05-03 11:47:23 GMT - France - World - SN:26 - ID:10689460
PARIS, May 3 (MENA) - Police entered Paris' Sciences Po university on Friday to remove dozens of students staging a pro-Gaza sit-in in the entrance hall, France 24 reported, noting that protests fire political debate about the Israeli-Palestinian ....