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Turchia
Retail sales volume down 3.8% in March
Turkey's calendar-adjusted retail sales volume with constant prices fell by 3.8% year-on-year in March this year, the country's statistical authority reported on May 15.
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Cina USA
As trade war bites, China's Xi preaches openness
China has a glorious history of being open to the world and it will only be more open, President Xi Jinping said on May 15, in his first public address since trade tension with the United States spiked last week.
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Cina USA
The Global Economy Was Improving. Then the Fighting Resumed.
The escalating trade war between the United States and China is threatening the global economy.
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Cina Russia USA
Trump’s Tariffs, Once Seen as Leverage, May Be Here to Stay
The president’s latest trade measures have left the United States with the highest tariff rate among the most developed countries, outranking Canada, Germany, Russia and even China.
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Brasile Venezuela
Eduardo Bolsonaro Defends Possession of Nuclear Weapons
By Richard Mann, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – During an event of the Foreign Relations Commission of the House of Representatives, which he chairs, Eduardo Bolsonaro (PSL-SP) defended the possession of nuclear weapons and said that “political correctness” prevents him from speaking openly about the possibility of war ...
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Brasile USA
Brazil Cuts Growth Forecast and Seeks Supplementary Funding
By Newsfeed/Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s government will cut its forecast for 2019 economic growth below 2 percent from the current 2.2 percent, and seek additional funding of around R$248 (US$63) billion from state-run BNDES development bank to meet current expenditure, Economy Ministry officials said on Tuesday. Waldery ...
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Brasile
Bolsonaro to Simplify Protection for Women who are Victims of Violence
By Xiu Ying, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President Jair Bolsonaro sanctioned amendments to the Maria da Penha Law of August 7th, 2006. The new version allows for emergency protective measures for women or their dependants in situations of domestic and family violence. The alteration was published in ...
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Polonia
Cracovia: serie concerti per 'Maggio musicale italiano'
Una ricca rassegna musicale per far conoscere il patrimonio italiano in Polonia ha preso il via a Cracovia per iniziativa dell'Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Giunto alla sua seconda edizione il ' Maggio musicale italiano', organizzato in collaborazione con i partner musicali polacchi come,...
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Indonesia
Indonesia posts biggest trade deficit ever in April
JAKARTA: Indonesia posted its widest monthly trade deficit in history in April as exports slumped, while the pace of fall in imports was slower than expected, data from the statistics bureau showed on Wednesday.
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Cina USA
China's economy shows further weakness as retail sales struggle
BEIJING: China's economy showed further signs of weakness in April as the slowest growth in retail sales for 16 years highlighted the task leaders have in ramping up domestic demand at the same time as fighting a painful trade war with the US.