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Russia
Russia central bank chief takes on ‘banditry’
Former economy minister has shut 276 lenders and forced 28 others to reform
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Cina
China GDP on target with 6.7% growth
Concerns mount economy could slow as Beijing seeks to cool property sector
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USA
Contracts with private hospitals operator to be tabled in Parliament this evening
The government is this evening publishing the contracts with Vitals Global Healthcare, the new private operator at the Gozo, St Luke’s and Karin Grech hospitals. The contracts, the minister said, are being tabled in Parliament in their entirety with the commercially sensitive parts being censored out. VGH was chosen as the preferred ...
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Malta
Four acquitted of human trafficking
Two Greek dancers who claimed they were being exploited and held against their will were in fact living the life of normal tourists, a court ruled today. The court found that two men and two women accused of having trafficked the two women to work as dancers and prostitutes were not ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Super Fund's strategy for climate change
The New Zealand Super Fund says it will establish new rules to assess its investments under climate change, spelling trouble for fossil fuel producers.
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Turchia
Deputy PM Şimşek refutes reports about revision in inflation basket
There will be no change in the inflation basket in Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek has said, rejecting earlier reports about a potential decrease in the share of food prices, even though the economy minister finds the share of food prices quite high
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Turchia
Turkey re-issues travel warning on Iraq
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Oct. 18 re-issued a December 2015 travel warning on Iraq after an operation to oust the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from Mosul was launched on Oct. 17.
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Turchia
Turkish soap opera sector plans to hit $1 billion in exports by 2023
Turkey’s TV series sector plans to increase its annual export volume to $1 billion in 2023 from around $350 million by adding new regions such as South Asia and East Asia to its export markets
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Turchia
OIC lists Gülen network as ‘terror group’
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Oct. 19 listed the movement of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, believed to be behind Turkey’s July 15 coup attempt, as a terrorist organization, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said.
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Turchia
Turkey, Kosovo set for free-trade deal
Turkish companies’ interest in Kosovo will increase with an imminent free-trade agreement, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said Oct. 18