LONDON, (MILLAT+APP/Anatolia): Foreign investors continue to see Turkey as “investible” by focusing on the country’s economic fundamentals despite the recent rating-cut decision by Moody’s, according to leading finance experts speaking on Wednesday. Timothy Ash, London-based head of Central Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa credit strategy for Nomura International, said there were no deterioration in […]
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International investors continue to look to Turkey
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Bulgaria changes candidate for UN secretary-general: PM
SOFIA, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Bulgaria said Wednesday it was switching its support from UNESCO chief Irina Bokova to European Commission Vice President Kristalina Georgieva as its candidate to replace Ban Ki-moon as UN secretary-general next year. “We think it will be a more successful candidacy,” Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said ahead of a government meeting. Bokova […]
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UN rights experts urge Pakistan authorities to halt execution of man with disability
UNITED NATIONS, (MILLAT+APP): Four United Nations human rights experts have urged Pakistani authorities to halt the execution of Imdad Ali, a man with a psychosocial disability, and to re-try him in compliance with international standards. “It is a violation of death penalty safeguards to impose capital punishment on individuals with a psychosocial disability,” the UN […]
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Brexit and terror fears loom large for German consumers
FRANKFURT, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – German consumers’ mood brightened slightly in September, a monthly survey found on Wednesday, but researchers spotlighted fears of trouble in the wake of Brexit and a summer of violence. The headline consumer sentiment index from market research firm GfK crept up to 10.2 points in September. But the pollsters said that “just […]
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Tough anti-corruption law takes effect in S. Korea
SEOUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A tough new anti-graft law came into force in South Korea Wednesday with many hailing it as a milestone to help root out widespread low-level corruption. Dubbed the Kim Young-Ran law after the former supreme court judge who drafted it, the sweeping legislation covers some four million public servants and employees of […]
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Gun, suicide bomb attacks kill 12 in Iraq’s Tikrit: police
SAMARRA, Iraq, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Militants killed 12 people in a shooting and a suicide bombing on Saturday in the northern city of Tikrit, which was recaptured from the Islamic State group last year, police said. The attacks, which targeted one checkpoint on the west side of the city and another on its northern edge, also […]