FRANKFURT, (APP/AFP) – There was little sign of Brexit uncertainty in a monthly survey of German consumers on Friday, with the public’s mood almost unchanged in August compared with July. Market research company GfK’s headline consumer sentiment index fell slightly to 10.0 points in August, after a 10.1-point reading in July. The score was slightly […]
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No Brexit blues for German consumers: survey
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N. Korea leader says missile test ‘greatest success’
SEOUL, (APP/AFP): North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un declared a submarine-launched missile test the “greatest success”, state media said Thursday, as the UN weighed a condemnation of the launch which appears to advance Pyongyang’s nuclear strike capability. The US mainland and the Pacific are now “within the striking range” of the North’s army, the official KCNA […]
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Ten more Turkish tanks head across border into Syria: AFP
KARKAMIS, Turkey, (APP/AFP) – At least 10 more Turkish tanks on Thursday crossed the border into Syria a day after pro-Ankara Syrian opposition fighters ousted jihadists from the town of Jarabulus close to the frontier, an AFP photographer said. The tanks were set to join a contingent of around a dozen Turkish tanks who had […]
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Kashmiris will never surrender before India: Gilani
ISLAMABAD, Aug 25 (APP): The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Syed Ali Gilani, in Indian held Kashmir, has said that the Kashmiri people will not surrender before India even if it sends its whole army to suppress their ongoing freedom movement. Syed Ali Gilani was addressing over phone from Srinagar huge pro-freedom rallies at […]
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Hungary to take ‘necessary steps’ against FETO movement
ANKARA, (APP/Anatolia): Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said the country will take “necessary steps” against Fetullah Terror Organization (FETO)-linked schools and individuals. “We have already started investigation regarding private schools and the persons attached,” Szijjarto told Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview Tuesday. “I can assure you that if it turns out that these […]
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One dead, dozens wounded in Thai car bombing
PATTANI, Thailand, (APP/AFP): A car bomb exploded in a nightlife district in Thailand’s deep south, killing one and wounding more than 30, in a nation already on edge after a bombing spree that targeted tourist towns. The latest blast struck late Tuesday outside a hotel in Pattani. “So far there is one killed and more […]