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Liza Marcos flies to Saudi Arabia while Bongbong visits United States
Politiko
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July 18, 2025
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos won’t be joining President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on his visit to the United States as she is currently in Saudi Arabia on a working visit to meet with overseas Filipino workers there. This was how Malacañang explained...
Massive Attack Launch Alliance for Musicians Facing ‘Intimidations From Within Our Industry’ for Supporting Gaza
Rolling Stone
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July 18, 2025
Kneecap, Brian Eno, Garbage, and Fontaines D.C. are also supporting the effort Massive Attack have announced an alliance for musicians who are facing “intimidations from within” the music industry over their support of Palestine and Gaza. The band...
Business News | Jimmy Kalyana (@jimmyartifex): India's Master of Freehand Flow and Soulful Ink
Latestly
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July 17, 2025
India PR Distribution Pushkar (Rajasthan) [India], July 17: In a world overflowing with templates, repetition, and digital flash sheets, one artist dares to keep it raw, personal, and profoundly human. Jimmy Kalyana, known to his growing...
Some 140,000 non-EU workers in Romania, despite higher cost for companies
Romania Insider
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July 18, 2025
Romania has come to have over 140,000 workers from outside the European Union, attracted mainly to sectors with chronic staff shortages, such as manufacturing, construction, and trade. Companies do not choose them because they are cheaper – on the...
Market sentiment weighs on Bursa earnings
The Malaysian Star
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July 17, 2025
PETALING JAYA: A lower average daily value (ADV) of trading activity is expected to weigh on stock exchange operator Bursa Malaysia Bhd’s net profit for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025 (2Q25). Kenanga Research, which has maintained a...
Flometriq Expands Global Presence With High-Demand Duplex Strainers Across Key International Markets
MENAFN
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July 18, 2025
(MENAFN- ForPressRelease) Chennai, India, 18 July 2025 - Flometriq, a leader in advanced industrial filtration solutions, is proud to announce its growing international footprint with the successful export and deployment of its Duplex Strainers...
Egypt: GAFI chief highlights tax incentives, licensing reforms to boost mining investment
Zawya
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Egypt - Hossam Heiba, CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), affirmed that Egypt’s strategy to raise the mining sector’s contribution to 5% of GDP focuses on deepening industrial capacity, establishing value-added...
Turkish minimum wage covers just a quarter of basic living costs
Stockholm Center for Freedom
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July 16, 2025
A new report from a public sector labor union reveals that Turkey’s minimum wage remains significantly below both the hunger and poverty thresholds, highlighting the growing financial strain on workers and their families amid rising costs....
Is Israel exploiting distrust between Syria’s Druze and Damascus?
The National News
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The city of Sweida in southern Syria became a battleground this week after violence between Druze militiamen and Bedouin tribes escalated. President Ahmad Al Shara's government sent security forces to the area, ostensibly to restore order. What...
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The Blackstone Valley Call & Times - Rhode Island
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Israel orders evacuations in central Gaza as ceasefire talks stall and military offensive widens DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military has issued new evacuation warnings for central Gaza, an area where ground operations have been...
Cardiff council backs Plaid Cymru and Labour motion to disinvest pension fund from companies complicit in Israel’s war crimes
Nation.Cymru
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July 18, 2025
The debate took place after a petition bearing the signatures of 1,200 Cardiff residents calling for disinvestment from Israel’s genocide and apartheid against Palestinians. Photo Ted Peskett Martin Shipton Cardiff council has passed a resolution...
Israel: Parties scramble for positions after ultra-Orthodox leave coalition
I24 News
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition is undergoing a major crisis after the withdrawal of the Orthodox parties Shas and United Torah Judaism from the government this week. These parties left the coalition in protest against the...
Egypt: PALM raises 7-figure funding led by 4DX Ventures to revolutionize savings
Zawya
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Cairo – PALM, a fintech startup offering incentivized goal-based saving in Egypt, has closed its pre-seed seven-figure funding round, according to a press release. The investment round was led by 4DX Ventures with participation from Plus VC and...
Markets rattled by ‘credible threat’ of Trump trying to fire Fed chief Powell
The Straits Times
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July 16, 2025
NEW YORK – Once again, US President Donald Trump demonstrated his power to shake up global financial markets. This time, by returning to one of his favourite topics: whether to fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell. In an echo of the havoc that...
Egypt, China Signed Deal For Flagship Industrial Zone Expansion
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- Nam News Network) CAIRO, Jul 17 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt and China, yesterday, signed a deal, for the expansion of the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone, with Chinese developer, TEDA, set to invest 100 million U.S....
Drone Attacks Disrupt Kurdish Output but Tariff Fears Cap Market Reaction
Oil Price
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July 18, 2025
Oil prices were ticking up slightly but largely flat in Asian trading Friday as supply losses from Iraqi pipeline disruptions were offset by renewed demand concerns tied to U.S. tariff threats against key Asian economies. Brent crude edged up to...
Turkiye unveils 39-point reform plan to strengthen...
Fibre 2 Fashion
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Turkiye’s Investment Environment Improvement Council (YOIKK) has unveiled its 2025 Action Plan, setting the stage for comprehensive reforms to enhance the nation’s investment climate. The plan, comprising 39 targeted actions, focuses on key areas...
Egypt's Petroleum Minister, SLB Discuss Exploration And Production Support - Dailynewsegypt
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) Egypt's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Karim Badawi, on Monday met with executives from global technology company SLB to discuss ways to support oil and gas exploration and production activities and enhance...
Europe primed for a firmer open after S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 hit record highs - Newsquawk Europe Market Open
Zero Hedge
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S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 hit record highs, Russell 2000 outperformed for the second consecutive day. Fed's Waller says they should cut by 25bps at the July meeting and thereafter adjust meeting-by-meeting. APAC stocks predominantly higher, China...
Stock Market Live Updates 18 July 2025: Nifty, Sensex expected to open little changed
The Hindu Business Line
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July 18, 2025
Afcons Infrastructure: Company has secured two road construction projects as the Lowest Bidder (L1) from Croatian Motorways Ltd. (Positive) Godrej Properties: Company acquires 48-acres land parcel in Doddaballapur, Bengaluru (Positive) Indostar:...