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Iran’s nuclear deal may be eroding its isolation overseas, but at home it is deepening political infighting within the country’s complex power structure before two important elections, officials and analysts say. The agreement – welcomed by Iranians eager for a lifting of sanctions and improved living standards – has increased the popularity of pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani, alarming hardline allies of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “The president’s popularity has
Today one of the greats in the business sent King World News a fantastic piece that reveals the Economist has now joined the BIS, IMF and World Bank in warning the Fed as the Chinese stock market continues to tumble.
Vietnam agreed with Japan on Tuesday to step up security cooperation, becoming the latest Southeast Asian country to seek closer ties with Tokyo as China maintains an assertive posture in disputed waters in the South China Sea. The agreement between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Vietnam’s Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong comes after a U.S. expert said on Monday China appeared to be carrying out preparatory work for
European pay-TV broadcaster Sky has taken full control of Sky Deutschland after buying the remaining stock that it did not already own, the media giant said Tuesday. “Sky has consolidated its position as Europe’s leading entertainment company after completing the acquisition of the remaining shares in Sky Deutschland,” it said in a statement. Sky Deutschland will meanwhile be shortly delisted from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, a day ahead of the start of a crucial Federal Reserve policy meeting. Fed policymakers will convene a two-day meeting on Wednesday and could decide to raise interest rates for the first time in close to a decade.
BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of Lebanese activists held a protest on Tuesday outside a Finance Ministry building in the country’s capital, after failing to storm it — part of a recent series of anti-government rallies stemming from a trash collection crisis.
Britain’s newly-elected hard-left opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister David Cameron’s budget austerity as a “political choice” and called the Conservative government “poverty deniers”. “Austerity is actually a political choice that this government has taken and they’re imposing it on the poorest and most vulnerable in our society,” Corbyn said in a speech at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in the coastal resort of Brighton in southern
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — With a big anniversary drawing near, North Korea declared Tuesday it has upgraded and restarted all of its atomic fuel plants — meaning it could possibly make more, and more sophisticated, nuclear weapons.
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — With a big anniversary drawing near, North Korea declared Tuesday it has upgraded and restarted all of its atomic fuel plants — meaning it could possibly make more, and more sophisticated, nuclear weapons.
By Jaqueline Burt for DETAILS.There’s no question that beer gets a bad rap when it comes to whether or not it’s good for you–in fact, you’ve probably just come to accept the fact that knocking back a pint or two is somehow derailing your general well-being. But while it’s true that a few too many six-packs can wreak havoc on your…
