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Lurking beyond traders’ apparently unwavering confidence that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this month is a more nebulous outlook about what the central bank will do after that.
Traders are still pricing a full quarter-point reduction in July, yet they have slowly scaled back views on how much easing will take place for all of 2019 – lowering...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday he had dismissed the central bank governor because he failed to follow instructions on interest rates and the bank had not properly fulfilled its role.
Erdogan sacked Murat Cetinkaya on Saturday, a year before the governor’s four-year term was due to end, replacing him with his deputy Murat Uysal.
“We believed that the person...
Nuevo Laredo, a Mexican border city known for high rates of violence, received its first foreign migrants from the US on Tuesday as part of a programme begun in January, US and Mexican officials said.
The group of 10 people — including Central Americans, Venezuelans and Cubans — crossed into the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas via Nuevo Laredo’s border...
Australia will hold a landmark referendum on recognising Aboriginal people in the constitution within three years, the minister for indigenous affairs said yesterday.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders lived on the land for tens of thousands of years prior to British colonisation, and make up roughly three percent of the population today, but remain by far the country’s most disadvantaged community.
The...
US President Donald Trump yesterday scored a crucial victory in a Democratic-backed lawsuit that accuses him of violating anti-corruption provisions of the US Constitution with his Washington hotel.
The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued a set of decisions instructing a lower court judge to dismiss the lawsuit filed against the Republican president in June 2017 by...
A US State Department official yesterday said the White House has not confirmed reports of a meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Donald Trump.
During a press briefing, US State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said she would reach out to the White House to confirm or not confirm the visit.
“To my knowledge, that has actually not been confirmed...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was “working through” a bout of shaking that first occurred in mid-June and struck for the third time yesterday, though she insisted she was fine and that “just as it happened one day, so it will disappear”.
Earlier, Merkel shook back and forth as she stood outside and looked uncomfortable while watching a military...
Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen yesterday made her pitch to European lawmakers to be the next head of the EU executive, promising to focus on promoting the rule of law, digitalisation, competitiveness and the fight against climate change.
The conservative German defence minister has to win over deputies who are annoyed that national leaders last week nominated her over candidates...
Two military training aircraft have collided during a training flight, and both crew ejected safely, the Ministry of Defence announced Wednesday.
The ministry said in a statement that during a training flight a collision occurred between two training aircraft and the crew were able to safely get out by using the ejection seat.
Meanwhile, Kuwait expressed its regret over the collision...
Doha Bank has donated QR200,000 to Dreama Orphans Care Centre, which provides care for orphans and families whose breadwinners had passed away.
Sheikh Mohamed Fahad bin Mohamed bin Jabor al-Thani, acting head of Human Resources at Doha Bank, gave the donation cheque to Dreama representatives Ahmed Mohamed Hussain, director of Support Services Department; Mohamed Rashid al-Khanji, director of Social Services...
The patron of Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF), Indian ambassador to Qatar P Kumaran, has nominated seven members for the ICBF advisory council for 2019-20.
Dr Mohan Thomas, who has served in many community organisations and is a prominent personality in the socio-cultural field among Indians in Qatar, was nominated as chairman of the advisory council.
Dr K Mohamed Easa, Abdul...
Oscar, a leading Qatari electronics and appliances brand, has launched its new range of inverter air-conditioners in Qatar.
These new inverter air-conditioners with the eco-friendly R410A gas are available in 1.5- and 2-tonne capacities and boast of features such as quick cool, noiseless cooling and efficient energy management, according to a press statement.
The Oscar range of products are available at...
Achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires the involvement of youths who have acquired knowledge, leadership skills and innovation and their participation in thinking, planning and strategy-making, an official has asserted.
“The SDGs couldn’t be achieved without meeting optimum standards in education and other sectors,” Dr Mohamed Saif al-Kuwari, director, Environmental and Municipal Studies Institute at the Ministry...
Qatar is exerting efforts to draw the youth towards initiatives meant to achieve the goals of sustainable development, in a bid to ensure the active youth participation, a senior official has said.
“Qatar is motivating young people to participate in activities meant to implement the Sustainable Development Goals. The country is enhancing the capacities of young people,” Abdul Hadi al-Shawi,...
