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Sun descends for Japan as it loses title of ‘third largest economy’
Feb 16, 2024 12:36Japan has been overtaken by Germany as the world’s third-largest economy, after the Asian country slipped into recession, according to released data, while battling against a weak yen and an aging shrinking population.
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Italian farmers storm Rome's Circus Maximus in latest protest
Feb 16, 2024 07:38More than a thousand farmers have stormed into Rome's historic chariot-racing stadium along with driving tractors in their prolonged campaigns that have resonated throughout various European capitals.
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Iran has attracted $10.6bn of foreign investment since Aug 2021: Official
Feb 07, 2024 06:12An Iranian official says the country has attracted more than $10 billion of foreign investment since August 2021 when the administration of President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi came to office.
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Islamic Revolution & economic progresses (1)
Feb 04, 2024 10:44One of the main reasons for occurrence of the Islamic Revolution was the poor economic conditions and deep injustice prevailing in the Iranian society. Most of the oil revenues before the Islamic Revolution were dedicated to the royal family, its near ones and exorbitant military expenses.
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Angry farmers protest outside EU Parliament in Brussels
Feb 02, 2024 07:17As farmer protests spread through many countries across Europe, producers have expressed their discontent by throwing eggs and stones at the European Parliament building, demanding the EU leaders to cut taxes and lower the rising costs.
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Furious farmers continue EU protests against falling incomes, rising imports
Jan 31, 2024 12:40Widespread discontent among farmers across Europe has exploded into angry protests and blockages of ports and roads in recent weeks against low prices, European Union (EU) agricultural regulations, and unfair competition from cheap imports.
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President departs for Turkey to meet counterpart, discuss Gaza, regional issues
Jan 24, 2024 12:11President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, at the head of a high-ranking political and economic delegation, has left Tehran for the Turkish capital of Ankara to meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Cost-of-living crisis: UK households face worse winter amid rising energy bills
Nov 23, 2023 17:54Britain’s energy regulator has increased the maximum price suppliers can charge for a typical household’s annual gas and electricity use.
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Tension continues over Pakistan-Afghanistan border closure
Sep 15, 2023 07:27Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan intensify as sides have failed to reopen the key border crossing that remains closed after cross-border firings last week. Traders from both countries have staged several protests demanding the authorities to re-open the route immediately.
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FM: Iran ready to end electricity crisis in Lebanon
Sep 02, 2023 07:31Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran is ready to help build power stations in Lebanon to end a decades-old electricity shortage crisis in the West Asian country.