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ECB sticks to planned rate hike despite turmoil
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank stuck to a planned interest rate increase on Thursday as it remained laser-focused on battling sky-high inflation despite market turmoil over fears of a widening banking crisis.
New 6.4-magnitude quake hits southern Turkey
AFP, Published on 21/02/2023
» ANTAKYA (TURKEY) - A 6.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded Monday in Turkey's southern province of Hatay, the hardest hit by a February 6 tremor which left more than 41,000 dead in the country, the disaster response agency AFAD said.
'Are we going to die?': Trauma haunts Turkish kids after quake
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» KAHRAMANMARAS (TURKEY) - Serkan Tatoglu is haunted by the question his six-year-old keeps asking since their house collapsed in last week's earthquake in Turkey.
Turkey's once mighty developers under fire after quake
AFP, Published on 13/02/2023
» ANKARA - Their mugshots are everywhere: a Turkish developer arrested while trying to flee the country and two colleagues connected to a luxurious apartment tower that crumbled in Monday's disastrous quake.
Quake-hit Syria city buries its dead on farmland
AFP, Published on 11/02/2023
» JABLEH (SYRIA) - In Syria's coastal city of Jableh, Mohammed Daya has turned his farmland into a makeshift graveyard, with cemeteries overwhelmed as more bodies are pulled from the rubble after Monday's devastating earthquake.
'Silence!': Hushed search for Turkey's quake survivors
AFP, Published on 07/02/2023
» DIYARBAKIR (TURKEY) - "Silence please!" rescuers plead with anguished Turkish families huddled around a flattened building their loved ones lived in until a massive quake killed thousands and upturned millions of lives.
Silent phones, freezing rain and anguish amid deadly Turkey quake
AFP, Published on 07/02/2023
» SANLIURFA, Turkey: A stream of cars crawled north out of the shattered city of Sanliurfa, taking traumatised residents a little further from the scene of Turkey's most powerful earthquake in decades.
Major quake kills at least 1,400 across Turkey, Syria
AFP, Published on 06/02/2023
» ISTANBUL: A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing at least 1,400 people, levelling buildings while people were still in their sleep, and sending tremors that were felt as far away as the island of Cyprus.
Arsenal title bid rocked by Everton, dismal Liverpool crash again
AFP, Published on 05/02/2023
» LONDON - Mikel Arteta urged Arsenal to dig deep after a shock 1-0 defeat at Everton dented the Premier League leaders' title bid, while Liverpool's troubled season hit a new low with a woeful 3-0 loss at Wolves on Saturday.
Pakistan asks IMF for restructuring 'pause'
AFP, Published on 09/01/2023
» GENEVA - Pakistan's prime minister on Monday asked the IMF for a pause in its demands for economic reforms before releasing more financial aid, as the country tries to rebuild after catastrophic floods.