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ISTANBUL: Michelle Bowman, a member of the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors, said Friday she views the central bank’s jumbo interest rate cut as a “premature declaration of victory” on inflation. Bowman, who was the only member of the Federal Open Market Committee voting for a 25 basis points

ISTANBUL: Here is a rundown of all the news you need to start Saturday, including the UN human rights chief calling the pager and radio attacks in Lebanon a “war crime;” the Israeli army claiming to assassinate a senior Hezbollah leader in airstrike in Beirut and the Palestinian Health Ministry

The Government, in view of the challenges it has to face from developments in the international economic and political environment, will continue to support the economy ”in a responsible and flexible manner” Finance Minister Makis Keravnos says in a written statement on Saturday, following new Morningstar DBRS ratings which confirmed

ISTANBUL: The Danube River swelled to record levels in Hungary’s capital Budapest early on Saturday, reaching up to 830 centimeters (over 27.2 feet), according to the national news agency, MTI. The water level started to recede after the peak at about 5 a.m., reportedly dropping 2 cm between over the

ANKARA: Israeli army attacks killed 119 more Palestinians and injured 209 others in the Gaza Strip over the last 72 hours, bringing the death toll to 41,391 since last Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the Palestinian enclave said on Saturday. A ministry statement added that a total of 95,760

ISTANBUL: Police imposed a nationwide curfew in Sri Lanka on Saturday after voting ended in the South Asian country’s presidential election, with millions going to the polls through the day. The curfew has been imposed in “view of the safety of the public,” police said after election was held in