Author: Steven Sahiounie

Time lags in re-valuing assets to reflect higher interest rates and difficulties in selling the assets quickly have increased the risks from private credit used by companies for funding, a Bank of England official said on Monday.

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The Russian President’s special envoy to Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, has affirmed that the United States is escalating terrorist activity in al-Tanf region in Syria. “There is a surge in terrorist activity in some Syrian territories, but I would like to stress that the main source of terrorist activity is currently located in al-Tanf, controlled by the United States, where the Rukban camp for temporarily displaced persons is located, which the US stubbornly refuses to dismantle,” Lavrentiev said in an interview with TASS. “Active training of Daesh “ISIS” terrorists and other armed groups continues there. They are then sent on certain…

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Germany has condemned a conference of far-right groups in Israel attended by some cabinet ministers that has called for settlement to be reintroduced in the Gaza Strip and more to be built in the West Bank. The participation of more than a dozen ministers and speeches made at the gathering in occupied East Jerusalem were unacceptable, German Federal Foreign Office spokesman Sebastian Fischer said. “Such considerations for the expulsion of the Palestinian population from Gaza and rebuilding Israeli settlements there are totally unacceptable. They contribute to a worsening of the situation in the current conflict and clearly violate international law,”…

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The surgical ward at Al-Amal Hospital in Gaza has completely ceased operations due to the depletion of oxygen supplies, reported the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in a statement. PRCS affirmed the continued targeting and besieging of the hospital for the eighth consecutive day, amid ongoing shelling and shooting by the Israeli army in the hospital’s vicinity. PRCS said in a post on the X platform: “The hospital is dealing with three martyrs and four injuries from displaced individuals. Some injuries and martyrs remain in the hospital’s vicinity,” stressing that the emergency teams are unable to reach them due to continued gunfire,”…

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Hakan Fidan meets with his Albanian counterpart in Tirana, warns of major disaster in Gaza Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday warned of a major disaster in Gaza as humanitarian aid is being denied, urging international action to prevent starvation and disease outbreaks among the 2 million people held hostage. In a joint press conference with his Albanian counterpart Igli Hasani in Tirana, Fidan said: “Humanitarian aid and medical supplies not permitted to enter Gaza are currently indicative of major disaster inside.” “Having witnessed the loss of thousands of lives, we are now confronted with the dire situation of…

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