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Gold demand: Record gold buys: Why are central banks adding glitter to their coffers?
Central banks across the world picked up close to 1,136 tonnes of gold in 2022, up from 450 tonnes the year before and to a…
Musk: Elon Musk says Twitter to be ‘re-enabled’ in Turkey soon
WASHINGTON: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has said that the Turkey government has informed the company that access to the microblogging site will be “re-enabled shortly.”“Twitter…
Turkey: Earthquake: Sixth ‘Operation Dost’ flight reaches Turkey with relief assistance
ANKARA: The sixth plane from India carrying rescue personnel, essentials and medical equipment for earthquake relief efforts have reached Turkey, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar…
Deadly quake puts Erdogan under pressure in May polls
ISTANBUL: The stakes could hardly be higher for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Just three months before the biggest test of his political career, a massive…
Musk says Turkey to re-enable full Twitter access ‘shortly’
Twitter Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a tweet on Wednesday that the company had been informed by the government of Turkey that full access…
Earthquake takeaways: Hope fading in frigid Turkey, Syria
GAZIANTEP: The search for survivors of the earthquake that toppled thousands of buildings in Turkey and Syria reached a critical stretch on Wednesday, with rescue…
In earthquake rescues, noisy gear and digging, then silence
ADANA: They lifted slabs of cement with enormous cranes and smashed rubble with jackhammers. Then, they stopped.Silence.Key to detecting the faintest noise, which could be…
After fleeing war in Gaza, an entire Palestinian family dies in Turkey’s earthquake
GAZA: Twelve years ago, Abdel-Karim Abu Jalhoum fled war and poverty in the Palestinian territory of Gaza for safety in Turkey.On Monday, the massive earthquake…
Turkey: Earthquakes to disrupt Turkey’s growth, stretch budget as Erdogan heads to elections
ANKARA: Massive earthquakes in Turkey will add billions of dollars of spending to Ankara’s budget and cut economic growth by up two percentage points this…
Turkey: Magnitude 4.3 earthquake rocks Turkey’s Nurdagi
ANKARA: Another earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolted Nurdagi district, a city in Gaziantep Province of Turkey on Wednesday.The quake was reported around 8:31 am at…