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Liz Truss to become UK’s next prime minister after beating Rishi Sunak in race to succeed Boris Johnson

theKorrespondentSeptember 5, 2022September 5, 2022

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Liz Truss will become the next prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership contest on Monday, September 5. The foreign secretary

Landlords, tenants end up in courts over rent hikes

theKorrespondentSeptember 5, 2022September 5, 2022

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More and more landlords and tenants engage in legal battles to settle disputes over rent hikes, keeping the country’s courts busy. Rent prices and huge

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ECHR rulings on Türkiye unjust, political: Erdoğan

theKorrespondentSeptember 1, 2022September 1, 2022

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The rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Türkiye are not fair and politically motivated, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, underlining

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Al-Shabab Islamist militants attack Hayat hotel in Somali capital, hold everyone hostage

theKorrespondentAugust 20, 2022August 20, 2022

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Islamic Militant group, Al-Shabab said on Friday August 19, it had taken control of Hayat hotel near the centre of the Somali capital, Mogadishu after

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Vice president William Ruto wins Kenyan presidential election

theKorrespondentAugust 15, 2022August 15, 2022

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Kenyas’s deputy president, William Ruto has won the race to be the president of the East African nation, on his first attempt. According to results

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Fire at Cairo Coptic church kills 41, including 15 children

theKorrespondentAugust 15, 2022August 15, 2022

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A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on Sunday, quickly filling it with thick black smoke and

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President announces discount in meat sales

theKorrespondentAugust 11, 2022August 11, 2022

by theKorrespondentAugust 11, 2022August 11, 20220612

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that the government will initiate a new discount in sales of meat to curb the high prices in the market.

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Turkish Coast Guard saves 130 migrants pushed back by Greece

theKorrespondentAugust 11, 2022August 11, 2022

by theKorrespondentAugust 11, 2022August 11, 20220577

Turkish Coast Guard teams have rescued 130 irregular migrants, pushed back by Greece, in four operations conducted off the western province of İzmir’s Dikili and

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China withdraws promise not to send troops to Taiwan if it takes control of island

theKorrespondentAugust 10, 2022August 10, 2022

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China on Wednesday August 10, published its first white paper on Taiwan since Xi Jinping came to power, refusing to rule out using force in

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Zelensky calls on the West to ban all Russians from travelling to their countries

theKorrespondentAugust 9, 2022August 9, 2022

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Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the West to ban all Russians from entering their countries in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.