Tag: waits

Turkey sees Brics’ economic potential as it waits for full EU membership

The China-backed Brics grouping could offer Turkey a “good alternative” to the European Union to boost its economic prospects, according to Ankara’s top diplomat. At the start of a three-day trip to China on Monday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that while Turkey was in a customs union with Brussels, it was also exploring […]

Japan’s Inflation Cools as BOJ Waits for Wage Gains to Kick In

(Bloomberg) — Japan’s inflation cooled for a second month while staying above the Bank of Japan’s price target as the yen’s recent depreciation fuels concerns that cost-push inflationary pressures may be here to stay. Most Read from Bloomberg Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 2.2% in April from a year ago, the ministry of internal […]

Egypt warns of ‘catastrophic consequences’ in Rafah as Israel waits

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on Thursday rejected the displacement of Palestinians from the neighbouring Gaza Strip as Israel prepares for an impending military operation in Rafah. Cairo is worried that a planned push into the southern border city of Rafah, the last remaining Hamas stronghold in Gaza after months of Israeli raids in the north […]

Trump Picks Another Fight With Judge as He Waits for Contempt Ruling

Donald Trump just can’t help himself. Moments after a contentious hearing about whether Trump should be held in contempt for violating his narrowly worded gag order, the former president took to his favorite social media platform to trash the judge who holds his fate. “HIGHLY CONFLICTED, TO PUT IT MILDLY, JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN, HAS TAKEN […]