Day: September 17, 2024

Georgian parliament adopts bill curbing LGBTQ rights

ISTANBUL: Georgia’s parliament on Tuesday adopted a bill on curbing LGBTQ+ rights in the country.

At a plenary session in the capital Tbilisi, lawmakers voted in support of the bill, Protection of Family Values and Minors, in its third and final read…

Baku slams Netherlands’ ‘biased approach’ vis-a-vis Azerbaijan

ISTANBUL: Azerbaijan on Tuesday slammed the Netherlands for calling the liberation of Azerbaijani territories as the ‘takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh.’

‘The Dutch side on another occasion has been demonstrating a biased approach vis-à-vis Azerbaijan and…

US stocks close mixed as Fed meeting kicks off

ISTANBUL: Major US stock exchanges closed mixed Tuesday as the Federal Reserve’s two-day monetary policy meeting kicked off.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell almost 16 points, or 0.04%, to end the session at 41,606.

The SandP 500, on the other …

Wildfires in Portugal claim 7 lives

ANKARA: Wildfires in central and northern Portugal claimed seven lives, and left 40 others injured, according to media reports.

Portugal has been battling wildfires that also threatened residential areas since the weekend.

While authorities tried to…

World’s largest contractors generate $500B in revenue last year

ANKARA: The world’s largest contracting firms reached a revenue of $499.7 billion in 2023, an eight-year high, according to the Engineering News-Record (ENR) magazine’s Top 250 International Contractors list, compiled by Anadolu.

The revenue of the c…