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Fitch upgrades Tunisia’s rating to ‘CCC+’

ISTANBUL: Fitch Ratings said Monday that it upgraded Tunisia’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating to ‘CCC+’ from ‘CCC-.’

The rating agency said the upgrade reflects the country’s stronger external position and the government’s ability t…

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…

US industrial production rises 0.8% in August, more than estimates

Ovunc Kutlu: US industrial production rose 0.8% in August, increasing more than expectations, according to Federal Reserve data released Tuesday.

The market expected the figure to show a gain of 0.2%. The figure for July was revised from a decline of…

Bitcoin climbs above $60,000 to recover from previous losse

ISTANBUL: Bitcoin climbed above the $60,000 mark Tuesday, recovering from losses on Monday, one day after an assassination attempt on former US President and Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, was trading ju…

Doctor stabbed in psychiatric ward of Bolzano hospital

Adoctor was stabbed by a former patient in the psychiatric ward of Bolzano’s San Maurizio Hospital late on Monday in the latest in a string of attacks on health workers in Italy.

The male assailant, aged 57, struck the doctor in the back with a kitc…