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Inflation In Argentina Dips Below 200% For First Time In A Year
Argentine inflation has dipped to 193%, landing below the 200% threshold for the first time in close to a year, data from statistics agency INDEC showed on Tuesday, as President Javier Milei's dramatic austerity agenda bears fruit.
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"Getting Shorter, Going Hungrier": Children In The UK Are Living In Poverty
Children's lives in the UK are changing. They are becoming shorter in height. More of them are going hungry than they were a few years ago.
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Everything To Know About Taliban's New "Vice And Virtue" Law In Afghanistan
The Taliban government's new law to "promote virtue and prevent vice" has codified their austere rules for Afghan society, dictating strict controls according to their vision of Islam.
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Attend Mosque Or Be Punished, Taliban Chief Orders Government Workers
Afghan government employees must attend mosque five times a day or face punishment, Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said Thursday in his latest edict enforcing an austere interpretation of Islam.
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Cash-Strapped Pak Bans Red Carpets At Official Events To Cut Costs
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has banned the use of red carpets at government events, reserving them exclusively for diplomatic receptions, as part of austerity measures to cut down unnecessary expenditures in the cash-strapped nation.
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Milei Swears In As Argentina's President, Warns Of "Shock Treatment" For Economy
Argentina's President Javier Milei took office Sunday with a stark warning to citizens to brace themselves for painful austerity measures as he seeks to cut spending and curb triple-digit inflation, all with empty coffers.
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IMF Proposes Cash-Strapped Pak To Adopt Austerity In New Projects: Report
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reportedly proposed tight austerity conditions in Pakistan's development budget and expressed concern over the allocation of funds for new projects in the current financial year, ARY News reported.
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Pakistan To Cut Expenses Of Ministers, Advisers By 15% In Austerity Drive
Pakistan's government will cut back allowances and travel expenses of ministers and advisers as part of an austerity drive that will save it 200 billion rupees ($766 million) a year, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said today.
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Amar Colony Review: A Hypnotic Film That Is Firm In A Deliberate Rhythm
Amar Colony Review: A meticulously crafted film that uses austere means to present a raft of fishbowl vignettes of people stuck in what feels like an unending furrow.
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"Asking Everyone For Sacrifices": UK To Hike Taxes In Thursday's Budget
Britain will on Thursday hike taxes and slash public spending in a government budget signalling a return to austerity despite millions suffering a cost-of-living crisis in an economy facing recession.
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Bangladesh, To Save Dollars, Cancels Dance By Bollywood's Nora Fatehi
The Bangladesh government denied Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi permission to perform at an event in the capital Dhaka in a bid to save dollars as part of austerity measures.
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Women TV Presenters Say Won't Accept Taliban's "Cover Face On Air" Order
Women presenters on Afghanistan's leading TV channels went on air Saturday without covering their faces, defying a Taliban order that they conceal their appearance to comply with the group's austere brand of Islam.
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Poll Panel Members Voluntarily Give Up Perks As Part Of Austerity Measure
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey on Friday decided to voluntarily give up perks and privileges as an austerity measure.
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Olaf Scholz: Germany's Staid But Steady Next Chancellor
Often described as austere and even robotic, Social Democrat Olaf Scholz nonetheless managed to inspire German voters in this year's election with a campaign that played on his reputation as a safe pair of hands.
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India Calls For "Well-Planned Transitions" Of UN Peacekeeping Missions
India, among largest troop contributing countries to UN peacekeeping, said that drawdown of peacekeeping missions should not be driven by the temptation for austerity, cautioning that the cost of relapsing is much higher than the short-term savings.
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Inflation In Argentina Dips Below 200% For First Time In A Year
Argentine inflation has dipped to 193%, landing below the 200% threshold for the first time in close to a year, data from statistics agency INDEC showed on Tuesday, as President Javier Milei's dramatic austerity agenda bears fruit.
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"Getting Shorter, Going Hungrier": Children In The UK Are Living In Poverty
Children's lives in the UK are changing. They are becoming shorter in height. More of them are going hungry than they were a few years ago.
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Everything To Know About Taliban's New "Vice And Virtue" Law In Afghanistan
The Taliban government's new law to "promote virtue and prevent vice" has codified their austere rules for Afghan society, dictating strict controls according to their vision of Islam.
-
Attend Mosque Or Be Punished, Taliban Chief Orders Government Workers
Afghan government employees must attend mosque five times a day or face punishment, Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said Thursday in his latest edict enforcing an austere interpretation of Islam.
-
Cash-Strapped Pak Bans Red Carpets At Official Events To Cut Costs
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has banned the use of red carpets at government events, reserving them exclusively for diplomatic receptions, as part of austerity measures to cut down unnecessary expenditures in the cash-strapped nation.
-
Milei Swears In As Argentina's President, Warns Of "Shock Treatment" For Economy
Argentina's President Javier Milei took office Sunday with a stark warning to citizens to brace themselves for painful austerity measures as he seeks to cut spending and curb triple-digit inflation, all with empty coffers.
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IMF Proposes Cash-Strapped Pak To Adopt Austerity In New Projects: Report
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reportedly proposed tight austerity conditions in Pakistan's development budget and expressed concern over the allocation of funds for new projects in the current financial year, ARY News reported.
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Pakistan To Cut Expenses Of Ministers, Advisers By 15% In Austerity Drive
Pakistan's government will cut back allowances and travel expenses of ministers and advisers as part of an austerity drive that will save it 200 billion rupees ($766 million) a year, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said today.
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Amar Colony Review: A Hypnotic Film That Is Firm In A Deliberate Rhythm
Amar Colony Review: A meticulously crafted film that uses austere means to present a raft of fishbowl vignettes of people stuck in what feels like an unending furrow.
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"Asking Everyone For Sacrifices": UK To Hike Taxes In Thursday's Budget
Britain will on Thursday hike taxes and slash public spending in a government budget signalling a return to austerity despite millions suffering a cost-of-living crisis in an economy facing recession.
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Bangladesh, To Save Dollars, Cancels Dance By Bollywood's Nora Fatehi
The Bangladesh government denied Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi permission to perform at an event in the capital Dhaka in a bid to save dollars as part of austerity measures.
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Women TV Presenters Say Won't Accept Taliban's "Cover Face On Air" Order
Women presenters on Afghanistan's leading TV channels went on air Saturday without covering their faces, defying a Taliban order that they conceal their appearance to comply with the group's austere brand of Islam.
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Poll Panel Members Voluntarily Give Up Perks As Part Of Austerity Measure
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey on Friday decided to voluntarily give up perks and privileges as an austerity measure.
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Olaf Scholz: Germany's Staid But Steady Next Chancellor
Often described as austere and even robotic, Social Democrat Olaf Scholz nonetheless managed to inspire German voters in this year's election with a campaign that played on his reputation as a safe pair of hands.
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India Calls For "Well-Planned Transitions" Of UN Peacekeeping Missions
India, among largest troop contributing countries to UN peacekeeping, said that drawdown of peacekeeping missions should not be driven by the temptation for austerity, cautioning that the cost of relapsing is much higher than the short-term savings.
