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People wait with their cars to get on a ferry to Morocco at the southern Spanish port of Algeciras July 31, 2015. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
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A bank clerk counts U.S. dollar banknotes on bundles of 100 Chinese yuan banknotes at a branch of a bank in Huaibei, Anhui province in this file photo dated April 26, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer
Opinion: What the World Economy Needs
The global economy desperately needed some good news. That’s what it got in the latest U.S. jobs report. Ahead of today’s release of the U.S. employment report for July, the mood was decidedly gloomy, with economic activity slowing in most other advanced...Caption:
Yosri Adjili, 25, who is unemployed, goes on a hunger strike with his mouth sewed shut during a sit-in protest to get jobs, at the local government office courtyard in Kasserine, Tunisia, January 27, 2016. On December 17, 2010, a young, desperate Tunisian vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself ablaze in a suicide protest over unemployment and police abuse that spread revolt across the Arab world. Five years on, Ridha Yahyaoui, another young Tunisian, has killed himself in frustration after being refused a job, inflaming protests through the same impoverished towns that once brought down the regime of Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Most Luxurious Apartments in Tunisia Find no Buyers
Tunisia- Tunisian real estate market has lately witnessed a relative rebound with thousands of tourists and foreigners pouring into the country and the Tunisian diaspora returning and investing a huge share of its incomes in the real estate sector. However, President...Caption:
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Egypt Hikes Electricity Prices 40 Percent as Stage Three of Economic Reform Launches
Cairo- Egypt officially raised electricity prices at a 40 percent rate on Monday; the increase is a part of the 5-year reform plan implemented to further bolster and support the country’s economy. The new rates will be effective as of September. Electricity Minister...Caption:
A man pushes his shopping cart down an aisle at a Home Depot store in New York, July 29, 2010.
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