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The Lebanese parliament approved a number of new taxes to finance the new wage scale. (NNA)

Lebanese Parliament Approves New Taxes to Fund Salary Hike

by Youssef Diab | Oct 10, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The Lebanese parliament approved on Monday a series of new taxes to fund the recently announced hike in salaries of public employees. The majority of the taxes are the same ones included in a previous tax law that was rejected by the Constitutional Council....

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Almost 70,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar since October (AFP)

Saudi Cabinet Says Rohingya Muslims Face Untold Terror, Bloody Violence

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 20, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah- Convening on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia’s National Cabinet condemned terrorist massacres, brutal attacks, and genocide committed against the Rohingya Muslims, in Burma. The persecuted minority has been the subject of systematic ethnic cleansing as Rakhine State...

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A Moody’s sign is displayed on 7 World Trade Center, the company’s corporate headquarters in New York, February 6, 2013., Reuters

Moody’s Places Turkish Year-End Growth Forecast in 2017 at 3.7%

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 1, 2017 | Business

Ankara- International credit rating agency Moody’s has upgraded its year-end growth forecast for Turkey in 2017 from 2.6 percent to 3.7 percent. Turkish exports will exceed $155 billion in 2017 and the target for 2018 will be to reach $170 billion, Economy...

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Ivanka Trump at a luncheon at the White House for International Women’s Day. She is pushing for a paid parental leave policy, for which there is bipartisan support but disagreement about the details. Credit Shawn Thew/European Pressphoto Agency

Americans Agree on Paid Leave, but Not on Who Should Pay

by Claire Cain Miller | Apr 8, 2017 | Business

New York – Most people say workers should get paid leave to take care of a baby, a sick family member or themselves, according to two new surveys. But they disagree on the details: who should pay, and whether it should be mandatory or optional. The idea of a...

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Makari adjourns parliament’s legislative session on Thursday/ NNA

Lebanon: Tax Hike, Corruption Spark Popular Anger

by Youssef Diab | Mar 17, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- A salary scale requested by Lebanon’s civil servants and public school teachers turned on Thursday from being a positive development to a curse that would damage the middle and poor classes, including public sector employees. Late on Thursday, angry protestors...