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Yellen says Ukraine aid is the best boost for global economy
Yellen says Ukraine aid is the best boost for global economy
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Redoubling support for war-stricken Ukraine is the "single best" way to aid the global economy, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday, along with boosting emerging economies and tackling debt distress. Yellen also pointed to efforts to tackle debt distress faced by struggling economies, bank reform and a global tax deal, and warned it was "premature" to talk of lifting tariffs on China.

Iraq honey production at the mercy of heat and drought
Iraq honey production at the mercy of heat and drought
Business and Economy
by  AFP

An oppressive heat beats down on the central Iraqi province of Babylon, where drought and rising temperatures are hitting bees and honey production hard. Three decades on and now in her early 50s, Maamuri has 250 bee hives in the province of Babylon, dozens of which she keeps in the courtyard of the family house.