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Hundreds of Nigerian workers across various sectors strike over the rising cost of living following the removal of the petrol subsidy. The nationwide walkout was called by the two main workers unions --the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) -- after talks with the government to extend the subsidy broke down. IMAGES
Bangkok, Aug 18 (EFE).- Thailand has entered technical recession after its gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 12.2 percent in the second quarter of the year as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Camera: RUNGROJ YONGRIT).B-ROLL OF SHOPPING MALL IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Hundreds of people in the southern Nigerian city of Lagos protest the high cost of living in the country as part of a nationwide call to demonstrate by the Nigerian workers union. IMAGES
The EU hikes its eurozone growth forecast for 2023 from 0.3 to 0.9 percent on the back of lower gas prices, with EU Commissioner for Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, announcing that the "EU economy is thus set to narrowly escape the technical recession that was projected back in autumn," at a conference in Brussels, Belgium. SOUNDBITE
A nationwide strike by South Africa's largest labour unions unite over suffocating inflation, electricity blackouts and the rising cost of living across the country. The working class unites, blocking roads and demanding action by the government. IMAGES
Members of the main Spanish trade and employment unions hold a demonstration protesting against the rising cost of living. Record inflation levels have fuelled growing anger with Spain's left-wing government as energy prices go through the roof. IMAGES
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