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2019-01-14 16:09 US Syria troop pullout: Trump warns Turkey of economic 'devastation' if Kurds hit
For the once booming Brazilian economy, the party seems well and truly over. Growth has slowed to virtual standstill, inflation is high and last year's football world cup has done little to ease the downturn. Now Dilma Rousseff is facing one of the biggest challenges of her presidency: to prevent more layoffs and stimulate growth.
Sri Lankan demonstrators gather at Independence Memorial Hall and outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office in Colombo on Monday, demanding his resignation over the country's worsening shortages of food, fuel and medicines.
Russia's Ukraine invasion, which has already exacerbated food woes in parts of Africa and the Middle East, is marring preparations for the holy month of Ramadan and forcing a turn to frugal iftar sunset meals. "The Gaza Strip lives on the aid that comes from European and donor countries, but today, these countries are focusing on Ukraine," says Gaza resident Zayed Khader, adding that "There is great suffering because there is no money."
Kurds perform traditional dances during celebrations of Nowruz, the Persian New Year in the Afrin region of Syria's rebel-held northern Aleppo and in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli. Meanwhile in Turkey, hundreds of thousands of Kurds flock to the Newroz celebration venue in Diyarbakir, known as the country's heartland of the Kurds, for a demonstration organised by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). The Persian New Year is an ancient Zoroastrian tradition celebrated by Iranians and Kurds. It coincides with the spring equinox and is calculated by the solar calendar.
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