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The Central Bank of Iraq revealed that its measures against currency smuggling, money laundering and terrorism financing have been praised by the international financial organizations and the International Monetary Fund, calling for lifting all barriers previously imposed on Iraq.
The director of financial operations and debt management at the Central Bank of Iraq, Dr. Mohammad Dagher told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) on Thursday that the exchange rate of the US dollar against the Iraqi dinar is stable for the past six months, denying what some media reported an increase in demand for Buying the dollar during the current year, to smuggle to some neighboring countries, noting that during the month of June, the sales of the dollar in the Central Bank of Iraq to half of the monthly sales for the months preceding the April, March and February, and also reduced the dollar sales in the first half of the year M in 2018 to a third of sales last year 2017.
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| USD/VND |  23,197.5000 |  23,267.5000 | 23,197.5000 | 22,970.7000 | 22,970.7000 |  226.8000 | 04:15 |
| USD/CNY |  6.8293 |  6.8343 | 6.8384 | 6.7828 | 6.7828 |  0.0465 | 07:02 |
| USD/KWD |  0.3018 |  0.3038 | 0.3025 | 0.3016 | 0.3025 |  -0.0007 | 07:02 |
| GBP/USD |  1.3096 |  1.3098 | 1.3119 | 1.3082 | 1.3109 |  -0.0013 | 07:02 |
| USD/IRR |  12,048.0000 |  12,428.0000 | 12,048.0000 | 12,048.0000 | 12,048.0000 |  0.0000 | 17:51 |
| USD/IDR |  14,362.5000 |  14,377.5000 | 14,525.0000 | 14,353.0000 | 14,525.0000 |  -162.5000 | 06:59 |
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Shafiq News / warned the religious authority Ali Sistani, the next government of new methods of popular protests in the event of failure to implement its promises, "and the scene has a different face than it is today." Shafiq News / warned the religious authority Ali Sistani, the next government of new methods of popular protests in the event of failure to implement its promises, "and the scene has a different face than it is today."He called Abdul-Mahdi Karbalai, a reference to Karbala in Friday sermon, "to accelerate the formation of the government and on the basis of correct, and apply strict controls in the selection of the Cabinet and the upcoming ministerial and senior positions and special grades."He called Abdul-Mahdi Karbalai, a reference to Karbala in Friday sermon, "to accelerate the formation of the government and on the basis of correct, and apply strict controls in the selection of the cabinet and the incoming ministerial and senior positions and special grades . ""If the government disavows its pledges and disrupts the parliament and the judiciary, the people will only have to develop their peaceful protest methods to impose their will on officials supported by all the good forces in the country," he said. "If the government disavows its commitments and dislikes the parliament and the judiciary, the people will only have to develop their peaceful protest methods to impose their will on officials supported by all the good forces in the country," he said.
However, "We hope that there is no need for this and overcome the mind and logic and the interest of the country at the sites of responsibility and their decision to resolve the matter before it is too late." However, "We hope that there is no need for this and over the mind and logic and the interest of the country at the sites of responsibility and their decision to resolve the matter before it is too late."d
Massive security deployment in Tahrir Square in preparation for today's demonstrations
Release date: 2018/7/27 11:21 • 206 times read
Baghdad: Al-Furat News) The perimeter of Tahrir Square in downtown Baghdad, since the early hours of Friday morning, tight security in preparation for the protests scheduled to take place this afternoon.
Joint forces of the army, police and riot police were deployed extensively in squares and roads near Tahrir Square.
Security forces cut off access to the Green Zone for fear of repeating the scenario last Friday when demonstrators tried to cross into the fortified government area.d
URGENT Fire breaks out at central Baghdad printing press
Release date: 2018/7/27 11:43 •
Baghdad: Al-Furat News} A fire broke out Friday morning in the central Baghdad printing press.
A security source told the {Euphrates News}, that "a fire broke out in a printing press in Al-Nasr Square."
Civil defense teams are fighting to put out the fire," he said.
After 2003, Iraq has seen an increase in fires in government and private institutions and commercial markets, often attributed to electrical contact by the authorities.
Electricity: Re-operation of all generating units and production access to 15 thousand megawatts
Revision date: 2018/7/27 8:31
(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Ministry of Electricity, has been able to restart all the units of generators in the southern and northern regions, and the arrival of production midnight on Thursday, to 15 thousand megawatts.
The ministry's staff also managed to restore the lines connecting to the southern Baghdad transformer station (400 KV) from the Musayyib thermal stations and Basmaya Investment Company to return them to service after their separation on Thursday evening, The fire broke out at the station and the fire was extinguished by the civil defense teams at the station, who prevented the fire from reaching the equipment of the station, which currently transfers 2000 megawatts of energy to the capital, Baghdad. "
He pointed out that "despite the serious and systematic targeting of the electricity system, the most recent of which occurred on Thursday and Thursday on the transmission lines of electricity in the southern and northern and central regions, and stop the generation plants because of these targets, but the enthusiasm of your good sons who are members of the Ministry of Electricity, And in a record period, the production was restored to what it was before the targeting, and tell those who have forgiven himself this dirty act, you will not be able to stop providing electricity to our people across the country. " Electricity: Re-operation of all generating units and production access to 15 thousand megawattsElectricity: Re-operation of all generating units and production access to 15 thousand megawatts
Zamili: The federal government must set a time limit to fight terrorism
July 27 2018 12:00 pm
Governor of Zamili Baghdad Post Iraq news
Former MP Hazem al-Zamili called for the need to set a time limit to combat terrorism and reduce the depletion of the capabilities of the security forces.
In a press statement, Zamili attributed the widespread unemployment, lack of services and neglect to the ongoing preoccupation with the fight against terrorism, calling on the government to set a date for the elimination of an organization that calls the terrorist once and declares Iraq free of terrorism.
Al-Zamili stressed the importance of securing the borders and tight control over them, and to hold accountable any leader or official who breaches the security by boycotting and referring to the judiciary, selecting competent security officials and officials, and removing the security file from patronage and patronage.
Baghdad Removes Six More Kurds from Office in Kirkuk
ERBIL — The Iraqi central government has dismissed six more Kurdish officers from their positions in the disputed province of Kirkuk.
The six officers were all in managerial positions, said Azad Jabbar, head of security committee of Kirkuk Provincial Council.
The branch office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has convinced the chief of Kirkuk police to suspend the decision for now, the official said, expressing concern that such attempts may not make any difference.
“Baghdad will execute the order anyway when they see the right time for themselves.”
Since October last year when the Iraqi army and pro-Iranian Shi’ite militias of Hashd al-Shaabi overrun Kirkuk, dozens of Kurdish officials, officers and ordinary employees have been dismissed by Baghdad.
ERBIL — Heavy clashes were reportedly resumed overnight on Thursday between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Turkish army.
The confrontations reportedly took place in Sidakan area of Erbil province, located on the border between the Kurdistan Region and Turkey, Kurdistan 24 reported.
The Turkish jets and attack helicopters are also engaged, heavily bombarding the area.
No casualties among villagers in the region have been reported, however, Kurdistan 24 said that they are trapped in their homes.
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A delegation from the region is visiting Baghdad to discuss the opening of an important road
Revision date: 2018/7/27 9:39 • 189 times read
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A delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is visiting Baghdad next week to discuss the reopening of the road between Erbil and Kirkuk.
"The delegation will go to Baghdad next week to discuss the reopening of the Kirkuk-Erbil road," Arbil police chief Abdulkhaliq Talat said in a press statement. "The delegation includes representatives of the Interior Ministry, the Ministry of Construction and Housing and the representative of the provincial government."
Baghdad and Erbil reached an agreement on Tuesday to open the way, during a meeting of the delegation of the province with the governor of Kirkuk, an agency.
The cost of rehabilitating the bridge of Berdy on the road Arbil Kirkuk, one billion dinars is scheduled to be completed within 20 days.
Washington allocates $ 70 million for demining in Iraq
27-07-2018 01:28 PM
The United States announced on Friday an additional $ 70 million to boost demining efforts in Iraq's Nineveh province.
Foreign Secretary Mike Pompeo said at a conference on religious freedoms that "the State Department has allocated an additional $ 70 million," noting that "this amount will be in addition to what was announced earlier this year $ 90 million for clearance throughout Iraq '.
"I hope the additional funding will help to remove more mines in areas where a large number of representatives of religious minorities have been subjected to genocide by a supporter," Pompeo said.
US to fund Peshmerga, deprive Iran-allied IMIS from military assistance
July 27 2018 12:57 AM
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill in which a total of $ 290 million from the Pentagon budget, has been dedicated to support the Kurdish Peshmerga forces.
The massive spending bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the initial version of which lacked specific mention of the Kurdish forces, was amended by Rep. Ralph Abraham (R. Louisiana) for the significant role of the Peshmerga during the fight against the ISIS in the past few years.
The NDAA has also prevented the Iranian-backed IMIS militias in Iraq from any access to the US equipment.
ERBIL — The provincial council in the northern Nineveh province of Iraq has warned about alarming increase in the movement of Islamic State (IS) insurgents between the borders of Iraq and Syria.
Khalaf al-Hadidi, a member of the council, urged on Thursday the Iraqi government to take immediate action and prevent IS from making a comeback.
“There are movements by [IS extremists] on the Syrian-Iraqi border, particularly in the Baaj and al-Jazeera areas where they can move freely,” Hadidi was quoted by Kurdistan 24.
He said according to his sources, about 100 to 200 IS vehicles freely move between the two countries.
ERBIL — The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have handed over two American members of the Islamic State they had previously captured, to the US.
“At the request of US citizens to go home and request the FBI, the Public Relations Office of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) handed over a US family that had joined a mercenary to the US Federal Police,” Kurdistan 24 quoted the Democratic Union Party (PYD) as saying on Twitter.
Ibraheem Izzy Musaibli, 28, is suspected of providing material support to IS. He is transferred to Michigan for trial at the District Court in Detroit.
The other suspect, identified as Samantha Elhassani, is an IS widow who lived with her husband and children in Syria’s Raqqa under the rule of IS.
She also had four children during her stay with IS.
“The children are currently in the care of Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS). Indiana DCS will make any necessary determinations regarding their custody, safety, and well-being,” the US Justice Department said.
Lebanon calls on Iraq to pay its debts in 2003 and the past with interest
2018/07/26 22:31
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On July 26, 2018, the Lebanese Minister of State for Combating Corruption, Nicola Tueni, affirmed that the debts approved by Iraq are due from 2003 and other years before and belong to Lebanese legal entities and industrial and commercial companies.
"The debt has been accumulating since the days of Saddam Hussein's regime in 1993 when Iraq was trapped and the United Nations established the oil-for-food program," the minister was quoted as saying by the Lebanese daily Al-Jumhuriya. "More than one Lebanese company has entered Iraq, These Lebanese companies faced more problems with delivery times.
Tueni pointed out that during the period in which strikes were launched against Iraq and beyond, many Lebanese merchants had orders in the sea destined for Iraq damaged by the strike, some of which were destroyed, while others were not captured by Lebanese merchants, or were unable to deliver them.
The Lebanese minister pointed out that these goods are estimated at about one billion dollars according to 1993 prices. These Lebanese requests extend from 1993 until after 2003.
He added that the Iraqi authorities finally recognized the post-occupation period from 2003 to today, adding that Baghdad does not deny the debts accumulated since 1993, it recognizes them, but with a difference is a point of disagreement between us.
In the context of clarifying points of disagreement with the Iraqi side, the Lebanese minister said that the Iraqi authorities say that they want to pay the funds owed for the year 1993, but according to the treatment of the Paris Club, which says that there is an agreement between all the countries owed to Iraq, namely Russia, France, England and America China is required to write off their debt owed to Iraq from 1993 to 2003 provided that Iraq pays only 10 percent of the debt. He went on to explain that the Iraqi side sants to acept Lebanon to be treated in the same way.
Saudi Arabia agrees to supply Iraqi power plants with fuel
2018/07/26 22:26
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Positive results from talks between Iraq and Saudi Arabia on energy and fuel cooperation were triggered by the crisis caused by the cut-off of the power transmission line from the main Iraqi station by Iran, informed sources said on Thursday (July 26, 2018).
The next few days will see the transfer of large quantities of fuel from the Saudi port of Dammam to the port of Umm Qasr to feed and operate Iraqi power plants in order to end the power outage crisis throughout the country," the news station "Akhbar Al-Now" reported on its website. "He said.
The sources said that "the talks between Baghdad and Riyadh were conducted by the Iraqi Minister of Planning Salman Jumaili as the head of the Iraqi side of the Iraqi Iraqi Coordination Council, the Iraqi Minister of Electricity Qassem Fahdawi, the Minister of Oil Abdul Jabbar al-Allaibi and Minister of Transport Kazem al-Hamami."
She explained that "the talks between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, the project of transporting fuel from Saudi Arabia to the Iraqi electric power stations came after Baghdad and Riyadh agreed through a specialized committee between the two countries formed the last days to contribute to ending the crisis of power outages in all Iraqi provinces."
On the other hand, the Iraqi Maritime Transport Department confirmed that "the company is in the final stages of purchasing new tankers and vessels to increase the fleet before the end of this year."
This comes as the Iraqi Border Ports Authority announced the arrival of the giant generators of Kuwait to the places concerned without any customs, stressing that "17 generators of electricity capacity of each 1875 KV arrived at the places concerned in Basra," and that "these generators are the gift of the State of Kuwait to the Iraqi people." .
Help is on the way, at last, for religious minorities in Iraq
Delegates wait for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to speak at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the State Department in Washington, on July 26, 2018. (Alex Wroblewski/Reuters) Delegates wait for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to speak at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the State Department in Washington, on July 26, 2018. (Alex Wroblewski / Reuters)
The United States will soon begin its first directly funded rebuilding projects for Iraqi Christian and Yazidi communities devastated by Islamic State militants, a US official said Thursday. The United States will soon begin its first directly funded rebuilding projects for Iraqi Christian and Yazidi communities devastated by Islamic State militants, a US official said Thursday.
Plans are being finalized for 10 modest reconstruction projects for Christian communities in the Nineveh Plains and for Yazidi villages around Sinjar in northern Iraq, said Mark Green, administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. Plans are being finalized for 10 modest reconstruction projects for Christian communities in the Nineveh Plains and for Yazidi villages around Sinjar in northern Iraq, said Mark Green, administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
The long-delayed projects will focus on small infrastructure jobs to help restore water and electrical service in towns populated by religious minorities that were targeted by the Islamic State, which has lost most of the territory it once held in Iraq and Syria. The long-delayed projects will focus on small infrastructure jobs to help restore water and electrical service in towns populated by religious minorities that were targeted by the Islamic State, which has lost most of the territory it once held in Iraq and Syria.
“They're individual projects that create the context for which people, if they so choose, can return to those communities, or not leave those communities,” he said. "They're individual projects that create the context for which people, if they so choose, can return to those communities, or not leave those communities," he said.
The Trump administration is steering humanitarian aid funding in Iraq to Christian and other religious minorities, directing to them more than a third of the money allocated for “stabilization” projects aimed at rebuilding areas liberated from the Islamic State. The Trump administration is steering humanitarian aid fund in Iraq to Christian and other religious minorities, directing to them more than a third of the money allocated for "stabilization" projects aimed at rebuilding areas liberated from the Islamic State. Previously, the money went through the UN Development Program. Previously, the money went through the UN Development Program.
The switch was heavily promoted by Vice President Pence, who has strong ties to Christian advocacy groups that argued that the UNDP was not doing enough to aid religious minorities on the verge of extinction from a region they have been rooted in for two millennia. The switch was heavily promoted by Vice President Pence, who has strong ties to Christian advocacy groups that argued that the UNDP was not doing enough to aid religious minorities on the verge of extinction from a region that they have been rooted in for two millennia.
Last October, in a speech at a summit for the organization In Defense of Christians, Pence vowed that the administration would make a strategic shift away from funding “ineffective” UN programs and start sending aid directly to persecuted communities through USAID and faith-based partners. Last October, in a speech at a summit for the organization In Defense of Christians, Pence vowed that the administration would make a strategic shift away from funding "ineffective" UN programs and start sending aid directly to persecuted communities through USAID and faith-based partners .
Since then, the United States has redeployed $118 million in humanitarian and stabilization funds. Since then, the United States has redeployed $ 118 million in humanitarian and stabilization funds. Pence's dissatisfaction with what he considered the slow pace at which USAID was moving precipitated a shake-up in the agency's Iraq office, and a trip to Iraq by Green and other senior officials from the State Department and White House. Pence's dissatisfaction with what he considered the slow pace at which USAID was moving precipitated a shake-up in the agency's Iraq office, and a trip to Iraq by Green and other senior officials from the State Department and White House.
On Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced an additional $17 million for cleaning land mines in the Nineveh region of Iraq, which he pointedly noted would go to areas “with large populations of religious minorities who were subject to ISIS genocide,” using a common acronym for the Islamic State. On Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced an additional $ 17 million for cleaning land mines in the Nineveh region of Iraq, which he pointedly noted would go to areas "with large populations of religious minorities who were subject to ISIS genocide," using a common acronym for the Islamic State.
The US aid to religious minorities in Iraq was one of the centerpieces of a three-day conference held at the State Department this week to promote religious freedom. The US aid to religious minorities in Iraq was one of the centerpieces of a three-day conference held at the State Department this week to promote religious freedom. It attracted delegations from more than 80 countries, though many were led by ambassadors and other officials from embassies located in Washington. It attracted delegations from more than 80 countries, although many were led by ambassadors and other officials from embassies located in Washington.Pompeo said he will hold the event again next year. Pompeo said he will hold the event again next year.
Pence, who also addressed the crowd, said the administration will expand its efforts to help threatened religious communities. Pence, who also addressed the crowd, said the administration will expand its efforts to help threaten religious communities.
He announced the establishment of a Genocide and Recovery Response Program to direct money to individuals and households that are trying to reestablish themselves after suffering atrocities. He announced the establishment of a Genocide and Recovery Response Program to direct money to individuals and households that are trying to reestablish themselves after suffering atrocities. Although details are still being worked out, it has an initial planned budget of $10 million. Although details are still being worked out, it has an initial planned budget of $ 10 million. It will first focus on Iraq but eventually expand to other countries.It will first focus on Iraq but eventually expand to other countries.
According to a USAID official, the agency will allow genocide survivors to get medical care, replace damaged property and reestablish livelihoods through small businesses and farms. According to a USAID official, the agency will allow genocide survivors to get medical care, replace damaged property and reestablish livelihoods through small businesses and farms.
No laws bar US government agencies from funding religious groups. No laws bar US government agencies from funding religious groups.
Green said the aid for Iraq will not be used to rebuild churches or as donations to any sect, though faith-based organizations are among the groups that will be partners in the projects it funds. Green said the aid for Iraq will not be used to rebuild churches or as pledges to any sect, although faith-based organizations are among the groups that will be partners in the projects it funds.
“We are instead helping to restore geographic communities, as opposed to sectarian communities, which have been disproportionately hit, and also feel distant from recovery that's taking place out of Baghdad,” he said. "We are instead helping to restore geographic communities, as opposed to sectarian communities, which have been disproportionately hit, and also feel distant from recovery that's taking place out of Baghdad," he said. “These are communities that are caught between the Kurdish areas, and the more economically powerful areas emanating from Baghdad.” "These are communities that are between the Kurdish areas, and the more economically powerful areas emanating from Baghdad."
Frank Wolf, a former Republican congressman from Virginia, applauded the administration's efforts to provide aid to smaller communities as opposed to reconstruction in more populated areas that are the focus of UNDP projects. Frank Wolf, a former Republican congressman from Virginia, applauded the administration's efforts to provide aid to smaller communities as opposed to reconstruction in more populated areas that are the focus of UNDP projects.
“You go into villages that don't have K Street lobbyists to fill out their application forms,” said Wolf, who traveled to Iraq last month with Green. "You go into villages that do not have K Street lobbyists to fill out their application forms," said Wolf, who traveled to Iraq last month with Green. “Their homes are destroyed. "Their homes are destroyed. Their churches are destroyed. Their churches are destroyed. What the administration is doing for Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities is very, very important.” What the administration is doing for Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities is very, very important. "
Many Iraqis say that although the UNDP has met their survival needs, they need help moving on. Many Iraqis say that although the UNDP has met their survival needs, they need help moving on.
“The UN gave us very small things like blankets and food,” said Mor Nicodemus, the archbishop of Mosul's Syriac Orthodox Church. "The UN gave us very small things like blankets and food," said Mor Nicodemus, the archbishop of Mosul's Syriac Orthodox Church. “But they cannot rebuild our lives.” "But they can not rebuild our lives."
Some Yazidis fear they will be shortchanged from an administration that counts Christians among its staunchest supporters. Some Yazidis fear that they will be shortchanged from an administration that counts Christians among its staunchest supporters.
Abid Shamden, an Iraqi Yazidi who attended the religious conference at the State Department, said Yazidi communities are still difficult to reach because of land mines in the area. Abid Shamden, an Iraqi Yazidi who attended the religious conference at the State Department, said that Yazidi communities are still difficult to reach because of land mines in the area. With both Kurdish and Iraqi government checkpoints, a two-hour trip to Mosul can take seven or eight hours, he said. With both Kurdish and Iraqi government checkpoints, a two-hour trip to Mosul can take seven or eight hours, he said.
“If the United States spends money for minorities, it will be easier to spend it in Christian areas,” said Shamden, who visited Sinjar less than two weeks ago. "If the United States sees money for minorities, it will be easier to spend it in Christian areas," said Shamden, who visited Sinjar less than two weeks ago.
“All we ask is to rebuild our towns,” he added. "All we ask is to rebuild our towns," he added.
Green, who did not travel to Sinjar for security reasons but met with Yazidis in Christian areas, said he urged Kurdish and Iraqi leaders to ease up on the checkpoints along the roads from Sinjar. Green, who did not travel to Sinjar for security reasons but met with Yazidis in Christian areas, said he urged Kurdish and Iraqi leaders to ease up on the checkpoints along the roads from Sinjar. And he promised they will get a share of reconstruction aid that will allow returning Yazidis to earn a livelihood and educate their children. And he promised they will get a share of reconstruction aid that will allow returning Yazidis to earn a livelihood and educate their children.
“It's a land of pain,” he said of Iraq. "It's a land of pain," he said of Iraq. “It's very clear what the Yazidi have gone through is as disturbing as I can describe, and is ongoing. "It's very clear what the Yazidi have gone through is as disturbing as I can describe, and is ongoing. They have families that have been broken up and disappeared, as well as murder, rape and torture. They have families that have been broken up and disappeared, as well as murder, rape and torture. We have and will continue to provide humanitarian assistance. We have and will continue to provide humanitarian assistance. And, as we have resources, we will continue to try to invest in projects that create this development context in which communities can be restored to some semblance of recovery.” And, as we have resources, we will continue to try to invest in projects that create this development context in which communities can be restored to some semblance of recovery. "
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Dollar Weakens to Two-Week Low as Trade Tension Eases After Trump-Juncker Talk Investing.com
Forex - Dollar Slips, Euro Flat Before Trump-Juncker Talks
Investing.com
Euro slips ahead of ECB meeting
MarketWatch
The euro moves lower against other major currencies on Thursday, with traders staying on the sidelines ahead of the European Central Bank's policy update that could drive euro trading for the day. Read the full story
Venezuela to remove five zeroes from ailing currency
TRT World
INSURANCE / HEALTH / SCIENCE
Millennials are saddled with the most medical debt
Axios
Young people have more medical debt than older people, even though they tend to spend much less on health care, according to a new study published in Health Affairs. By the numbers: About 16% of consumers have an unpaid medical bill, the study says, adding up to roughly $81 billion. Most of those individual bills were for less than $600. The big picture: "Medical debt," in this case, means an unpaid medical bill that has been referred to a collection agency. The top-line finding here is that Read the full story
Hospitals know how to protect mothers. They just aren’t doing it.
USA TODAY
Women giving birth are needlessly dying or suffering life-altering injuries because U.S. hospitals aren't following known safety measures, a USA TODAY investigation found. Read the full story
U.S. "most dangerous" place to give birth in developed world: USA Today
CBS News
New Alzheimer’s Drug Shows Big Promise in Early Trial Results
The New York Times
The drug may be the first to successfully attack both the brain changes and the symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Further research will be needed to know if it’s truly effective. Read the full story
New Drug Shows Promise in Early Studies to Treat Alzheimer’s
TIME
Researchers at the Alzheimer’s Association annual meeting reported encouraging results for a drug that could be among the first to treat the disease Read the full story
Dizziness when getting up could increase dementia risk, US study says
BBC News US
The light-headed feeling is caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure, known as orthostatic hypotension. Read the full story
Brain discovery could block aging's terrible toll on the mind
SCIENMAG
Credit: Courtesy Kipnis lab Aging vessels connecting the brain and the immune system play critical roles in both Alzheimer's disease and the decline in cognitive ability that comes with time, new research reveals. By improving the function of .. Read the full story
Person dies after getting bacterial infection while fishing in Gulf waters
CBS News
Health officials say the individual became infected with bacteria while wade fishing in the Gulf of Mexico Read the full story
Several of the Biggest Pharma Giants Are Freezing Drug Prices. Here's How It Will Affect You
Money
USA/CANADA
3 charts that show why the US should stop ignoring its debt problem
CNBC
Economists and policymakers are increasingly urging the U.S. government to address the federal debt now while the economy is on solid footing and before the next crisis hits. Read the full story
Trump's U.S.-EU Trade Deal Is a Surprising Victory
The Atlantic
Just when it seemed the president had backed himself into a corner, a Luxembourgish Eurocrat comes to the rescue. Read the full story
Trump and Europe are teaming up against China on trade
Yahoo Finance
Trump and a European counterpart say they'll work together to address Chinese trade abuses Read the full story
Farm groups go on anti-tariff blitz after Trump offers trade aid
POLITICO
The organization will also deploy digital and print advertising as well as town hall events starting during the August congressional recess Read the full story
Trump team preparing economic plan as part of Mideast peace proposal: official
Reuters
A long-awaited Middle East peace plan from the Trump administration will include what the White House is calling a robust economic plan to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an official has said. Read the full story
White House 'ends public summaries of foreign calls'
BBC News US
The public may have to rely on readouts provided by foreign countries instead of the White House. Read the full story
EMERGING MARKETS
Brics Summit: Leaders of emerging economies meet in S Africa
TRT World
Instagram Lite is a slimmed-down version of Instagram designed for emerging markets
The Verge
Instagram hit the milestone of 1 billion users last week, but to keep growing it needs to find new markets, including countries where mobile coverage is patchy and data is expensive. To meet the... Read the full story
Mexico and Canada insist on NAFTA as a 3-way deal
CBC News
Canadian and Mexican officials insisted on Wednesday that the North American Free Trade Agreement remain a trilateral pact and reiterated their opposition to U.S. calls for a so-called "sunset clause" that could end the deal after five years. Read the full story
Brazil Bounces Back in a Big Way
Barron's
Venezuela Inflation Approaches 1,000,000%
Barron's
Stocks in Venezuela are up over 73,000% in the past year as investors use the stock market as a bank. Read the full story
MIDDLE EAST
Saudi Arabia suspends oil exports through Red Sea
TRT World
Residents mourn Palestinian youth killed in 'cold blood'
Aljazeera
The night before 15-year-old Arkan Mizhar was killed by Israeli forces, he kept unusually repeating to his father Thaer how much he loved him as if he sensed that he would not live another day. Thaer last spoke with his son over a Whatsapp video call on Sunday night since Arkan stayed overnight with his 78-year-old grandmother in the same Dheisheh refugee camp to help take care of her. "I swear I love you," Arkan told his father, showing him what he had bought for Ghassan, his younger brother. " Read the full story
Iran special forces chief tells Trump Tehran will respond to any hostile action
Reuters
An Iranian military commander said on Thursday that Donald Trump should address any threats against Tehran directly to him, and mocked the U.S. president as using the language of "night clubs and gambling halls". Read the full story
Trump's Iran tweet may trap US in another war
CNN
Trita Parsi writes that after his latest tweet against Iran, President Trump may find it difficult to pivot from threats to diplomacy. Read the full story
Watchdog says U.S. wasted more than $15 billion in past 11 years in Afghanistan
NBC News
In response to a request from lawmakers, the Special Inspector General calculated a huge figure, but says it may only be "a portion" of the waste. Read the full story
AFRICA
Zimbabwe: U.S.$600 Million Required for Harare Roads
AllAfrica
Government's Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme will go a long way in addressing problems in most of Harare's public transport routes as council requires over $600 million to bring the city's roads to a manageable state, chief engineer of works George Munyonga has said. Speaking during a tour of some of the city's roads under rehabilitation, Eng Munyonga said the city was attending to 130km of roads of which 60km have been completed, while 30km was work in progress. "We received funding of Read the full story
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Commissions Chrome Mining Plant
AllAfrica
(Photo: The Herald) Kwekwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has commissioned a new aluminothermic plant at African Chrome Fields (ACF), about 60 km form Kwekwe. Majority owned by the Moti Group of South African and the local Sakunda Holdings (Pvt) Limited who are the minority shareholders, ACF has since tripled production levels to 30,000 metric tonnes of chrome ore per month since it started operations in 2014. The 6th state-of-the-art plant is not only set to further increase the company's range Read the full story
Karo launches US$4.2B Zimbabwe project, has several funding options
FurtherAfrica
Zimbabwe’s Karo Mining Holdings has a range of options for securing funding for its $4.2 billion platinum mining venture, a company official said on Tuesday, citing bank finance, equity or money from shareholder Tharisa Plc. Read the full story
Tanzania to Benefit From U.S.$175 Billion Gas Project
AllAfrica
Nairobi Tanzania is set to benefit from an ambitious US-led initiative to invest in gas-powered power plants in Africa. Through the initiative, US companies will invest $175 billion in gas power projects in Tanzania and eight other African countries, namely Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Angola, Mozambique and South Africa. The initiative is in its preliminary stages and it is not yet know which country would get how much of the planned investment. The earmarked countries were Read the full story
Vodacom Mozambique receives unified telecommunications licence
FurtherAfrica
Vodacom Mozambique, one of the three mobile operators in Mozambique, has received the Unified Telecommunications Licence. Read the full story
Mozambique seeks partners for commercial expansion of airports
FurtherAfrica
The Mozambican government has launched an international public tender for the concession, construction, operation and development of commercial infrastructures at Maputo, Beira and Nacala airports, Mozambican newspaper Domingo reported. Read the full story
Malawi: Mutharika to Lead Global Fund Conference in France
AllAfrica
(Photo: Malaria No More) Malawian President Peter Mutharika has been asked by the Global Fund to champion and lead next year's conference in France to fight HIV and Aids, tuberculosis and malaria. Global Fund executive director Peter Sands said in a letter dated June 18 that the organisations has chosen President Mutharika because Malawi is thriving in the fight of the three pandemics. "The Global Fund would be honoured if yoy agreed to be our Champion in the lead up to our next Replenishment Read the full story
Uganda: GSMA, Uganda to Meet Over Mobile-Money Tax Plan
AllAfrica
(Photo: Pexels) GSMA, the body that oversees the telecoms industry globally, has announced that it will meet with the Ugandan government in October to discuss the recently imposed mobile money taxes. Last month, parliament passed a law that imposed a 1 per cent tax on mobile-money transactions, including depositing, sending, receiving and withdrawal, as well as a daily Ush200 ($0.05) over-the-top tax on social media services. The tax elicited mass protests, with activists marching in the streets Read the full story
ASIA
Xi urges fellow BRICS countries to reject go-it-alone trade
Business Insider
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and China's President Xi Jinping sit together during the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg Thomson Reuters By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said there would be no winner in a global trade war, urging fellow developing powers on Wednesday to reject unilateralism in the wake of tariff threats by U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump's warnings have given Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Read the full story
Liu He, China’s trade war chief, takes on new job retooling state industrial giants
South China Morning Post
Vice-premier enlisted to overhaul state firms despite leading unsuccessful effort to head off a trade war with the United States Read the full story
Trump's 'Keep America Great' Re-election Banners Are Made in China And Were Mass Produced to Avoid Trade War Tariffs
Newsweek
"They are preparing in advance, they are taking advantage of the fact that the tariffs haven't gone up yet, with lower prices now." Read the full story
China welcomes U.S.-EU trade truce
Axios
EU commission president Juncker and Chinese premier Li Keqiang at a summit earlier this month. China's government says it's pleased that President Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reached a deal to avoid a deeper trade war, at least for now, but that no progress has been made for a similar U.S.-China deal, Caixin Global reports. What they're saying: “It is certainly a good thing to not fight a trade war, not only for the U.S. and Europe, but also for the whole world,” Read the full story
Lamar Odom Announces He'll Play Basketball in China, Thanks Stephon Marbury
Bleacher Report
Longtime NBA power forward Lamar Odom announced Thursday he's reached an agreement to play basketball in China... Read the full story
Brexit fears of EU citizen who lived in UK for 40 years
BBC News US
An EU citizen who lived in the UK for 40 years fears she will not able to return home after Brexit. Read the full story
U.S. and EU Announce Deal Pulling Back From Trade War
Bloomberg
Non-stop business knowledge Get more on The Bloomberg App President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker agreed to suspend new tariffs while negotiating over trade, pulling the U.S. and Europe back from the edge of a transatlantic trade war. The leaders pledged to expand European imports of U.S. liquefied natural gas and soybeans and both vowed to lower industrial tariffs, excluding autos. The U.S. and European Union will “hold off on other tariffs”’ while Read the full story
Even Theresa May should embrace the idea of a vote on the final Brexit deal
The Independent
Imagine you’re back at school and you can’t be bothered to do any work for the most important exams of your entire academic career. Alarmed by your indifference, your parents ask what you propose to do. Imagine how they would react if you told them you were thinking of having an extended summer holiday, to put off the moment of reckoning for as long as possible. Read the full story
It’s Not Rationing: Brexit Britain Plans to Stockpile Essentials
Bloomberg
Non-stop business knowledge Get more on The Bloomberg App Brexit campaigners have long urged Prime Minister Theresa May’s government to do more to prepare for a no-deal departure from the European Union. They said it would bolster her negotiating position by making threats to walk out more credible. Now the government is stepping up its efforts, but the details are a reminder of just how precarious a position Britain is in rather than any show of strength. The plan is to get the message across Read the full story
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7-27-2018 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat I simply don’t want to predict a timeframe. All we can do is look at the FACTS we have in front of us now. Right now we have the IMF and two Iraqi economists telling us that it will be 2 more months (mid September) before the govt can be formed. But remember the IMF is talking about the next SDR review scheduled for September and if Iraq does not have a govt by then they will bypass the payment on the SDR loan. This is what they are talking about. These other 2 economists are projecting out 2 months for a fully formed government meaning a full cabinet of ministers and parliament and everything else. The CBI is not looking for all of this. They only need the election results ratified, then new parliament and the new PM announced. ...we also know the Iranian sanctions don’t really get fully kicked in until November. Any connection? This is all anyone knows. There is no “secret” information that anyone has to tell us any different. In fact, I don’t even believe the CBI or the GOI knows just when the reinstatement will occur either. Do they have an idea and a target? Of course they do.
7-26-2018 Newshound Guru Kaperoni The CBI has done a great job the last few months reducing the spread to get within compliance of the IMF and continuing to maintain it. We are now about a 110 days 2% or below.
7-26-2018 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat But what will the new government look like? This is literally their LAST chance at getting it right. This election cycle is pivotal to Iraq and potential investors. So yes, we may have to wait a bit longer but with rising oil prices and for them to clean house with all this corruption but this will assure that we get even a higher rate on the exchange. With the Iranian oil embargo and other sanctions and the exposure of all these corrupt officials, this is going to drive the price of oil upwards. Some say as much as $100-$120 a barrel again. Remember someone has to supply oil to these developed nations. If not Iran then who? Are they setting up Iraq to do it in the near future? [post 3 of 3]
7-26-2018
Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat ISIS is done but the elections creeped upon us. Again, more opportunity to create more instability. But we know this is all being controlled and orchestrated for a reason. Yes, they have to take the bullet sometime and they decided that this election cycle they would finally clean up these corrupt politicians. ...Now the PTB are going to drive up the price of oil again and are lining up other events to make this happen. Is Iraq going to squander this opportunity again? Folks they are creating yet another opportunity for Iraq. ...I still stand firm to this conviction that this is when the reinstatement will occur and not before. This is why they are stalling the ratification of the elections because they know that once this is done they will have to move swiftly to the next step, which is the formation of the new government and the reinstatement of the currency. [post 2 of 3....stay tuned]
7-26-2018 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat ...I have said that the CBI and GOI are working together to ensure that the corruption is first cleaned up prior to any reinstatement. Yes, reinstatement not a revaluation. They are not about to unleash the new currency and new rate without assurances the currency will not crash and that the wealth from this currency will not be stolen or squandered...Again, we know that way back in 2012-2013 they had a golden opportunity to reinstate as everything lined up (was made to line up) and due to the corruption, it was passed by. Then came ISIS…and so we had to wait years to clean this up. [post 1 of 3....stay tuned]
7-26-2018 Guest Guru Bloodloch ...I'm going to guess that some prognosticators of dinar trends may be reading more than intended into the IMF demand that they seat their government before funds become available again, equating "seat the government" with "revalue the dinar exchange rate". However that ultimately turns out, it does sound like the IMF is losing patience, and to what end I do tend to wonder. It does seem like some conclusion or end game may be at hand, and the world grows weary of waiting for Iraq to get their act together.
7-26-2018 Intel Guru Bruce So you got the rates populating. You got the CBI connecting... You got the Forex... I just think we are in a very good place for what is going on. ...We are in a crucial timing right now. I have heard some things that lead me to believe we are right there, really right there. I am not calling it now. I am telling you things are very close.
7-26-2018 Newshound Guru Breitling I haven’t seen anything negative. Zero. Zip. Nothing. Nada. People were kind of in a panic because of the elections and stuff and the protests…but the country is still 70% Shia so nothing is going to change in the end…The numbers are for the Shia. And it’s going to stay that way…
7-26-2018 Newshound Guru Kaperoni ...the IMF is in control when they signed the Stand by Agreement back in 2015 giving them trustee over the CBI. There is no RV or RI ...only a gradual appreciation via a float.
7-26-2018 Newshound Guru chattels Article: "Dollar and gold exchange rates in Iraq on Wednesday" Quote: "The exchange rate of the dollar, on Wednesday, stabilized against the dinar in the local currency market. According to the figures for "trend", the price of selling the dollar in Baghdad today was 119 thousand and 250 dinars and the purchase price 120 thousand 250 dinars compared to $ 100." CBI appears to be maintaining compliance with the 2% variance between the Official / Parallel Market Rate although the auction volume has been elevated perhaps in an effort to so maintain by balancing supply demand on the dollar. [NOTE: You can always see the CBI's official and market rate is listed on the left side of this page.]
7-25-2018 Guest Guru Bloodloch We're in a bit of limbo right now while waiting for Iraq to complete their election recount (reports are they are getting close), their federal court to certify those results (which should happen in fairly short order after the recounts), and the new government to be seated (which should theoretically happen almost instantly once the court certification is released). Some say that seating the new government is not necessary for a currency revaluation, but the CBI has stated that "stability" is one of the key elements (the other being "security") to moving ahead with the deletion of the 3 zeroes project. Stability, some claim, is intrinsically connected to removing the corruption associated with the currency auctions, and so that brings us back around again to the need to seat the new government and remove a large portion of corrupt politicians who, in losing their re-election, will lose their immunity from prosecution the moment they are declared no longer a part of the government. Unsubstantiated reports are that some of those "losing" politicians have already started fleeing the country. I remain cautiously skeptical, but we shall see. All we can do for now is to wait.
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ARTICLE 1 (from PM Abadi's website; posted only on Arabic side, not on English side)
Prime Minister Dr. Haider Abadi: Without security there will be no investment
Prime Minister Dr. Haider Abadi said that without security there will be no investment, indicating that cooperation between us will make us overcome all the problems.
This came during a meeting with a delegation of the people of Maysan province and its elders and dignitaries and the local government in the presence of the Committee for Reconstruction and Services in the provinces, which includes a number of ministers and agents, directors and heads of security services. Dr. Abadi welcomed the delegation and the people of Maysan province, stressing that we listen to them to meet the demands of citizens.
He added: "A few months after the announcement of victory, we announced our intention to implement the plan of reconstruction and stability throughout Iraq and expressed many countries and companies ready to work in Iraq, and therefore we emphasize the importance of security to achieve investment and reconstruction, noting that our forces are still clearing operations to eliminate what Keep it up.
Dr. Haider al-Abadi said that there are departments were transferred to the provinces with customizations and there was a delay in it and we need to cooperate and be one team to provide service to our citizens.
He pointed out that most of the demonstrators are peaceful and must deal with them positively by listening to what they want and there are also those who want to sabotage in order to cause chaos and do not reach the demands of citizens.
In the light of the meeting, the Prime Minister addressed the following:
1 - Launching appointments to the degrees of movement of owners in the province of Maysan The Ministry of Finance provides the financial cover for different sectors, provided that the number available to the people of the province in proportion to the proportion of the population and the movement of owners and employment opportunities in production and service projects, and also requires the development of an urgent plan to provide jobs Through the resumption of work in a number of projects transferred and delayed by the industrial projects in the Ministry of Industry and Minerals and the Ministry of Oil and private sector projects.
2 - Payment of the share of the province of petro-dollar allocations.
3 - Study insurance guarantee for contractors to complete projects that do not less than the completion rate of 75% to receive their entitlements after the completion of projects.
4 - Financing the completion of projects of school buildings whose completion rate is not less than 90%.
5 - the development of the necessary allocations and priorities for the implementation of Amara - Bitira - the dawn and implementation of the second corridor of the road Maimona peace by converting its listing to petrodollar projects.
6 - Completion of the project of the intersection of Al Karama (Tunnel of the bridges).
7 - Completion of the completion of the Turkish Hospital, which reached an achievement rate of 89%.
8 - Support the provision of medical and nursing staff to hospitals and centers in the province.
9 - The Ministry of Electricity is committed to secure the quota of the province of Maysan of electricity, taking into account the weather conditions during the summer.
10 - Addressing the delay in the Olympic swimming pool project in the city of Amara.
11 - Addressing the delay in completing the unified architecture water project.
12. The Ministry of Electricity shall undertake the rehabilitation and repair of feeder substations at the stations of Sayed Jameel and Al-Kahala. The project of Al-Maymunah 132 shall be transformed into petrodollars.
13 - Treatment of excesses and excesses on the electrical system and increase maintenance sections.
14. The Ministry of Agriculture will review the agricultural calendar to ensure the marketing and sale of local agricultural crops and livestock.
15 - Doubling efforts to stimulate investment projects in the province of Maysan.
16. Strengthening security forces.
17. Participation of representatives of the private sector in reconstruction and investment committees formed in Baghdad and the provinces and in the crisis cells.
18 - Activation of work and lending in the Agricultural Cooperative Bank in the province of Maysan.
19. Control border posts in Maysan governorate and secure effective control points.
20 - Guarantee the rights of contractors with contractors in the stages of completion of the project.
21. Examine the postponement of the repayment of agricultural loans for the years 2017-2018 and address the issue of accrued interest.
Prime Minister 's Media Office
26 July 2018
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ARTICLE 3
Baghdad Operations Command opens all subways in the capital under the direction of Abbadi
July 26 2018 07:56
Baghdad Operations Command announced on Thursday that it was opening all subways and removing excess electricity and water within the capital under the directives of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
The Baghdad Operations Command said in a press statement that "in implementation of the directives of Prime Minister Haider Abadi, all roads will be opened in Baghdad."
The statement added that "the departments concerned will be assigned to remove the excesses from the electricity and water networks, while the service effort will be assigned to the service departments with all the engineering capabilities of the leadership and its configurations."
"The Ministry of Education's efforts will be directed towards the reconstruction of schools, while the Ministry of Health will be assigned to medical clinics.
A delegation from the region is visiting Baghdad to discuss the opening of an important road
2018/7/27 9:39
[Ayna-Baghdad]
A delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is visiting Baghdad next week to discuss the reopening of the road between Erbil and Kirkuk.
"The delegation will go to Baghdad next week to discuss the reopening of the Kirkuk-Erbil road," Arbil police chief Abdulkhaliq Talat said in a press statement. "The delegation includes representatives of the Interior Ministry, the Ministry of Construction and Housing and the representative of the provincial government."
Baghdad and Erbil reached an agreement on Tuesday to open the way, during a meeting of the delegation of the province with the governor of Kirkuk, an agency.
The cost of rehabilitating the bridge of Berdy on the road Arbil Kirkuk, one billion dinars is scheduled to be completed within 20 days.
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ARTICLE 5
"Blood moon" eclipse, Mars pairing up for astronomical spectacle
The longest "blood moon" eclipse in this century will coincide with Mars' closest approach to Earth in 15 years to offer skygazers a thrilling astronomical double bill on Friday, astronomers say. For about half the world, the moon will be partly or fully in Earth's shadow from 1:14 p.m. to 7:28 p.m. ET — six hours and 14 minutes in all.
The period of complete eclipse — known as "totality," when the moon appears darkest — will last from 3:30 p.m. to 5:13 p.m. ET. "Totality will last for 103 minutes, making it the longest eclipse of the 21st century!" said the Royal Astronomical Society in London.
At the same time, Mars will hover near the moon in the night sky, easily visible with the naked eye. Our neighboring planet will appear unusually large and bright, a mere 35.9 million miles from Earth on its elliptical orbit around the sun.
"We have a rare and interesting conjunction of phenomena," Pascal Descamps, an astronomer with the Paris Observatory, told AFP. "We should have a coppery red tint on the moon with Mars the 'Red Planet' just next to it, very bright and with a slight orange hue itself."
On Friday, July 27, the full moon will pass through the shadow of the Earth. For 103 minutes, the usually silvery moon will turn blood red and ochre. It will be the longest “blood moon” lunar eclipse of the century, lasting 26 minutes longer than the last total lunar eclipse, in January.
Here’s the less good news: Those of us in North America (save for a slice of Newfoundland, Canada) will not see it at all.
Sadly, by the time night falls in North America and the full moon rises here, the eclipse will already have ended. The moon will have finished traversing Earth’s shadow, or umbra. We’ll have to wait until January 21, 2019, when the next full lunar eclipse will be viewable here.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/7/24/17607786/lunar-eclipse-july-2018-start-time-live-stream-bloodmoon-total
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Joint forces of the army, police and riot police were deployed extensively in squares and roads near Tahrir Square.
Security forces cut off access to the Green Zone for fear of repeating the scenario last Friday when demonstrators tried to cross into the fortified government area.d
URGENT Fire breaks out at central Baghdad printing press
Civil defense teams are fighting to put out the fire," he said.
After 2003, Iraq has seen an increase in fires in government and private institutions and commercial markets, often attributed to electrical contact by the authorities.
(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Ministry of Electricity, has been able to restart all the units of generators in the southern and northern regions, and the arrival of production midnight on Thursday, to 15 thousand megawatts.
He pointed out that "despite the serious and systematic targeting of the electricity system, the most recent of which occurred on Thursday and Thursday on the transmission lines of electricity in the southern and northern and central regions, and stop the generation plants because of these targets, but the enthusiasm of your good sons who are members of the Ministry of Electricity, And in a record period, the production was restored to what it was before the targeting, and tell those who have forgiven himself this dirty act, you will not be able to stop providing electricity to our people across the country. " Electricity: Re-operation of all generating units and production access to 15 thousand megawattsElectricity: Re-operation of all generating units and production access to 15 thousand megawatts
In a press statement, Zamili attributed the widespread unemployment, lack of services and neglect to the ongoing preoccupation with the fight against terrorism, calling on the government to set a date for the elimination of an organization that calls the terrorist once and declares Iraq free of terrorism.
Al-Zamili stressed the importance of securing the borders and tight control over them, and to hold accountable any leader or official who breaches the security by boycotting and referring to the judiciary, selecting competent security officials and officials, and removing the security file from patronage and patronage.
Watch: Clash Between PKK, Turkey Resumes on Kurdistan Border
[Ayna-Baghdad]
A delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is visiting Baghdad next week to discuss the reopening of the road between Erbil and Kirkuk.
Baghdad and Erbil reached an agreement on Tuesday to open the way, during a meeting of the delegation of the province with the governor of Kirkuk, an agency.
The cost of rehabilitating the bridge of Berdy on the road Arbil Kirkuk, one billion dinars is scheduled to be completed within 20 days.
The massive spending bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the initial version of which lacked specific mention of the Kurdish forces, was amended by Rep. Ralph Abraham (R. Louisiana) for the significant role of the Peshmerga during the fight against the ISIS in the past few years.
The NDAA has also prevented the Iranian-backed IMIS militias in Iraq from any access to the US equipment.
Nineveh Council Warns about IS Movements on Iraq-Syria Border
SDF Hands Over Two IS Members to US
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7-26-2018 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat But what will the new government look like? This is literally their LAST chance at getting it right. This election cycle is pivotal to Iraq and potential investors. So yes, we may have to wait a bit longer but with rising oil prices and for them to clean house with all this corruption but this will assure that we get even a higher rate on the exchange. With the Iranian oil embargo and other sanctions and the exposure of all these corrupt officials, this is going to drive the price of oil upwards. Some say as much as $100-$120 a barrel again. Remember someone has to supply oil to these developed nations. If not Iran then who? Are they setting up Iraq to do it in the near future? [post 3 of 3]
7-26-2018 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat ...I have said that the CBI and GOI are working together to ensure that the corruption is first cleaned up prior to any reinstatement. Yes, reinstatement not a revaluation. They are not about to unleash the new currency and new rate without assurances the currency will not crash and that the wealth from this currency will not be stolen or squandered...Again, we know that way back in 2012-2013 they had a golden opportunity to reinstate as everything lined up (was made to line up) and due to the corruption, it was passed by. Then came ISIS…and so we had to wait years to clean this up. [post 1 of 3....stay tuned]
7-26-2018 Guest Guru Bloodloch ...I'm going to guess that some prognosticators of dinar trends may be reading more than intended into the IMF demand that they seat their government before funds become available again, equating "seat the government" with "revalue the dinar exchange rate". However that ultimately turns out, it does sound like the IMF is losing patience, and to what end I do tend to wonder. It does seem like some conclusion or end game may be at hand, and the world grows weary of waiting for Iraq to get their act together.
7-26-2018 Intel Guru Bruce So you got the rates populating. You got the CBI connecting... You got the Forex... I just think we are in a very good place for what is going on. ...We are in a crucial timing right now. I have heard some things that lead me to believe we are right there, really right there. I am not calling it now. I am telling you things are very close.
7-26-2018 Newshound Guru Breitling I haven’t seen anything negative. Zero. Zip. Nothing. Nada. People were kind of in a panic because of the elections and stuff and the protests…but the country is still 70% Shia so nothing is going to change in the end…The numbers are for the Shia. And it’s going to stay that way…
7-26-2018 Newshound Guru Kaperoni ...the IMF is in control when they signed the Stand by Agreement back in 2015 giving them trustee over the CBI. There is no RV or RI ...only a gradual appreciation via a float.
7-26-2018 Newshound Guru chattels Article: "Dollar and gold exchange rates in Iraq on Wednesday" Quote: "The exchange rate of the dollar, on Wednesday, stabilized against the dinar in the local currency market. According to the figures for "trend", the price of selling the dollar in Baghdad today was 119 thousand and 250 dinars and the purchase price 120 thousand 250 dinars compared to $ 100." CBI appears to be maintaining compliance with the 2% variance between the Official / Parallel Market Rate although the auction volume has been elevated perhaps in an effort to so maintain by balancing supply demand on the dollar. [NOTE: You can always see the CBI's official and market rate is listed on the left side of this page.]
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