Author: Anadolu Agency
The 2025 Europe Prize was awarded to Gaziantep city, located in southeastern Türkiye, announced the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on April 8. This annual prize honors the town that has shown the most dedication to promoting European ideals. In a statement, PACE said Gaziantep has 25 sister cities, including Germany’s Duisburg, Slovenia’s Celje, Czechia’s Ostrava and Portugal’s Braga. “It is a key economic hub, known for its industrial sector, particularly in textiles and manufacturing, and is the first city in Türkiye to implement an action plan against climate change,” said the statement. PACE said Gaziantep is…
The 2025 Europe Prize was awarded to Gaziantep city, located in southeastern Türkiye, announced the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on April 8. This annual prize honors the town that has shown the most dedication to promoting European ideals. In a statement, PACE said Gaziantep has 25 sister cities, including Germany’s Duisburg, Slovenia’s Celje, Czechia’s Ostrava and Portugal’s Braga. “It is a key economic hub, known for its industrial sector, particularly in textiles and manufacturing, and is the first city in Türkiye to implement an action plan against climate change,” said the statement. PACE said Gaziantep is…
Turkish contractors have completed international projects worth $560 million so far in 2025, the Trade Ministry said Tuesday. A total of 14 projects have been delivered across various countries this year, with an average value of $40 million per project — the highest recorded at this point in the year. The average value of a Turkish contracting project fluctuated in recent years, from $69.5 million in 2021 to $39.3 million in 2022, $64.6 million in 2023, and $85.1 million in 2024. The number and value of projects have shifted annually. The sector completed 386 projects worth $17.2 billion in 2020,…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday sharply criticized US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policies, warning that the American approach to global trade threatens economic stability and undermines international cooperation. Speaking at a meeting with industrial leaders in São Paulo, Lula denounced Trump’s sweeping use of tariffs, which now target more than 90 countries. The Brazilian leader accused Trump of acting unilaterally and imposing his will on the global economic system. “I am observing President Trump’s behavior in the United States. I don’t know what you all think, but I don’t think it’s going to work. It’s…
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will soon announce a “major” tariff on pharmaceutical imports, a move he said would bring drug manufacturing back to American soil. “We are going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals,” Trump said in remarks at a National Republican Congressional Committee dinner. “Once we do that, they’re going to come rushing back into our country because we’re the big market. The advantage we have over everybody is that we’re the big market,” he said. “When they hear that, they will leave China, they will leave other places, because they…
Mexican authorities have arrested 15 suspected members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in connection with the discovery of a suspected extermination site known as Izaguirre Ranch in Teuchitlán, Jalisco, Mexico’s top prosecutor said Tuesday. Alejandro Gertz Manero, the country’s attorney general, confirmed during a morning press briefing that those detained had been previously arrested for other organized crime-related offenses and are now directly linked to the mass killing site uncovered last month. The 10,000-square-meter estate, discovered by a search group on March 8, was reportedly used by the cartel to forcibly recruit young men and eliminate those who…
Humanity must shift focus from managing the symptoms of environmental crises to tackling their root causes by fundamentally changing societal values, assumptions, and structures, a UN University report said on Wednesday. The 2025 Interconnected Disaster Risks report, Turning Over a New Leaf, prepared by the Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), critiques current approaches as often being “superficial fixes.” Instead of primarily asking how to recycle more plastic bags, society should prioritize reducing plastic use altogether, the report suggests. Similarly, rather than focusing solely on mitigating the consequences of global warming-like experimental atmospheric cooling-the priority must be addressing its…
Mexican Security Chief Omar García Harfuch said Tuesday that the deadly attack on a rehabilitation center in Culiacan, Sinaloa, which left nine people dead and five others injured, is connected to a violent internal conflict within the Sinaloa Cartel. In the early hours of April 7, heavily armed men stormed the Shaddai rehab center in the capital of Sinaloa state, reportedly asking whether any patients were affiliated with organized crime. The attackers opened fire inside the facility, killing nine people and injuring five more. Guillermo Rodriguez, president of the Shaddai association, was abducted during the raid and later found dead…
The Bank of England on Wednesday issued a warning about the global economic outlook, citing the escalating risks posed by US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff policies. The Bank’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) expressed concern that these trade tensions are increasing the likelihood of “severe shocks” to the financial system, putting global gro wth at risk. The FPC pointed to a significant deterioration in the global risk environment since its last assessment in November. The committee highlighted that recent tariff announcements from the US had led to a “material increase in risks to global growth” and heightened inflationary pressures. The…
Canada’s prime minister announced Tuesday that the country will begin enforcing new counter-tariffs within hours in response to US trade actions. “At 12:01 EDT (0400GMT) tonight, Canada’s counter-tariffs will come into force,” Mark Carney said on his X account, adding that “there will be 25% tariffs on all non-CUSMA-compliant vehicles from the U.S., and 25% tariffs on the contents of CUSMA-compliant vehicles that are not from Canada or Mexico,” referring to the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement reached during Donald Trump’s first term as US president. Carney stressed that this move comes in direct response to Trump’s actions, adding: “President Trump caused…