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Day: July 15, 2024

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Oil prices decline with the rise of the dollar

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Oil prices fell for the second day in a row with the rise of the dollar amid political uncertainty in the United States. Brent crude futures fell 55 cents, or 0.7 %, to $84.48 per barrel, after closing 37 cents lower last Friday. The price of US West Texas Intermediate crude reached $81.65 per barrel, down 56 cents, or 0.7 %. Last week, Brent crude fell more than 1.7 % after four weeks of gains while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 1.1 % as weak oil demand in China, the world's largest crude importer, faced strong summer consumption in the United States. Source: National Iraqi News Agency
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Iraq resumes negotiations to join the World Trade Organization

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The Minister of Trade, head of the Iraqi team concerned with joining the World Trade Organization, Athir Al-Ghariri, announced today, Monday, the resumption of negotiations to join the World Trade Organization, after a hiatus that lasted more than 16 years. A statement by the Ministry quoted the Director General of the Department of Foreign Economic Relations, Riyadh Fakher Al-Hashemi, as saying: "The Iraqi negotiating teams have begun their preparatory meetings at the headquarters of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, in preparation for the third meeting of the working group for Iraq's accession." Al-Hashemi added that "the first preparatory meeting was held at the organization's headquarters with the Director of the Accession Department and the organization's experts in goods, ser...
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Al-Sudani stresses the need for the economy to undergo real reforms and the correct direction of resources

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Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani stressed the need for the economy to undergo real reforms and the correct direction of resources. The Prime Minister's media office stated in a statement that "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani chaired, today, Monday, a meeting of the Ministerial Council for the Economy, during which the most prominent decisions related to economic affairs were discussed, and work within the framework of the basic determinants for financial and administrative reform included in the government program." The meeting hosted a group of businessmen specialized in the oil industry, where Al-Sudani stressed the government's support for the active private sector, and its belief in its ability to support the Iraqi economy by providing job opportunities, and establishing...
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Joint operations Command: A number of terrorists killed in a specific operation east of Salah al-Din

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The Joint Operations Command announced that a number of terrorists were killed in a specific operation east of Salah al-Din. The Joint Operations Command stated in a statement to the Security Media Cell, 'After the successful security operation carried out in the Qara Hanjir district, east of Kirkuk, by the security forces in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, which resulted in the killing of a member of ISIS terrorist gangs and the arrest of another terrorist, and during his interrogation, he admitted to the existence of an important hideout for ISIS elements in Balkana Mountains within the eastern Salah al-Din operations sector. It added, 'With high coordination between the Iraqi National Security Service and the Asayish of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and with the supervision, follow-up and p...
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An Oil tanker capsizes near Omani coast

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The Maritime Security Center in the Sultanate of Oman announced today, Monday, the capsizing of an oil tanker flying the flag of the United Republic of the Comoros, 25 nautical miles southeast of Ras Madrakah, in the Wilayat of Duqm. The Center confirmed that the search and rescue operation has been activated in coordination with the relevant authorities to deal with this maritime incident. This immediate measure comes to ensure the safety of the crew and limit potential damage. Source: National Iraqi News Agency
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A young man drowned in the Tigris River south of Mosul

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The river police of Nineveh Police announced today, Monday, the drowning of a young man in his twenties in the Tigris River south of Mosul. A source in the river police told the Iraqi National News Agency / NINA / that "the young man was born in 2005 and is a resident of the village of Hajj Ali affiliated with the Qayyarah district and drowned while swimming in the Tigris River and his body was found by the river police in the Qayyarah district south of Mosul." He added that "the body was handed over to the forensic medicine in Mosul" Source: National Iraqi News Agency
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Minister of Water Resources: Increase in water releases to Maysan Governorate during the months of July and August

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Minister of Water Resources Aoun Dhiab Abdullah described the marshes of Maysan Governorate as: "One of the most important tourist facilities in Iraq." The Mnister confirmed in a press conference held at the Diwan of Maysan Governorate, in the presence of Governor Habib Al-Fartousi, the increase in water releases to Maysan Governorate during the months of July and August, to sustain life in the marshes of Maysan and Al-Hawizeh Marsh to preserve its environment and ecological heritage. He pointed to lining and developing the head of the Al-Mashrah River with a concrete blanket for a distance of one kilometer for the first phase, in addition to implementing water resources infrastructure projects in Maysan, and securing the delivery of water to the pumping stations and agricultural lands i...
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