Today, President Joe Biden issued a statement about the rising Consumer Price Index (CPI) in September. He painted disappointing data about the US economy in a surprisingly positive manner: “Today’s data show more progress in bringing global inflation down in the US economy.  Overall, prices have been essentially flat in our country these last two months: that is welcome news for American families, with more work still to do.

On the 24th of August, a commission called “The Commission for the forgotten women’s’ struggle” assigned by the Danish government, published nine points to combat what has been coined in Danish politics as “negative social control”. The proposition, that received the most attention and heated debate in Danish media and on social media, was the proposed ban on Islamic headscarves in primary schools.

The recent floods in Pakistan have not only wreaked havoc but the scale of the disaster has surpassed the previous floods of 2010 and the earthquake in 2004. Just over a third of the country is under water and more than 33m people are displaced. [CNN] The death toll has already crossed the 1000 mark and the onset of disease, lack of food and fresh water, and inadequate shelter means…

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Cavusoglu met with Salem Al Meslet, President of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Bader Jamous, President of the Syrian Negotiation Commission and Abdurrahman Mustafa, Head of Syrian Interim Government in Ankara. Cavusoglu said "We appreciate and support the opposition's contribution to the political process within the framework of UN Security Council Resolution 2254.” (Yeni Safak 24.08.2022)