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Samson: The Shanghai Cooperation Summit kicks off in Uzbekistan

16th September, 2022

Friday morning in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, the work of the summit of leaders of the countries of the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization", which is the first summit to be held in attendance since the beginning of the Corona epidemic, began.

Before the start of the summit meetings, the leaders of the eight countries (Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan) took a group photo. LINK

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Samson: The Central Bank announces international cooperation with Iraqi banks

14th September, 2022

Today, Wednesday, the Central Bank of Iraq announced a work plan to link and open accounts between Iraqi banks and some international banks

The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mustafa Ghaleb, said in a press interview, which was seen by "Al-Ghad Press", that "work is currently underway with a number of sober international banks to prepare the necessary ground for banking cooperation with Iraqi banks that have outstanding performance and have a credit rating from accredited rating agencies

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Samson: The highest since 2003.. the Iraqi Central announces a rise in foreign reserves

11th September, 2022

The Central Bank of Iraq announced that foreign reserves have risen to more than (85) billion dollars.

And the bank stated in a statement received by Mawazine News / a copy of it, that "its foreign reserves have reached more than (85) billion US dollars, which is the highest level achieved by the Central Bank since 2003."

He added, "Gold reserves also with the Central Bank exceeded (130.4) tons, with a value of (7) billion dollars, bringing Iraq to the thirtieth place globally and fourth in the Arab world." LINK

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MilitiaMan: Shafaq News/ The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) said that dissolving the Iraqi Parliament is a joint decision that should be taken by the political forces and parties in Iraq.

Responding to a question about Muqtada Al-Sadr's call for his Kurdish and Sunni allies to work to dissolve Parliament and run early elections, the KDP spokesperson, Mahmoud Muhammad, told reporters, "until now, no dialogue is conducted on this issue, but we preferred such problems to be solved through dialogue to reach a joint decision."

Muhammad pointed out that forming the next federal government and addressing the problems is the way to "end the current situation."

Earlier, Salih Mohammad al-Iraqi, who runs a Twitter account named "the leader's advisor" and is widely believed to be al-Sadr's mouthpiece, quoted the maverick clergyman saying, "Our opinion on the return of the Sadrist bloc: it is strictly and forbidden."

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Samson: Brent crude drops below $90 a barrel for the first time since the Ukraine war

09/07/2022 16:34:27

International Brent crude oil fell below $ 90 a barrel for the first time since Russia's war on Ukraine.

And oil prices fell today, Wednesday, to their lowest levels since last January, after the restrictions of Covid-19 in China and expectations of further interest rate hikes renewed fears of a global economic recession and reduced fuel demand growth. LINK

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Samson: Gazprom: China will pay for Russian gas in yuan and ruble

6th September, 2022

The Russian energy giant Gazprom announced on Tuesday that China will start paying for Russian gas shipments in rubles and yuan instead of dollars, at a time when Moscow seeks to strengthen its relations with Beijing in response to Western sanctions imposed on it.

Gazprom described this step as a "transition" to complete payments for Russian gas supplies to China in the national currencies of the two countries.

Alexey Miller, CEO of Gazprom, said allowing payments in Russian rubles and Chinese yuan is mutually beneficial for both Gazprom and CNPC, and will set an example for other companies to follow. LINK

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Samson: Overthrowing a network of fraud, fraud and theft of state funds from government banks in Maysan

5th September, 2022

Today, Monday, Maysan Police Command announced the overthrow of a network of fraud, fraud and theft of state funds from government banks in the province.

The leadership said in a statement, that under the direct supervision of the Maysan police chief, the Maysan crime-fighting operation was able to overthrow a network whose criminal operations are active in forgery, fraud and theft of state funds from government banks. LINK

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Samson: Kurdistan Retirement releases salaries online next week

4th September, 2022

The Directorate of Retirement in Kurdistan Region announced on Sunday that it will start disbursing salaries on Monday of next week.

The Director General of Retirement Hazem Goran told Shafak News Agency that the directorate will start distributing the salaries of retirees according to the electronic system on the twelfth of this month.

And he indicated that "the directorate has completed all the tasks entrusted to it to activate the electronic system, and we are now waiting for an agreement with the banks on a specific mechanism for distributing salaries electronically through them."