KOBE, Japan - While the number of patients who contract swine flu is rising at an alarming rate around the world particularly with the recent disturbing cases of the virus in Japan, health experts discuss enthusiastically as to whether declare an official pandemic at the annual meeting of World Health Organization. The world should stay vigilant against virus, warns an expert
ISTANBUL - The number of global swine flu cases passes 5,000, according to the WHO, as the virus spreads to three more nations in Europe, Asia and Latin America. The new strain could have sickened 23,000 people in Mexico alone before anyone realized it was an epidemic, shows a study
PARIS - Global companies continue to post losses or diminished profits, but analysts at Citigroup say the world economy has effectively entered the ’twilight zone,’ in the sense that positive and negative data will go together for some period. ’We still do not expect corporate earnings cycle to bottom out for another year,’ they say
MEXICO CITY - As Mexico begins a five-day break aimed at further slowing the spread of the deadly swine flu virus, the country's epidemiology chief faults the WHO for not stepping in earlier. Denmark and Hong Kong become latest countries to report H1N1 infections and the outbreak even touches the White House.
ISTANBUL-The ruling Justice andDevelopmentParty survived a closure case while the Ergenekon case, seen by some circles as the reprisal of the ruling party against secularists, became one of the most controversial court cases. Diplomatic traffic continued despite internal turbulences with the visits of British Queen Elizabeth II, Iranian and Syrian presidents
ANTALYA - The global economic crisis has caused Turkey’s textile businesses to ponder pulling out of the sector. Hoping to lower the impact of the crisis on their businesses, some entrepreneurs resort to halting production or laying off workers, while others move their businesses abroad, meaning the sector loses blood either way.
ANTALYA - The global economic crisis has caused Turkey's textile businesses to ponder pulling out of the sector. Hoping to lower the impact of the crisis on their businesses, some entrepreneurs resort to halting production or laying off workers, while others move their businesses abroad, meaning the sector loses blood either way.