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When run a perfectly balanced economy b/n these👇two sectors, it leads to a growing economy while reducing gap b/n extremely poor and extremely rich. #SocialJustice
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የአንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ -@ ለትላንት የደርግ/ኢሰፓ አስር አለቃ፣ በብሄር ኮታ የትላንት ጌቶቹ ጀነራል ያደርጉት፣ የአብይ አህመድ የኤምሬት የተላላኪ ተላላኪ ፣ በአለም ደረጃ ተወዳዳሪ እውቀትና አቅም የነበራቸው ኤታ ማጆር ሹሞች (አነ ጀ/ል ህይሌ ባይከዳኝ፣ ጀ/ል መርእድ ንጉሴ በተቀመጡብት ወንበር ላይ የተቀመጠው- ለአሳፋሪው ዘላባጅ ብርሀኑ ጁላ የተሰጠ ግሩም ፣ በሃቅ ላይ የተመሰረተ ምላሽ። youtube.com/watch?v=OSenl5vi…
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Alexander Isak puts an injury-hit club season behind him with a World Cup goal inside 30 minutes 💪
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🔥🇸🇪 OFFICIAL: Alexander Isak, Man of the Match for Sweden against Tunisia.
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#Isak, 1 goal and two assists.👇👏
Storseger i VM-premiären ✅ 🇸🇪 5-1 🇹🇳 | #FIFAWorldCup
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Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gharibabadi confirms the country reached a peace deal with the US bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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BREAKING: Iran's Speaker of the Parliament Ghalibaf responds after Israel attacks Beirut, Lebanon, on the same day President Trump said a peace deal was coming. He says the Israeli attacks have "shown that America either lacks the will to fulfill its commitments or the ability to do so." "By giving the green light to the regime, you cannot gain concessions. The game of bad cop and good cop is outdated. If you lack the will and ability to fulfill your commitments, speaking of continuing the path is not possible," Ghalibaf says. The Iran Deal appears to be at risk again.
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With the US-Iranian Memorandum of Understanding in the wings, ISRAEL continues to break the Israeli-Lebanon ceasefire, with the bombing of Beirut today. ISRAEL = THE SPOILER. 

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BREAKING: A senior Iranian official has told Reuters that, under a draft memorandum with the United States, Tehran has agreed it will neither produce nor acquire nuclear weapons. 🔴 More on aljazeera.com
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Did you say #Ethiopia's🇪🇹 inflation rate is now in the single digits? How so ? I hope I heard that correctly. When you adopted a floating exchange rate, the birr depreciated from about 50 birr per U.S. dollar to around 150 birr per dollar—a threefold increase. Have people's wages increased by 300% as well? Has your single-digit figure taken that into account? If inflation is truly in the single digits, why are university lecturers and even medical doctors struggling to afford three meals a day, let alone the poor and lower middle-income population? I find that very difficult to believe. What do you say to that? @TeshomeAbebe18 @alemayehuGeda @YonasBiru57 @oliverhanney
What does it really take to put a foundation for growth? I sat down with @oliverhanney of @vox_dev and Katrik Akileswaran to discuss economic policy making-prudent macro foundation, why credibility beats incentives for investors, sequencing change, and the limits of growth.
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I saw the post👇below on social media, and I was shocked. This man☝️even dares to lie blatantly by saying inflation is in the single digits. "ቆይ ድሃ አይኑር ነው እንዴ በሃገሪቱ እኔ በሃገሪቱ ተስፋ ቆርጫለሁ!😱😱 ነዳጅ ከ23 ብር ወደ 167.5 ግብር ከ 7,000 ወደ 40,000 ታርጋ ከ3,000 ወደ 30,000 3ተኛ ወገን ከ500 ወደ 4,600 መንጃ ፍቃድ እድሳት ከ 600 ብር 1,600 ትራፊክ ቅጣት ከ100 እና 150 ወደ 1,000 እና 1,500 ይህን ሁሉ ችለን በዛ ላይ ከባድ ኑሮ ውድነት የመብራት የቴሌ የቤት ኪራይ ተቋቀመን በኖርን እንደገና አዲስ ታርጋ ብሎ እንደሚባለው 56000 መጠየቅ በዛ ላይ ደግሞ ሶስተኛ ወገን እንደ አዲስ አውጡ ሲባል ይሄ የግፍ ግፍ አይደለም ወይ? "
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@AbiyAhmedAli of Ethiopia🇪🇹 seems so terrified of the northern opposition forces that could potentially unseat him from power—#FANO, other Amhara opposition groups, and the Tigray Defense Forces (#TDF). He is literally begging Aba Sanjo👇for help and allegedly asking the United States🇺🇸 to reconcile him with Eritrea🇪🇷, apparently assuming that #Eritrea is supporting those forces, which is completely false. He sent his security adviser, @RedwanHussien, and his new chief cadre, ex-TPLF @getachewreda, to #AlJazeera, appealing for international support while scapegoating #Eritrea🇪🇷. No one is responsible for his mess but him. Eight years ago, 120 million Ethiopians🇪🇹, 5 million Eritreans🇪🇷, and many international organizations—including @NobelPrize—fully embraced him and hoped he would bring peace to the region. His actions since then, however, have shown the complete opposite. He has threatened neighboring countries🇩🇯🇸🇴🇪🇷, attacked the Amhara #FANO forces that helped save his government from the #TPLF in 2020, once again starved and isolated #Tigrayans, and hosted the #RSF during Sudan's🇸🇩 conflict. He has been, in the eyes of many critics, a major source of instability in the #HOA. Perhaps his departure would bring sustainable peace. Who knows? @NeaminZeleke @GeduAndargachw @AndargachewTse2 @HOAAffairs @Jawar_Mohammed
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ETHIOPIA ― The ruling Prosperity Party (🤌the name!) has introduced a mandatory license plate replacement program costing each vehicle as high as 56,000 birr (around $350), in a country a general practitioner earns under 20,000 birr ($180) a month. 🫣 The government keeps squeezing the public dry by rebranding the robbery as "modernization."
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Welcome news. Eritrea🇪🇷 should be a long-term ally of the United States🇺🇸, just as Egypt🇪🇬 is in the #RedSea region. That would solidify the country's stability, reduce the persistent threat from Ethiopia🇪🇹, and help guarantee sustainable, uninterrupted economic growth. 👇👇👇
Marco Rubio, America’s secretary of state, has talked of a “new era of US–Eritrea relations”. Much chatter suggests that sanctions on the country will soon be lifted economist.com/middle-east-an…
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That’s only 125% of the #GDP of $31 trillion which is nothing. Both China🇨🇳 and Japan🇯🇵 were at about 250% at one time and they don’t own $dollar, USA🇺🇸 does. Leveraging is good if you can afford and service it well.
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JUST IN: US debt hits record $39 trillion
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RT @tesfanews: ≛ DID YOU KNOW? ― June 20 is Eritrea’s Martyrs Day, a solemn occasion when Eritreans from all walks of life honor their fall…
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Soccer has always been defined by free-flowing, unbroken action. But for the World Cup in America, FIFA is using “hydration breaks” to shoehorn in commercials. on.wsj.com/4oomwCq
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The beauty of the World Cup! 🏆

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Three Stooges (Flip-floppers)🇪🇹 : They were political buddies for 27 years before one side threw the other under the bus and overthrew their government. They then went to war, killing each other for eight months. Now they are back together in the same old corrupt organization in the capital, operating under a new name called PP, while siphoning resources from the people. It is only a matter of time before one side throws the other under the bus again and betrays them, or they all go down together. Mark my words.
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