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Syrians who fled Assad fear he will soon choke off aid

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By Maya Gebeily and Khalil Ashawi BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syrians who fled President Bashar al-Assad’s rule fear he may soon be able to choke off badly needed aid as Damascus acts to establish sway over U.N. assistance into the rebel-held northwest, the last major bastion of the Syrian opposition. A tussle at the U.N. Security Council…

Australia expects unemployment rate to rise as global economy slows

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday that he expected the nation’s jobless rate to lift from near a 48-year low on the back of higher interest rates and slowing global growth. “As the Reserve Bank forecasts and the Treasury forecasts have inflation moderating over the coming months, they do have a…