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Turkmenistan has gathered 1.407 million tonnes of wheat, matching its 2025 goal after a round-the-clock harvest on 690,000 hectares that officials say was bolstered by new combines and higher state purchase prices.
The agriculture ministry said 2,111 John Deere and Claas machines worked “non-stop” to bring in the crop, which was delivered to state granaries by Thursday. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov praised farmers, daikhan associations and private growers for a “brilliant labour victory” in a message published on Friday.
Procurement prices were raised last year to 2,000 manats per tonne (about $1,176 per tonne), a 25 % increase designed to improve farm margins and encourage investment. The government has also channelled funds into fertiliser plants, grain elevators and new irrigation works to curb losses in the desert republic, officials said.
A Scientific Research Institute of Grain Farming, launched in 2024, supplied three high-yield varieties—Serdar, Arkadag and Pyragy—that accounted for most of this season’s plantings. The ministry said the hybrids outperform older cultivars by “10-15 %” in arid conditions, although independent data were not provided.
Turkmenistan, which targets self-sufficiency in staple foods, imported roughly 100,000 tonnes of milling wheat last year, according to United Nations trade figures. Officials expect the latest harvest to cover domestic demand and leave a modest surplus for strategic reserves.
The government is also allocating land from a Special Fund to private producers, part of wider reforms aimed at diversifying an economy still dominated by natural-gas exports. Further policy measures will be outlined at a cabinet meeting later this month, state media reported.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
Türkiye’s main stock index, BIST 100, closed on Friday at 10,941.79 points, recording a 3.14% increase.
Türkiye has emerged as Europe’s largest steel producer and the world’s seventh largest in the first eight months of 2025, producing 36.9 million tonnes last year, according to sector officials.
Germany’s Adidas increased its full-year profit guidance, saying it managed to cushion some of the extra expenses resulting from higher U.S. tariffs.
Germany’s Adidas on Tuesday raised its full-year operating profit forecast, saying it had successfully offset part of the additional costs caused by higher U.S. tariffs.
New Zealand's annual inflation accelerated in the third quarter, reaching 3.0%, which aligns with analysts' expectations and is at the upper end of the central bank's target range, according to official data released on Monday.
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