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Experts Seek Solution To Forex Challenge Facing Businesses
Financial experts have said there is a need to address the foreign exchange challenge facing the manufacturing and…
U.S. Government Begins Two Trials Testing Eli Lilly’s Coronavirus Antibody Drug
The trials, called ACTIV-2 and ACTIV-3, will look at U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly’s experimental treatment known as…
The $600 Unemployment Boost Is Gone That Leaves Some With Just $5 A Week
Congress didn’t extend a $600-a-week boost to unemployment benefits, which expired July 31.
That leaves aid…
Ports Economic Regulator And Automation Project
For every maritime stakeholder, the mention of world big ports like Shanghai, China and Singapore rings a bell…
Trump Says Nationwide Lockdown Would ‘Ultimately Inflict More Harm Than It Would…
President Donald Trump insisted Monday that shutting down the United States in an attempt to curb the coronavirus…
As Pandemic Stretches On, Retail Bankruptcies Approach Highest Number In A Decade
2020 is on track to have the highest number of retail bankruptcies in a decade, according to S&P Global Market…
UK Told To Stop Sending Foreign Aid To Nigeria After Mass Killing Of Christians
More than half of people (53 percent) want British aid to Nigeria made conditional on measures protecting…
Next Big COVID-19 Treatment May Be Manufactured Antibodies
As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, the next big advance in battling the pandemic could come from a class of…
U.S. Manufacturing Activity Near 1-1/2-year High; Construction Spending Extends…
U.S. manufacturing activity accelerated to its highest level in nearly 1-1/2 years in July as orders increased…
Earnings, Microsoft Boost Wall St. As Investors Await Stimulus
Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Monday as Microsoft’s pursuit of TikTok’s U.S. operations and a clutch of upbeat…
Treasury Yields Bounce Slightly From Last Week’s Record-Setting Drop
Treasury yields edged higher on Monday following last week’s decline that pushed some of the frond-end rates to…
Covid-19 Testing Delays Create A Public Health Nightmare As Schools And Workplaces…
Demand for Covid-19 tests far outstrips supply in the U.S.
“The wheels have fallen off the wagon,”…
U.S. Makes Deal For 100 Million Doses Of Coronavirus Vaccine, Deaths Expected To…
Two major drug companies will supply the U.S. government with 100 million doses of an experimental coronavirus…
Outlook For U.S. Value Stocks Uncertain With Cloudy Economic Picture
After a rally led by growth companies that has left the S&P 500 index .SPX roughly 4% from setting a new record…
Global Funds Favour Bonds Over Stocks On Surging Coronavirus Infections
Global funds recommended cutting equity holdings in July to the lowest in four years and suggested keeping bond…
Dollar Heads For Biggest Monthly Drop In A Decade As Virus Fuels U.S. Economy…
The dollar extended its dramatic fall on Friday, putting it on course for its biggest monthly drop in a decade as…
Emirates Expands African Connections
Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Nairobi from August 2, 2020, Baghdad and Basra will follow from…
Human Trafficking Worse In US Than Nigeria
The 2020 trafficking in-person report had placed Nigeria on a tier-two watch list, meaning that Nigeria failed to…
Canada And Nigeria Working To Combat Migrant Smuggling, Human Trafficking And…
OTTAWA, ON, July 29, 2020 /CNW/ - The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and…
UK Advises Against All Non-Essential Travel To Spain’s Balearic And Canary…
Britain’s Foreign Office is extending its advice against all non-essential travel to mainland Spain to include the…
Bigotry Against Black People Poisons The Arab World
Day after day, week after week, the cars pulled up outside the Ethiopian embassy in Beirut and ejected their…
Virus Takes Toll On Cargo Import Volume
The economic effects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) may begin to manifest in the maritime space sooner than…
Wall St. Climbs On Stimulus, Dovish Fed Bets Ahead Of Earnings Rush
U.S. stocks rose on Monday after a two-day slide, as investors shrugged off surging COVID-19 cases and U.S.-China…
Black And Ethnic Minority People Could Feature On British Money
Black and ethnic minority figures are set to feature on British currency for the first time, with Gurkha heroes and…
Ethiopian Welcomes Back Customers
Ethiopian Airlines has said during the pandemic, it was the go-to airline for essential travel, repatriation…
Pandemic Hit To Haj Saddens Would-Be Pilgrims
This year’s haj will be a time of sadness for many Muslims around the world prevented from travelling to Saudi…
China Says UK Citizenship Pathway For Hong Kong Residents Violates International…
A new British policy allowing Hong Kong residents to claim British citizenship is a violation of international law…
China’s Latest Starfish-Shaped Airport Set To Boost Tourism In Northeast
Qingdao, a Chinese coastal city famous for being the headquarters of Tsingtao Brewery, is poised for a major…
Africa Starts To Have Second Thoughts About That Chinese Money
Dipak Patel can still recall the dizzying grandeur of his 2003 visit to Beijing’s cavernous Great Hall of the…
China Vows Retaliation After U.S. Shutters Houston Consulate
Beijing calls U.S. decision ‘unprecedented escalation’
State Department says move to protect intellectual…