Ethiopian Welcomes Back Customers
Ethiopian Airlines has said during the pandemic, it was the go-to airline for essential travel, repatriation flights and airlift of…
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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 Law
A new British policy allowing Hong Kong residents to claim British citizenship is a violation of international law and interferes…
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 tourism boost with…
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 People:…
China Vows Retaliation After U.S. Shutters Houston Consulate
Beijing calls U.S. decision ‘unprecedented escalation’ State Department says move to protect intellectual property China vowed retaliation after the U.S.…
Where’s Crude Heading? Morgan Stanley Says To Watch The Oil-Gold Ratio
“The oil-gold ratio has historically been a poor indicator of future oil prices,” Morgan Stanley’s Martijn Rats and Amy Sergeant…
US Opens Borders For Students, Academics And Businesspersons From Schengen Area, Ireland & UK
In an unprecedented move, the United States has decided to open the borders for certain business travellers, investors, treaty traders,…
Portugal Fines Airlines And Passengers Arriving Without Negative COVID-19 Test Results
Portugal’s government is fining anyone arriving in the country from the United States, non- European Union/non-Schengen zone countries who don’t…
Stolen Kuwaiti Money in Beverly Hills ‘Mountain,’ U.S. Says
U.S. prosecutors said money misappropriated from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense was used to invest in a Beverly Hills, California,…
Global Air Passenger Slump To Last Until 2023
Global airline passenger demand won’t recover to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels until the end of 2023, and only then if effective…
Oil Exposure Raises Questions For West Africa’s Big Banks In Age Of Coronavirus
West Africa’s major banks could suffer a spike in loan defaults as lower oil prices and the acute economic impact…
UK Begins Issuance Of Flexible Visa To Doctors, Others
The United Kingdom has announced a special type of visa for foreign healthcare professionals to work in Britain. The Health…
Over 370 Nigerians Asked To Leave U.S. ‘For Breaking Laws’
More than 370 Nigerians were ordered to leave the United States this year, after being found guilty of breaking immigration…
The Billion Dollar Broker Who Managed A Nation’s Oil Wealth
The wire transfer was just one of millions that ricochet through the global financial system every day. Starting at the…
Weekahead-African-FX-Kenyan, Nigeria Currencies Seen Weaker, Uganda’s Firmer
Kenyan and Nigerian currencies are likely to come under pressure against the U.S. dollar next week as Uganda’s shilling strengthens…
Canada Will Have To Rely On Immigration As Global Fertility Rate Plummets
Participants celebrate becoming Canadian citizens after swearing the oath of citizenship during a virtual citizenship ceremony held over livestream due…
Seven Countries With Big And Small Population Problems
A major new study published in the Lancet medical journal suggests falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have…
U.S. Reverses Student Visa Curbs After Harvard, MIT Fight
Deal ends standoff that could have sent thousands back home Schools can now resume planning for the fall semester The…
EU to Resist Further Travel Opening With New Virus Wave a Risk
The European Union will recommend keeping its external borders shut to Americans and most other foreigners for at least two…
Coronavirus Hastens the Rise of the Cashless Economy
Cashless transactions have spiked as company policies and consumer habits shift. But protections for people without bank and credit access…
WHO Worries As Covid-19 Cases Surpasses 13 Million World Wide
COVID-19 cases rose above 13 million across the world on Monday, climbing by one million in just five days, with…
Air Peace Evacuates Nigerians From Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia
Nigeria’s leading carrier, Air Peace, on July 10, 2020, dispatched, two B777 aircraft, with registration number 5N-BWI and 5N-BVE, to…
Wife Of Brazil’s President Bolsonaro, And Her Two Daughters, Test Negative For Coronavirus
Michelle Bolsonaro, the wife of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who is sick with the new coronavirus, said on Saturday that…
China Raises Flood Alert To Second Highest Level
China on Sunday raised its flood response alert to the second highest grade as downpours continued to batter regions along…
UK Plans To Create ‘Freeports,’ Cut Taxes
British finance minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to introduce sweeping tax cuts and an overhaul of planning laws in up…
Abu Dhabi Fund Suspends Debt Service Repayments For Countries, Companies
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development has suspended debt service repayments for some countries and companies for the year, the state-financed…
Cash-Strapped New Jersey To Borrow Up To $9.9 Billion Under Deal
New Jersey, one of the states hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak, would borrow up to $9.9 billion from sources…
Trump Dons Masks In Visit To A Military Medical Facility
President Donald Trump, who has avoided wearing a mask in public even as the coronavirus pandemic spread, donned one on…
Mandatory Masks, Mickey At A Distance As Walt Disney World Reopens
Mickey waved from a distance and visitors wore colorful face masks with mouse ears on Saturday as Florida’s Walt Disney…