FIFA To Earn £3bn From Qatar 2022
FIFA is set to generate £3bn from the World Cup in Qatar, while thousands of migrant workers have lost their…
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Total Nigeria Trains 2,181 Fuel Truck Drivers
Total Nigeria Plc says it has trained 2,181 drivers in the last four years against the backdrop of serious concerns…
Canada calling? Hong Kong Residents Shift Billions Abroad After Clampdown
As China imposed a sweeping national security law in Hong Kong last year after massive protests, residents of the city…
Dollar Holds Advantage On Economic Optimism, Euro Looks Vulnerable
The dollar traded near multi-month highs against most major currencies on Friday, supported by a wave of optimism due to…
Wrong For China To Sanction UK Individuals: British Minister
British housing minister Robert Jenrick said it was wrong for China to have sanctioned UK individuals and entities over what…
Uber To Reopen San Francisco Offices With Limited Capacity Next Week
Uber Technologies Inc said on Thursday it plans to reopen its offices at Mission Bay, San Francisco, with 20% occupancy…
Burberry Becomes First Luxury Brand To Suffer Chinese Backlash Over Xinjiang
Burberry has lost a Chinese brand ambassador and its hallmark tartan design was scrubbed from a popular video game, becoming…
Japan Approves Bill To Oversee Land Deals Near Defence Bases, Border Islands
Japan’s cabinet approved on Friday a bill that will tighten oversight of land deals and land use near military facilities…
BOJ Forms Panel To Help Guide Central Bank Digital Currency Experiment
Set to begin experimenting in how to operate a central bank digital currency, the Bank of Japan said on Friday…
Indian Farmers Squat On Railway Tracks To Mark Four Months Of Protests
Dozens of farmers squatted on railway tracks in northern India on Friday, disrupting traffic to mark four months of a…
Suez Blockage Sets Shipping Rates Racing, Oil And Gas Tankers Diverted Away
Reeling from the blockage in the Suez Canal, shipping rates for oil product tankers have nearly doubled this week, and…
Yemen’s Houthis Say Launched Attacks On Saudi Arabian Oil, Military Sites
Yemen’s Houthi forces on Friday said they launched attacks on Thursday on Saudi Arabia targeting facilities owned by state-owned oil…
UK Retail Sales Rise 2.1% In February
British retail sales rose by 2.1% in February from January even as non-essential shops remained in a coronavirus lockdowns, official…
Deutsche Bank CEO Willing To Give Up Investment Bank Oversight Role
Christian Sewing, chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank, is willing to give up his role overseeing the investment bank in…
Bitcoin Tumbles 7%, Pushing It Near $50,000 Threshold As Retail-Investor Interest Wanes
Bitcoin fell on Thursday by as much as 6.7%, to $50,440.17, as retail-investor interest slipped and the options market triggered…
China’s Yuan Dips As Dollar Draws Strength From Recovery Hopes
The yuan dipped to a two-week low on Thursday as brighter U.S. economic prospects continue to bolster the dollar, chipping…
Nigeria’s Crackdown On Bitcoin Echoes Global Crypto Conundrum
Lagos, Nigeria – When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued a circular in early February warning banks and financial institutions…
NFT Artwork By Humanoid Robot Sells At Auction For Nearly $700,000
A digital artwork by humanoid robot Sophia was sold at auction on Thursday for $688,888 in the form of a…
European Fashion Stocks Hit By China Xinjiang Row
Shares of European fashion brands Adidas, Inditex and H&M fell on Thursday as they faced a storm of criticism on…
Vaxcyte Asks Chairman Slaoui To Resign After GSK Harassment Allegation
U.S. vaccine developer Vaxcyte Inc on Thursday asked board chairman Moncef Slaoui to step down, a day after GlaxoSmithKline dismissed…
ECB Seeks To Allay German Misgivings About Digital Euro
The European Central Bank sought on Thursday to allay misgivings in Germany about the launch of a digital euro, saying…
Boohoo Cuts Number Of UK Suppliers
British online fashion retailer Boohoo on Thursday revealed a major consolidation in its supplier base as it published a full…
UK Card Payments Recover Towards Pre-COVID Levels: ONS
Spending on credit and debit cards during the week to March 18 stood at 81% of its February 2020 pre-lockdown…
Stocks Sluggish, Dollar Near Four-Month Highs As Risk Appetite Wanes
Global equities languished close to two-week lows on Thursday, while the dollar cruised to near a four-month high against the…
Deutsche Telekom, Slovak Unit Lose Appeal Against EU Antitrust Fine
Deutsche Telekom and its Slovak unit on Thursday lost their fight against an antitrust fine levied nearly a decade ago…
Hong Kong Tells Foreign Governments To Stop Accepting Special British Passport
The Hong Kong government has told some foreign consulates to stop accepting a British travel document that many of its…
Bill Gates Says World Should Be Back To Normal By End-2022 Due To Vaccines
The world should be back to normal by the end of 2022 thanks to COVID-19 vaccines, Bill Gates said in…
Mastercard Battles Return Of $19 Billion UK Class Action
A specialist London court will this week re-consider allowing an historic 14 billion pound ($19 billion) class action against Mastercard…
Bank Of England Unveils New Banknote Celebrating WW2 Code-Breaker Turing
The Bank of England unveiled the design of a new banknote celebrating mathematician Alan Turing, who helped Britain win World…
Organic Farming Must Grow To Reach Green Goals, EU Says
The European Commission on Thursday said it would expand financial and policy support to help achieve a goal for a…