India Bans TikTok As Tensions With China Escalate
India is banning TikTok and several other well-known Chinese apps, saying they pose a "threat to sovereignty and…
Saudi Prince Calls OPEC, Laggard and Nigeria Amid Push For Oil Cuts
Prince Mohammed and Nigerian president spoke on Monday: SPA
Nigeria submitted plan to fully…
Google Photos Will No Longer Backup Social Media Folders By Default
Google Photos will no longer backup images and videos saved from folders created and managed by social media apps…
EasyJet Plans To Close Bases And Cut Staff
EasyJet has announced that it has begun consultations on plans to close bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle.…
Coronavirus: UK Economy Hit By Worst Contraction In 41 Years
The UK economy shrank more than first thought between January and March, contracting 2.2% in the joint largest fall…
Killing Of Ethiopian Singer Sparks Protests In Capital City
Youths enraged by the killing of a popular protest singer burned tyres during demonstrations in Ethiopia’s capital…
Wealthy Africans Shopping For Foreign Passports
A Nigerian passport, says Karo Agono, a Nigerian businessman, raises all sorts of “red flags”. For 15…
Iran Issues Arrest Warrant For Trump
Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of…
Trump Was Briefed On Russian Bounties Earlier Than Thought, Reports Say
President Donald Trump and the White House knew earlier than was previously reported about alleged Russian bounties…
Canada GDP Likely To Rise 3% In May On Gradual Reopening
Canada’s real GDP is likely to grow 3% in May, bouncing back from a record decline in April, Statistics Canada said…
Apple Might Not Include A Charger With The iPhone 12
Over the weekend, lots of sites reported that Apple analyst Ming-chi Kuo is claiming that the iPhones due to be…
Google Prevents Media Companies From Chipping Away At Its Data Dominance
Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google upended plans by European media companies to block it from harvesting data about…
Global COVID-19 Prevention Trial Of Hydroxychloroquine To Resume
A global trial designed to test whether the anti-malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can prevent…
Fitch Says Nigerian Banks Have A Risk Indicator Of 12.14. Here’s Why
A new report by Fitch Solutions titled “Nigeria: Banking & Financial Services Report Q3 2020”…
Amazon’s Brand Value Tops $400 Billion
Amazon has maintained its position as the world's most valuable brand, increasing its worth by almost a third…
Naira gains Against The Dollar At I&E Window, Forex Liquidity Up By 242%
Forex turnover at the Investor and Exporters (I&E) window recorded a huge increase on Monday, June 29, 2020, as…
Twitch Temporarily Bans President Trump For ‘Hateful Conduct’
Twitch has temporarily banned President Donald Trump, in the latest surprise and high-profile suspension from the…
Airbus Set To Announce Thousands Of Job Cuts
Airbus is set to announce on Tuesday a restructuring involving thousands of job cuts as it deals with the fallout…
Shell To Write Down Up To $22 Billion Of Assets In Second Quarter
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell said on Tuesday it will write down the value of its assets by up to…
United States Not On EU’s ‘Safe’ Travel List, Diplomats Say
The United States is not on a “safe list” of destinations for non-essential travel due to be unveiled by European…
Norwegian Air Cancels Orders For 97 Boeing
Norwegian Air (NWC.OL) has cancelled orders for 97 Boeing (BA.N) aircraft and will claim compensation from the U.S.…
Thailand To Re-open Bars And Allow In Some Foreign Travellers
Thailand will allow pubs and bars to re-open on Wednesday and plans to let in some foreign travellers after…
The British Are Fatter Than The Rest Of Europe, Says PM Johnson
The British are far fatter than any other nation in Europe bar the Maltese so there needs to be a debate about how…
Lazarus Chakwera Sworn In As President After Re-run Election
Malawi's new president Lazarus Chakwera was sworn in for a five-year term on Sunday, hours after unseating former…
Gunmen Attack Pakistani Stock Exchange
Gunmen armed with grenades attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange in the city of Karachi on Monday in a bid to take…
The Simpsons’ To Stop Using White Actors To Voice Non-White Characters
The Simpsons" will no longer use White actors to voice non-White characters, according to the show's producers.…
Amsterdam’s Red Light District Gets Green Light To Reopen On Wednesday
The red light district in Amsterdam is to reopen on Wednesday with prostitutes expected to wear gloves and avoid…
Fugaku, The World’s Fastest Computer, Is Researching The Spread Of Coronavirus
For the first time in years, Japan has the fastest supercomputer in the world and it's being used to research the…
Google Will Start Paying Publishers For News
Google will start paying to display news content from some media outletsafter years of resisting demandsfrom…
Coronavirus: Restaurants Are Reducing Menus To Streamline Operations
Restaurants are reducing their menus to streamline their operations amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The industry…