• Cina Iran

    For China’s Global Ambitions, ‘Iran Is at the Center of Everything’

    Iran’s strategic location makes it a focus, and Chinese investments and entrepreneurs are pouring into the country.

  • Nigeria

    NHIS crisis: Reps overstepping their bounds

    THERE is so much chaos in Nigeria’s public service. This congenital defect has cropped up at the National Health Insurance Scheme, where the pronouncements of the Executive Secretary, Usman Yusuf, against the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, have triggered a national uproar. Adewole had suspended the ES from office over ...

  • USA

    International students may have to renew visas yearly

    A change to foreign student visa policies being discussed at the United States Department of Homeland Security would require international students to reapply annually for permission to stay in the United States, according to the Washington Post. The change being discussed would attach an end date to a student’s study ...

  • USA

    Michael Kors buys Jimmy Choo for £900m

    US fashion brand Michael Kors on Tuesday agreed to buy British shoemaker to the stars Jimmy Choo for almost £900m ($1.2bn, 1.0 billion euros). Jimmy Choo — whose celebrity fans include Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Nicole Kidman and Kate Middleton — is the “ideal partner” for the US handbag and clothing ...

  • Nigeria

    CBN sells $195m ahead of MPC decisions

    Oyetunji Abioye Ahead of the decisions of the Monetary Policy Committee on Tuesday, the Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday boosted liquidity in various segments of the inter-bank foreign exchange market with a total of $195m. At Monday’s forex trading, the CBN offered the sum of $100m as wholesale interventions ...

  • Nigeria

    N1.1bn subsidy fraud: Arisekola’s son opens defence

    Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe Abdullahi Alao, son of the late Ibadan business mogul, Arisekola Alao, standing trial in a N1.1bn subsidy fraud case, on Monday opened his defence. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alleged that Alao and his company, Axe Energy Ltd., the late Opeyemi Ajuyah, Majope Investment and Olanrewaju Olalusi, ...

  • Australia

    Pope’s Top Adviser Faces Sexual Abuse Charges In Australia

    One of the pope’s top advisers, Cardinal George Pell, makes his first court appearance in Australia this week on charges of historic sex crimes, a bitter reminder for his home town reeling from more than a dozen abuse cases. Pell, the Vatican’s economy minister, last month became the most senior ...

  • Thailandia

    SET opens up 3.22 to 1,579.95

    Thai stocks opened up 0.20% at the start of trade this morning.

  • Russia

    Pizza brands target Russian provinces

    MOSCOW: Global pizza brands Domino's and Papa John's are preparing an assault on Russia's provinces, betting they can turn a profit far from Moscow as online card payments become more widespread and consumers get to know foreign brands better.

  • Cina Panama

    Panamá y China evalúan oportunidades de inversión y comercio

    El año pasado, Panamá exportó bienes a China por un valor de 50.9 millones de dólares, 22.9% más que el año anterior.