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Kenya
Kenya lifts poultry ban for 3 large Ugandan export firms
Three firms allowed to bring in chickens under tight safety demands.
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USA
Korean stocks open higher on foreign buying
South Korean stocks opened higher Thursday helped by foreign buying. The Korean won rose against the US dollar. The benc
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Egitto Turchia
Between 20,000 and 50,000 continue to live under dire humanitarian conditions in Raqqa City
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, TurkeyWater and electricity have been reportedly cut off for more than a month, forcing people to collect unsafe water. Unexploded ordnance and landmines continue to be a serious safety concern. Highlights About 20,000 to 50,000 people in Syria’s Raqqa city continue ...
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Bolivia Guatemala El Salvador
Nuevo estudio examina los vínculos entre la emigración y la inseguridad alimentaria en el Corredor Seco de Centroamérica
Source: World Food Programme Country: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, United States of AmericaEl estudio muestra una tendencia de personas jóvenes y personas más vulnerables de abandonar zonas de inseguridad alimentaria, especialmente en zonas secas en El Salvador, Guatemala, y Honduras.WASHINGTON, D.C. – Un nuevo estudio interagencial publicado hoy encuentra la correlación ...
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Malta
Contraband offensive: Inspectors target boat fuelling station, seacraft in Comino
Customs officers have lifted diesel samples from a boat fueling station in Mġarr harbour and a number of boats in Comino and Mġarr as part of a clampdown on contraband diesel. The inspections were part of an offensive against contraband by the Customs Department. Over the past week, the department said it ...
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Malta
Holding an event is no party - DJ lobbies to change laws
A “prohibitive” €11,000 bank guarantee and a number of other hoops party organisers have to jump through to hold an event did not make sense, according to a DJ lobbying for legal changes. Joven Grech, better known by his stage name, Tenishia, told the Times of Malta he had been holding ...
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Malta
10 years of financial journalism
My first contribution in the media as part of my part-time financial journalism duties was in early 2007 when I had decided to publish a review of a company’s financial statements after reading a misleading article in the press. When contemplating a topic for my 500th article, I thought of looking ...
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Malta
HSBC Malta creating futurebusiness leaders with JAYE Malta
Summer is a great time to relax and recharge, but it’s also an excellent chance for students to get work experience – 13 promising students are doing exactly that by using their holidays to work at HSBC Bank Malta and maximising their chances of future success. The programme is part of ...
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USA
Euro, bond yields rise on buoyant business surveys
The European single currency and euro zone government bond yields rose yesterday after a survey showed the bloc’s manufacturing businesses had their best month of growth in six-and-a-half years. US stocks looked set to open lower, with Wall Street futures down 0.3 per cent. Forecast-beating surveys in the euro zone’s two biggest ...
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Regno Unito Malta Macedonia
Burmese novelist at Fort St Elmo this evening
The 12th edition of the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival opens today. Twelve writers from nine countries are reading at the festival, which also features Maltese and foreign poetry films, live music by jazz alternative Maltese musicians, a book stall, a book-binding stand by Kotba Calleja, drinks, and a selection of food provided ...