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Indonesia
LG International Expands Its Palm Oil Capacity in Indonesia
LG International will expand its palm oil operations in Indonesia for the first time in six years. This is a move for the trading company to focus more on the food resource business. The company recently broke the ground for the palm oil plant. It plans to complete the construction by ...
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El Salvador
Experta de la ONU pide al gobierno de El Salvador ayudar a las víctimas de la violencia de las pandillas
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: El SalvadorLa relatora especial de la ONU sobre los derechos de la población desplazada, Cecilia Jiménez-Damary, calificó la situación en la nación centroamericana como una “tragedia oculta”.SAN SALVADOR / GINEBRA (21 Agosto 2017) – El Salvador debe realizar mayores esfuerzos para ayudar a las ...
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Thailandia
SET opens up 1.92 to 1,571.54
Thai stocks opened up 0.12% at the start of trade this morning.
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Thailandia
Despite floods, rice output forecasts unchanged
Around 1 million rai of rice plantation in the Northeast was destroyed by the recent flood, but it is unlikely to have any severe effect on Thai rice production and export, with shippers and industry officials keeping rice export forecasts unchanged at 10 million tonnes.
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USA Filippine
Philippines says not worried about peso's weakness
MANILA -- Philippine Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said on Tuesday the authorities were not worried about the peso's weakness, but were monitoring the speed at which it moves against the US dollar.
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Etiopia
On the Road to Become Front-Runner in Green Economy
[Ethiopian Herald] 'Unlike what the developed nations did, Ethiopia's development should come about without having significant impact on the environment and the planets natural resources' is the whole concept of the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE).
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USA Etiopia Regno Unito
Ethiopia's Version of Developmental State
[Ethiopian Herald] Following the oil shock of 1973 and the consecutive economic problems, Keynesian economics fell out of favor at the end of the 1970s. Then, as an advocate of fundamental form of free market, neoliberalism has prevailed in the world for the past three decades. First it took hold ...
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Etiopia
The Mastermind of Ethiopia's Successful Foreign Policy
[Ethiopian Herald] The late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who played a key role in designing the 2002 Foreign Affairs and National Security Policy and Strategy (FANSPS) strongly believed that the major objective of the foreign policy, diplomacy and relations should be promoting economic development through cooperation, partnership, mutual respect and ...
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USA
Rocket strikes downtown Kabul
A rocket struck the heart of Kabul's government and diplomatic area tonight, setting off alarms and sirens at foreign embassies, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. Police said the rocket landed on a secure road just outside the presidential palace and near an area housing other Afghan government offices, ...
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Regno Unito Malta Bosnia Erzegovina Myanmar Macedonia
Twelve writers for literature festival
Twelve writers from different countries will read at the 12th edition of the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival, which opens on Thursday. Event organisers Inizjamed said the festival would also feature Maltese and foreign poetry, films, music and a well-stocked book stall. A book-binding service will be available for those with a manuscript ...