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USA
Dollar sinks to two-year low on concern over US virus toll
Euro jumps as investors doubt speedy recovery for the world’s largest economy
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Brasile USA
New Age of Low Interest Rates Will Have Positive Effects on Brazil’s Economy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Central Bank President Roberto Campos Neto set the tone earlier this month: despite the crisis triggered by the pandemic, Brazil could live with interest rates close to the current level and a more depreciated exchange rate in the coming years if it continues . . ...
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Brasile Colombia USA Argentina
Latin American Coronavirus Cases Now Surpass Those of US and Canada Together
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Cases of coronavirus in Latin America have exceeded the total combined infections in the United States and Canada for the first time, amid the wave of outbreaks in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Argentina, showed a Reuters survey released on Sunday. The growing number of ...
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Brasile
Magazine Luiza Closes Deal to Operate 214 Stores Exclusively on Solar Energy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Magazine Luiza has closed a deal with GreenYellow to supply solar energy to 214 of its over 1,100 stores. The contract, which works on a rental model, provides for the delivery of 9307.1 MWh per year. The agreement was signed in the first quarter this ...
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Nigeria
Key Points From AIHS 2020
Abuja International Housing Show has become the face of the housing industry in Nigeria and Africa by holding the first ever virtual housing conference in the continent. Virtual AIHS2020 Speakers The event, themed “Housing Finance Innovations for 2020 and Beyond. Sustainable Systems for Cities” which was held between 21st to ...
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Nigeria
Gov. Ortom Signs Revised 2020 Budget Into Law
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has signed the revised 2020 state budget of N108.82 billion into law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor signed the revised budget on Monday in Makurdi. Ortom said that the initial budget estimate for 2020 was N190.89 billion. “This figure ...
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Israele
'I found myself with a person I barely knew, in a foreign country, locked in'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: One couple that was forced together by the Coronavirus, and another that was forced apart
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Portogallo
Trabalhadores da Hotelaria e restauração iniciam hoje quinzena de luta
Os trabalhadores do setor da hotelaria e da restauração iniciam esta segunda-feira, no Porto, uma quinzena nacional de luta pela reposição de direitos e melhores salários.
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Senegal
Violences sur une présumée voleuse : la CDP saisit le parquet de Dakar
Dakar, 27 juil (APS) - La Commission de protection des données personnelles (CDP) a annoncé avoir saisi le parquet de Dakar, en vue d'une suite judiciaire à l'affaire relative à la diffusion d'une vidéo montrant l'agression d'une dame à Sacré-Cœur. - Société
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Turchia
Digital violence threatens women in Turkey more, says expert
Women in Turkey have been experiencing violence on yet another front, social media, and those aged between 18 and 24 are more exposed to this form of abuse, an information technology law expert has said.