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USA
Jay Powell says US economy is at an ‘inflection point’
Fed chair sees hiring and growth set to accelerate but a new Covid-19 surge could still derail recovery
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Montenegro
Montenegro calls for EU help over $1bn Chinese highway loan
Refinancing offer would be ‘a small but easy win’ for Brussels, says finance minister
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India
India verbiedt export medicijn remdesivir
22:35 India heeft zondag de export van het antivirale medicijn remdesivir verboden. Dat geneesmiddel gebruikt wordt bij de behandeling van Covid-19.
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Cina
FOREIGN: All Chinese Schools Now Have Access To Internet
AGENCY REPORT All Chinese schools now have full access to the Internet, and 95.2 per cent of them are equipped with multi-media classrooms, according to a senior official with China’s Ministry of Education. The country has been constantly accelerating informationisation of teaching, and sees it as underpinning the modernisation of ...
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Nigeria
Pro-Buhari Group Tackles IMF, Says Nigeria To Surpass 2.5% Growth Projection
BY BODE GBADEBO The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has tackled the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over its 2.5% economic growth projection for Nigeria, accusing the Fund of not carrying out a proper assessment of the nation’s economy. BMO, therefore, argued that the country’s economic growth for 2021 will surpass the 2.5% projected ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria Urges D-8 Nations To Invest In Young Digital Entrepreneurs
By INNOCENT ODOH, | The Nigerian government has advised the Developing 8 (D-8) nations to invest in the creativity and digital entrepreneurship of the youth of the member nations to ensure their active participation in innovative technology. Nigeria’s minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, gave this admonition at the 19th ...
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Nigeria
France Supports NDLEA With Tactical Training, Equipment
BY INNOCENT ODOH | The Embassy of France in Nigeria has given the operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) tactical progressive training and donated protective equipment to the agency to assist its operators in fighting against illicit drug trafficking in the country. This was disclosed in a statement ...
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Singapore Nigeria
Why Nigeria May Not Benefit From ACFTA – Former Envoy
Nigeria’s former acting High Commissioner to Singapore and former Charge d’ Affairs to Mexico, Ambassador Ogbole Odey, in this interview with INNOCENT ODOH, warns that the country may not benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) if it resources are not harnessed to boost it productive capacity and ...
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Turchia
Bodrum expects threefold Russian, Ukrainian tourists
Turkey’s vacationing hotspot Bodrum is set to host foreign tourists as the town's mayor expects three times more international arrivals than in 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
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USA
IMF, World Bank begin push to swap debt relief for green projects
WASHINGTON - The idea of forgiving debt held by poor countries in exchange for "green" investments gained ground this week during the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank, with concrete proposals expected in time for a global climate summit this fall.