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USA
Ex-deputy FBI chief to ‘Post’: Racial profiling not the right direction
Asked about recent rhetoric against Muslims in the US presidential race, Murphy argued that the rhetoric is "absolutely detrimental to law enforcement efforts."
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Cina
Shaked: We will fight with all of our might against attempted cyber attacks
China cyber chief: We remain open to world despite regulating foreign groups.
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USA
Israel should accept US aid offer, finance minister says
The Finance Minister implied that waiting for the next US president could be seen as intervention in the election.
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Ecuador
120,000 children with limited access to education two months after deadly quake
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: EcuadorA new temporary education and protection space was established in Canoa (San Vicente) to provide education and protection support for more than 600 children and teenagers. Highlights Micronutrients and other nutritional supplies (5,000,000 Chispaz, 350,000 zinc, 55,000 oral rehydration salts, 1,620,000 iron and folic acid supplementation for pregnant ...
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USA Myanmar
Zeid urges action to address serious rights violations against Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar
Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Country: MyanmarFour years after the 2012 violence in Rakhine State, some 120,000 Rohingya and Kaman Muslims are still living in camps for internally displaced people.GENEVA (20 June 2016) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday ...
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Indonesia Myanmar
Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights floods and landslides in Indonesia
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Timor-LesteIn Central Java province, Indonesia, floods and landslides caused 35 deaths while 25 are still missing according to the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB). Myanmar As of 15 June, approximately 28,000 people in Saging, Ayeyarwady, Bago regions and Rakhine ...
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Etiopia
Public debt stood at 55 % of the GDP
According to a Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation (MoFEC) Public Sector Debt Statistical Bulletin published in March 2016, Ethiopia’s total outstanding debt of as of December 31, 2015 is USD 36.36 billion. Public debt, both external and internal stood at 54.6 percent of the GDP.
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Nigeria
Nigeria: Banking Index Rises 11.9 Percent As Investors Swoop On Stocks
[This Day] Apparently aware of the positive impact the new foreign exchange (forex) policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will have on the performance of banks, some investors have increased demand for banking stocks. This development led to a gain of 8.75 per cent in the Nigerian Stock ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria: Economy Attracts U.S.$77 Billion Foreign Investments in Six Years
[This Day] The Nigeria's economy attracted $76.89 billion foreign investments between 2010 and 2015 just as analysts have said the new flexible foreign exchange policy will boost foreign investments in the near term.
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Uruguay
“No hay nada que indique que habrá inversión extranjera”
El ajuste fiscal que propone el gobierno en el proyecto de ley de Rendición de Cuentas que ingresó al Parlamento “no alcanza y nunca va a alcanzar” ya que “existe un problema conceptual atrás de esto”, dijo a Rompkbzas Antonio Elías, miembro de la Red de Economistas de Izquierda del ...