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Nuova Zelanda
Budget 2018: Christchurch gets money for insurance tribunal, public inquiry and anchor projects
An independent organisation will be formed to resolve outstanding insurance claims from the Canterbury earthquakes.Budget 2018 included $8m in funding to set up and run the special insurance tribunal.Earthquake Commission Minister...
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Cina Kenya
Deeper Sino-Kenya investment best bet for sustainable growth
The best option for Kenya and China would be to negotiate a trade and investment deal that converges their mutual interests.
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Cina USA
On Trade, the U.S. and China Consider the Unthinkable: Breaking Up
Complete disengagement is impossible, but both Washington and Beijing envision a day when they don’t need each other as much to power their economies.
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Nigeria
Lagos, Partners To Deliver 14,187 Housing Units
LEADERSHIP The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said its joint venture partnership in housing development across the state will deliver 14,187 housing units in the next two years. Commissioner for Housing, Prince Gbolahan Lawal who disclosed this at a ministerial press conference in Alausa, Lagos, said the joint venture partnership is ...
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Nigeria
Senate And The Business Reform Bill
LEADERSHIP The evolving policy on ease of doing business in Nigeria received a boost recently when the Senate passed a Bill to repeal and re-enact Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA). The legislation is intended to make Nigeria’s business environment as competitive as its counterparts around the world. It is, essentially, ...
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Brasile Serbia El Salvador Vietnam
Israel said 32 countries confirmed they'd attend U.S. embassy gala. Here's who really came
After Foreign Ministry published initial attendance list, several countries – including Serbia, Vietnam, Peru, El Salvador and the Ivory Coast – denied they had confirmed their attendance and said they weren’t planning to attend
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Senegal
Le musée Théodore-Monod d'art africain ouvre ses portes au public, vendredi
Dakar, 16 mai (APS) – Le musée Théodore-Monod d'art africain de Dakar va organiser, vendredi, de 9 heures à 17 heures, "une visite gratuite pour tous les publics", selon un communiqué reçu de sa direction. Dakar, 16 mai (APS) – Le musée Théodore-Monod d'art africain de Dakar va organiser, vendredi, ...
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Turchia
‘Tired driver’ is sending Turkey’s economy over cliff edge: İYİ Party head Akşener
İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener criticized the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) economic stewardship, comparing Turkey’s economy to a “bus heading over the cliff edge” after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent comments that he plans to tighten his grip on the economy.
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Giappone
Japan’s economy contracts for first time after years as spending lags
Japan’s longest straight period of expansion in nearly three decades ended in the first quarter of this year as the economy shrank at an annualized rate of 0.6 percent.
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Turchia
Syrian entrepreneurs thrive in Turkey, boost economy
In the Turkish city of Gaziantep, home to around half a million Syrians who fled the civil war south of the border, hundreds of Syrian businesses are thriving in a boost both for the displaced community and their host country.