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Nigeria
$1.5bn Steel Plant Raises Hope Of Indigenous Car Manufacturing – Minister
The minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed has said a new $1.5 billion steel plant in Kaduna State has raised the hope of car manufacturing in Nigeria. The steel plant plans to commence 100 per cent local production of steel in Nigeria. The minister made this known ...
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Nigeria
Multiple Taxes, Ports Congestion Affecting Our Businesses –MAN
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has raised the alarm over challenges affecting their business to include the multiplicity of taxes and congestion of the ports and among others. Speaking at the end of the 23rd joint annual general meeting of MAN, Kaduna branch at the weekend, the acting director-general, Mr. ...
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Senegal
Divers sujets à la Une des journaux, ce samedi
Dakar, 17 oct (APS) – Les journaux parvenus ce samedi à l'APS traitent de divers sujets parmi lesquels figurent la visite du président Macky Sall à Abuja, la politique avec la vente des cartes au sein du parti démocratique sénégalais (PDS) et la traduction du juge Téliko devant le conseil ...
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Senegal
La politique dicte sa loi dans les quotidiens
Dakar, 19 oct (APS) - Les confidences politiques du chef de l'Etat aux députés de la majorité qu'il rencontrait ce week-end font le menu de plusieurs quotidiens parvenus lundi à l'APS, qui s'intéressent de même à la présidentielle guinéenne. - Revue de presse
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Ungheria
Hungarian restaurant reinvents the wheel for social distancing
Hit by a plunge in turnover after foreign tourists vanished, Michelin-starred Hungarian restaurant Costes has staged a skyline dining event on the Budapest Eye ferris wheel to generate sales in a coronavirus-proof environment.
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USA Iran
UN arms embargoes on Iran expire despite US objections
A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired on Oct. 18 as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers, despite objections from the United States.
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Regno Unito
Minister unveils flexible employment package
Fixed-term contracts that will be brought into law with the new employment bill will be limited to two years, Family, Labor and Social Services Minister Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk has said.
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Francia
Alibaba pays $3.6bn to take over China hypermarket giant SunArt
PARIS: China's e-commerce behemoth Alibaba has bought a controlling $3.6 billion stake in SunArt which runs hundreds of hypermarkets on the mainland for French shopping giant Auchan.
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Cina
China's economic recovery speeds up in third quarter
BEIJING - China's economy powered ahead in the third quarter, data showed Monday, building on a strong recovery from painful coronavirus lockdowns, while the country's crucial army of consumers picked up their spending last month as they grow more confident.
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Cina
China rebalancing with 'dual circulation'
Ever since Chinese President Xi Jinping set markets abuzz in May by raising the idea of a "dual circulation" economy, observers have been exploring the potential of this new economic model for China which has knock-on effects for the rest of the world.