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Brasile
Brazil’s economy puts damper on Rio carnival
The Rio carnival is a celebration of joyful excess but deep recession in Brazil means that samba schools are thinking about their budgets as much as their dance moves
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USA Vietnam
Southeast Asia Asia stocks eke out small gains
Most Southeast Asian stock markets edged up in thin trade on Monday, mirroring mild gains in Asian shares, with investors cautious in the absence of firm triggers ahead of a busy week for US Federal Reserve events.
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USA
Iraq: Sunni women tell of ISIS detention, torture
Source: Human Rights Watch Country: IraqAlthough accounts of gender-based violence have emerged from ISIS controlled-areas, these are the first cases against Sunni Arab women in Iraq that HRW has documented. Describe forced marriage, rape (Baghdad) – Fighters from the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) are arbitrarily detaining, ill-treating, torturing, and forcibly marrying ...
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USA Kenya
Famine declared in parts of South Sudan
Source: World Food Programme, UN Children's Fund, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: South SudanWar and a collapsing economy have left 100,000 people facing starvation in parts of South Sudan where famine was declared today. Another one million people are classified as being on the brink of famine.UN ...
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Etiopia
Reflection on Brexit
No whining and bitching about Ethiopia today. Instead let’s begin the week with some mundane details. My good friend and fellow the Amharan Yetref Mekonen is of the opinion that I am still single because I want a perfect partner. I say the reason I am still single, is that ...
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Giappone
All of Japan’s big cities plan bigger budgets for fiscal 2017
All 20 major cities across Japan have drafted budgets bigger than last year due to the transfer of revenue from prefectural governments for teacher pay. The revenue shift is part of power decentralization by the central government. Starting with fiscal 2017, which gets underway April 1, salaries for elementary and ...
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Giappone
Dollar cuts loss to top ¥113 in Tokyo, but topside capped
The dollar cut its early loss to move slightly above ¥113 in late Tokyo trading on Monday, while its topside was capped due to a dearth of fresh buying incentives. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.14-15, down from ¥113.42-42 at the same time Friday. The euro was at ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks rebound moderately
Stocks turned slightly higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday as the yen lost some of its early strength. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 16.46 points, or 0.09 percent, to close at 19,251.08. On Friday, the key market gauge lost 112.91 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues ...
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Giappone
As demand increases for rare earth metals, deep sea mining gets second look
The risk of running out of rare earth metals that are essential to modern technology has led to a surge in interest in mining the deep seas. But fears have also mounted about the environmental impact of disturbing vast areas of the pristine ocean floor, experts at the American Association ...
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Giappone
Sagawa Express to list on Tokyo bourse, eyes global expansion
Sagawa Express Co. is aiming to go public on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange this year and has started holding talks with major brokerages, sources close to the matter said Monday. Using the capital it will obtain through the listing, Japan’s major parcel delivery company hopes to ...