TONGA STRUGGLES WITH ASH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA
Reuters: January 24, 2022 Families have stopped children playing outside as Tonga struggles to deal with…
BANK OF ENGLAND TO RAISE INTEREST RATES AGAIN IN FEBRUARY
The Bank of England will press ahead with its tightening cycle next month as red-hot inflation runs well ahead of target and the economic
OIL MAJORS WITHDRAW FROM MYANMAR
Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron Corporation, partners in a major gas project in Myanmar, have decided to withdraw from the country
COLOMBO PORT CITY: A NEW DUBAI OR A CHINESE ENCLAVE?
Next to Colombo's leafy business district, the huge expanse of sand reclaimed from the sea is being transformed into a high-tech
JAPAN’S INFLATION HOVERS AROUND TWO-YEAR HIGH
Japan's core consumer prices rose by 0.5 percent in December from a year earlier, increasing for a second month in a row at the fastest
BRITAIN FREEZES BBC’S FUNDING
Britain will freeze funding for the BBC for two years and debate whether a universal licence fee should continue, the government said
ASIAN SHARES ON THE RISE
Asian share markets broke a five-day slide to edge higher on Thursday, shrugging off drops in Europe and on Wall Street overnight as China
THE US AND UK FINALLY AGREE TO SIT DOWN ON STEEL TARIFFS
The US and UK have begun formal negotiations over Trump-era tariffs on UK steel and aluminium exports
GDP IS GROWING FASTEST IN THESE COUNTRIES
India, Saudi Arabia, France and Turkey are leading the bounce back from COVID-19 across the G20 forum of the world’s major economies
INDONESIA RELOCATES ITS CAPITAL CITY
Indonesia’s parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan, situated to the east of Borneo
THE PANDEMIC EMPTIES THE WORLD’S BUSIEST AIRPORTS
Hong Kong is holding firm to a zero-COVID policy with strict social distancing and border restrictions. Although the tough policy has
CREDIT SUISSE BOSS RESIGNS OVER COVID-19 BREACH
The chairman of global banking giant Credit Suisse, António Horta-Osório, has resigned with immediate effect after breaking COVID-19
WORLD BILLIONAIRES ADDED FIVE TRILLION TO THEIR FORTUNE DURING THE PANDEMIC
Billionaires added US$ 5 trillion to their fortunes during the pandemic, according to Oxfam, exacerbating economic inequality as the
CHINA CUTS ITS INTERESTS RATES
China has unexpectedly cut a key interest rate for the first time in almost two years as official figures showed its economic growth had slowed
EUROPEAN NATIONS IMPOSE STRICT RULES FOR COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
As the pandemic has moved into its third year and the Omicron variant has sparked a new wave of cases, governments around the world
NOVAK DJOKOVIC’S AUSTRALIAN VISA HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Novak Djokovic’s application against the Ministry of Immigration’s cancellation of his visa has been “dismissed with costs" by a federal
GERIATRIC MILLENNIALS ARE WINNING AT WORK
The oldest millennials are the best-off age group in terms of employment right now. Click the link below to learn why.
OIL RALLY TO CONTINUE IN 2022
Oil prices that rallied 50 percent in 2021 will power further ahead this year, some analysts predict, saying a lack of production capacity
THE YEAR OF SPACE TOURISM
When future generations write about the history of space travel, 2021 may well get its own chapter and it might be called, “The year
THE US LOOKS TO INCREASE IMMIGRANT WORKERS
The US Chamber of Commerce is calling to double the number of legal immigrants into America as a way to ease inflation and the worker
