THE US AND CHINA AGREE TO ABIDE BY TAIWAN AGREEMENT
The US President Joe Biden said that he has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping about Taiwan and they agreed to abide by the Taiwan
GLOBAL STOCKS STEADIES
Stocks in the United States and Europe steadied after Asian markets were rattled overnight by fears of a potential US default, trouble
FACEBOOK, WHATSAPP AND INSTAGRAM BACK AFTER OUTAGE
Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are back up and running after an outage that lasted almost six hours
JAPAN APPOINTS NEW PRIME MINISTER
Japan's Fumio Kishida took office as the country's new Prime Minister, tasked with leading the world's third-largest economy out of the
NEW ZEALAND DROPS COVID-19 ELIMINATION PLAN
New Zealand abandoned its strategy of eliminating coronavirus, easing some COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in its biggest city Auckland
LEAKED RECORDS OPEN ‘PANDORA BOX’ OF FINANCIAL SECRETS
Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been hiding their investments
EURO ZONE INFLATION JUMPS TO A 13-YEAR HIGH
Euro zone inflation hit a 13-year high last month and looks likely to jump higher still, further clouding the European Central Bank’scrisis.
AUSTRALIA AND EU TALKS DELAYED
Trade talks between Australia and the European Union have been postponed as a row with France over the so-called Aukus security
FACEBOOK GRILLED OVER MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT ON KIDS
Facebook has defended the impact of its products, saying Instagram has affirmatively helped young people. Its global head of safety
YOUTUBE BLOCKS ALL ANTI-VACCINE CONTENT
YouTube has said it will remove content that spreads misinformation about all approved vaccines, expanding a ban on false claims about
AFGHANISTAN’S FINANCIAL SYSTEM IS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE
Syed Moosa Kaleem Al-Falahi, the chief executive of the Islamic Bank of Afghanistan, stated that Afghanistan's financial industry was
JAPAN IS SET TO LIFT COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY
Japan is set to lift the coronavirus state of emergency this week for the first time in more than six months, in a bid to reactivate its economy
PFIZER TESTS PILLS THAT COULD PREVENT COVID-19
Pfizer is investigating an oral antiviral drug that could prevent COVID-19 infection after being exposed to the virus, the company announced
WHAT’S NEXT FOR ANGELA MERKEL?
As the race to replace Angela Merkel draws to a close, The Economist reviews the German Chancellor’s 16 year leadership with Wolfgang
BRITAIN HAS 10 DAYS TO SAVE ITS CHRISTMAS
Britain’s retail industry warned the government that unless it moves to alleviate an acute shortage of truckers in the next ten days then
BITCOIN PLUMMETS AFTER CHINA CRACKDOWN ON CRYPTOCURRENCIES
China is intensifying its crackdown on cryptocurrencies. Chinese government agencies including the country's securities regulator
IS INDIA ENTERING THE FINAL STAGE OF THE PANDEMIC
With COVID-19 infections in India steadily decreasing, epidemiologists and virologists are more optimistic that the Indian health system
THE US ECONOMY STRENGTHENS DESPITE DELTA VARIANT
he US economy continues to strengthen, albeit at a slower rate because of the Delta variant of Covid, the US Federal Reserve has said
SUPPLY CHAIN SNARLS COULD COST AUTOMAKERS BILLIONS
Global automakers could lose US$ 210 billion in revenue this year because of supply chain disruptions, nearly double a forecast earlier
AUSTRALIAN BORDER TO OPEN BY CHRISTMAS
Australia plans to open its international border by Christmas at the latest, unwinding one of the world’s strictest controls on overseas
