DELEGATES APPROVE 16 PERCENT INCREASE TO WHO BUDGET
Member countries of the World Health Organisation have approved an ambitious increase in the budget for the U.N
SINGAPORE MAKES WORLD’S RICH LIST’S ‘SAFE HAVEN
Money is sloshing around Singapore like never before. Family offices, Bentley sales and real estate prices are booming in the country
IRAN BANS CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING
Iran has announced a four-month ban on the energy-consuming mining of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin after cities suffered unplanned
CHINA AND US HOLD TRADE TALKS IN ‘BIDEN ERA’
The US and China's top trade negotiators have held candid, pragmatic talks, in their first meeting under the Biden presidency
EUROPEAN STOCKS NEAR RECORD HIGH
European stocks approached record highs after US Federal Reserve officials soothed investors' inflation worries, though the New Zealand
CHINA OVERTAKES GERMANY AS UK’S TOP IMPORT MARKET
China has overtaken Germany to become the UK's biggest single import market for the first time since records began
VACCINE UPDATE
SriLankan Airlines flight UL869 carrying 500,000 doses of Sinopharm Vaccines arrived in Sri Lanka early this morning
US WALL STREET BANKS TO TOUT COVID RELIEF PUSH
Wall Street bank chiefs will tout the role their institutions have played in getting the pandemic hit US economy back on track when they
TATA STEEL TO CONTINUE PAYING COVID VICTIMS’ SALARIES
Tata Steel has said it will compensate the families of its workers in India who die of COVID-19.The firm said it will pay deceased employees
GLOBAL METAL PRICES FALL
Global prices for industrial metals have fallen after Chinese authorities warned commodity companies in the…
WORLD’S MOST VACCINATED NATION ACTIVATES CURBS AS CASES RISE
The Seychelles, which has vaccinated most of its population against the coronavirus than any other country, has closed
HOW IS CHINA BREAKING DOWN ITS TECH GIANTS
'For years, China’s tech entrepreneurs were considered rock stars: Icons whose rags-to-riches career paths, guile and contempt for
WHO MADE THE UK’S RICH LIST?
Sir Leonard Blavatnik has topped the latest UK Sunday Times Rich List, having seen his fortune swell to £23 billion.There are now a record
SPAIN TO LIFT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR UK AND JAPAN
Spain has said it is officially lifting restrictions for UK travellers from Monday, when a…
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CEASEFIRE COMES INTO EFFECT
A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas has come into effect.The ceasefire began
UK MINISTERS DISCUSS AUSTRALIA TRADE DEAL
Senior ministers have met to discuss concerns about how a zero-tariffs free-trade deal with Australia would affect UK farmers
BITCOIN DIVES AS CHINA CRACKS DOWN ON CRYPTOCURRENCIES
The price of Bitcoin fell below US$ 34,000 for the first time in three months on Wednesday, after China imposed fresh curbs on cryptocurrencies
UK INFLATION RATES DOUBLE
The annual UK inflation rate more than doubled in April, as a rise in energy and clothing costs drove prices higher
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME TO BE TESTED IN WALES
A universal basic income scheme is to be trialled in Wales, meaning adults, regardless of their means, will receive a regular sum
