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Yellen to meet religious leaders, NGO group pushing for debt relief By Reuters

Yellen to meet religious leaders, NGO group pushing for debt relief By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen attends economic briefing at the White House in Washington By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet on Tuesday with Jubilee USA…

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Oil falls amid stockpiling concern; European vaccine woe threatens demand By Reuters

Oil falls amid stockpiling concern; European vaccine woe threatens demand By Reuters

© Reuters. Views of Total Grandpuits oil refinery TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Tuesday, extending declines for a third day, as concerns about rising stockpiles in the United States added to the threat…

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IMF / GLOBAL FINANCIAL STABILITY REPORT

IMF / GLOBAL FINANCIAL STABILITY REPORT

The IMF sees that the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an extraordinary contraction of the global economy, but policy makers should remain vigilant as financial vulnerabilities are rising, the Fund’s Financial Counselor Tobias Adrian said ahead…

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US could save tens of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars with 3 weeks of strict COVID-19 measures

US could save tens of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars with 3 weeks of strict COVID-19 measures

President Joe Biden commemorated the COVID-19 pandemic’s one-year anniversary by giving Americans an ambitious goal: Return to a semblance of normalcy by the Fourth of July. “But to get there we can’t let our guard…

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How young LGBTQIA+ people used social media to thrive during COVID lockdowns

How young LGBTQIA+ people used social media to thrive during COVID lockdowns

During COVID-19 lockdowns, a major concern for LGBTIQ+ communities, mental health professionals and academics was that young lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and questioning, intersex and asexual+ people may suffer from being stuck in transphobic,…

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Aldar Properties propose 210 millions $ contre une part majoritaire dans la société immobilière égyptienne Sodic

Aldar Properties propose 210 millions $ contre une part majoritaire dans la société immobilière égyptienne Sodic

(Agence Ecofin) – Motivé par son désir d’expansion à l’étranger, le gestionnaire immobilier émirati Aldar cible une acquisition de 51 % dans l’une des principales sociétés immobilières d’Egypte. La proposition financière valorise l’entité visée, la Sodic,…

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perturbations annoncées sur les réseaux avec la grève des travailleurs des télécoms ce 15 mars

perturbations annoncées sur les réseaux avec la grève des travailleurs des télécoms ce 15 mars

(Agence Ecofin) – Le climat d’apaisement entretenu depuis 2019 dans le secteur télécoms ghanéen par la Commission nationale du travail a volé en éclats. Les prochaines heures s’annoncent quelque peu pénibles aussi bien pour les…

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German SPD aims for post-Merkel government without her conservatives By Reuters

German SPD aims for post-Merkel government without her conservatives By Reuters

3/3 © Reuters. Baden-Wurttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate state elections, in Berlin 2/3 By Holger Hansen and Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s left-leaning Social Democrats (SPD) believe September’s federal election could allow them to form a…

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Brent crude hits $70 as China energy demand outlook brightens By Reuters

Brent crude hits $70 as China energy demand outlook brightens By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A sticker reads crude oil on the side of a storage tank in the Permian Basin By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Monday, with Brent reaching $70…

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The UK needs a rebrand – an expert explains how

The UK needs a rebrand – an expert explains how

Wakey Wakey. Steve Harvey, CC BY-SA As the UK prepares for economic recovery from COVID and makes the best of Brexit, it is striking that there has been no talk of investing in the national…

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