Fri, 2020-08-14 01:52The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), presently under construction at a cost of $46 billion, aims to improve Pakistani infrastructure and deepen the economic and political ties between China and Pakistan.CPEC is advan…
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Author: Fri, 2020-08-14 01:09DUBAI: Offshore companies linked to Lebanon’s central bank governor own assets worth nearly $100 million, a media group has said in a report, as his role in Lebanon’s economic turmoil comes under intense scrutiny.…
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Author: Fri, 2020-08-14 01:02ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi developer Aldar Properties reported a 2 percent rise in second-quarter profit on Thursday, though the company did not provide outlook for the rest of the year due to the  coronavirus disease pand…
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Author: Thu, 2020-08-13 23:51JAKARTA: Indonesian Sofa Arbiyanto had a manufacturing job in South Korea two years ago when he learned about the high price of vanilla on the global market, and decided to try his luck at growing it.Now he has 2,0…
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Author: Thu, 2020-08-13 23:40SHANGHAI, China: A sharp escalation in tensions with the US has stoked fears in China of a deepening financial war that could result in it being shut out of the global dollar system — a devastating prospect once con…
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Author: Thu, 2020-08-13 23:27LONDON: European battery makers are gearing up to take advantage of massive “green” stimulus packages unveiled since the coronavirus pandemic though many acknowledge it will be tough to match the Asian giants that…
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Author: Thu, 2020-08-13 01:09JEDDAH: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s popularity is plunging in lockstep with Turkey’s collapsing economy and the country is on the verge of a potentially devastating recession, financial experts have told Arab…
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Author: Thu, 2020-08-13 00:30DUBAI: Just days after the enormous blast that shattered Beirut, Ali Hammoud found himself looking down on the rubble from an airplane window, leaving behind his family and hometown.Born and raised in Lebanon’s c…
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Author: Thu, 2020-08-13 00:08LONDON: Britain’s economy shrank by a record 20.4 percent in the second quarter when the coronavirus lockdown was tightest, the most severe contraction reported by any major economy so far, with a wave of job losses…
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Author: Thu, 2020-08-13 00:04SYDNEY: Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways warned it did not expect a meaningful recovery in passenger demand for some time due to the pandemic after posting a record first-half loss, but signalled a brighter cargo…
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Tanzania's economy is booming and its tourism sector is thriving. However, concerns about the president's strong-arm tactics and delays in the completion of key infrastructure projects are threatening this growth.
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The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to end global poverty, but poorer countries are struggling to hit them. More help from richer countries is crucial, writes Mazdak Rafaty.
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Kenya’s cabinet secretary for the national treasury and planning, Ukur Yatani, discusses the country’s agenda of fiscal reforms and the importance of constructing an east-west Africa highway.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is the world’s fastest growing mobile phone market, but how can telecoms companies make the most of the huge opportunities the region provides?
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Combining a strategic location with an investor-friendly environment, Egypt is ensuring its Suez Canal Economic Zone is primed for foreign investment. 
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London event hears how the UK export credit agency is increasing its focus on trade with African countries. Jason Mitchell reports.
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Emerging states must re-orientate their investment efforts to increasingly target those with an outsized social impact
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Egypt is well on the way to establishing a diversified economy, claims Hala El Saeed, minister of planning and economic development 
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FDI levels have already fallen throughout Iran's main sphere of influence in the region. 
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Togo won a record number of greenfield investment projects last year.
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‘Paramount+’ tops shortlist as battle with Disney moves centre stage in attempt to lift shares
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Mr Morris is one of the former GE executives who negotiated a $1bn tax break that UK authorities now claim was fraudulently obtained
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With big matches postponed, the ancient sport has returned to its rural origins
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Pandemic changes notion that virtue — and supposedly profits — now lie in safer pursuits
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The thought of troops leaving one of the largest overseas American bases in the world brings mixed feelings
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ABN Amro and BNP Paribas are retreating amid a series of scandals, large losses and rising regulation
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UK fund manager says Trump administration measures could hit $1tn in equity investments
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Japanese group has already invested more than $10bn in money-losing property company
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Epic Games launches lawsuit over 30% fee after popular game thrown out of App Store
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Millions of Russian tourists will no longer be soaking up the sun in Turkey and supermarkets across Russia will soon stop carrying Turkish produce after economic relations between the two countries further deteriorated on Monday. Russia prevented 1,2…
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Russia continued to ratchet up sanctions against Turkey Monday, announcing a ban on the import of Turkish fruits and vegetables, the Wall Street Journal reported. As sharp words are exchanged between the two trading partners, other countries are alre…
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World leaders convene in France on Monday for the latest global conference on climate change, called COP21, in an attempt to forge the first legally binding climate agreement amid increasing urgency. Yet officials from some countries are worried that…
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Turkey on Saturday issued a travel warning to its citizens, asking them to avoid all non-urgent travel to Russia, as diplomatic tension between the two countries escalates over the downing of a Russian jet by Turkey earlier this week.The Turkish…
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UPDATED 9:45 a.m. EST: Russia will suspend visa-free travel agreement with Turkey, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. The action takes effect Jan. 1, the BBC reported.
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Russia threatened economic retaliation against Turkey on Thursday and said it was still awaiting a reasonable explanation for the shooting down of its warplane, but Turkey dismissed the threats as "emotional" and "unfitting".In an escalating war of…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) -- Speculation that Saudi Arabia could devalue its currency may owe more to a poor public-relations effort by Saudi authorities than to the economic pressures on the kingdom. Riyadh has the tools available to pro…
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One particular sentence spoken by the Russian foreign minister Tuesday has Turkish officials feeling particularly uneasy: “We do not recommend that our citizens travel to Turkey for tourism or any other reason,” Sergey Lavrov said. He was in So…
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Saudi Arabia and Angola both beat out Russia as the largest crude oil suppliers to China in October, Bloomberg reported Monday. The huge China market is one arena where the world’s suppliers continue to compete for share amid a global oil glut, a…
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European leaders are planning to crack down on the use of bitcoin, prepaid credit cards and other methods of anonymous payment in response to the Paris attacks last week, Reuters reported Thursday. It's part of a crisis plan that aims to dismantle…
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KHALIFA HAFTAR’S self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) says it will cease fire for what remains of the holy month of Ramadan. But friends of General Haftar say he is doubling down on the civil war he started six years ago. His year-long siege of T…
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“THE FORNICATRESS and the fornicator—flog each of them with a hundred stripes; and do not let pity for them hold you back from carrying out God’s law.” So says the Koran, which dates back to the seventh century. Prince Muhammad bin Salman, th…
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WHEN IT INTERVENED in Yemen’s civil war, Saudi Arabia hoped to make quick work of the Houthis, an Iranian-backed group that had swept down from the northern highlands to seize the capital, Sana’a. Five years later the Houthis are still in control…
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THE TOYOTA HILUX is a sturdy vehicle. That makes it especially popular in Africa. It outsells all other pickup trucks, or “bakkies”, in South Africa. In Mali and Niger smugglers transporting people and goods across the Sahara will accept no alter…
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“I FEEL YOUR PAIN,” said Edgar Lungu in a televised address on April 24th. The president of Zambia claimed that covid-19 had “thrown into disarray” the country’s finances. He mused about whether the government could afford to pay for pensio…
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Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverag…
- 30 Apr 20, 10:54am -

Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverag…
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COVID-19 HAS caused much misery. But on April 20th it helped end Israel’s political deadlock. After three inconclusive elections in the span of a year, the country’s two biggest parties, Likud and Blue and White, put aside their differences and a…
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Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverag…
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Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverag…
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The daughter of East Bay professors grew up to become an excellent performer of politics.
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Democrats cry sabotage. But mail volume is way down, and the USPS is losing billions of dollars.
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The university is told it is violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
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The Israel-UAE accord discredits Obama’s regional vision.
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Lower barriers to entry encourage newcomers, who then get a license.
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Early trials show signaling cells eliminate the virus, calm the immune response and repair tissue damage.
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Keynesians expected 15% unemployment in 1946. The actual figure was 3.9%
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A few months ago, Democrats scorned her for her botched presidential run.
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Twelve-step programs say you can’t recover without the help of a higher power.
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‘He reminds us of Calvin Coolidge, a modest vice president who went on to a successful presidency.’
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