Category: International

Hyundai breaks Ground On $5.5b EV, Battery Plant  
October 27, 2022 No Responses

Hyundai breaks Ground On $5.5b EV, Battery Plant  

Hyundai Motor Company broke ground on a $5.54 billion Electric Vehicle (EV) and battery plant in the United States.   According to Reuters, the investment is the largest in the state’s history and the latest in a string of EV...
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Lafarge Pleads Guilty To Supporting Terror Groups
October 19, 2022 No Responses

Lafarge Pleads Guilty To Supporting Terror Groups

French cement maker Lafarge has pleaded guilty in the US to supporting the Islamic State and other terror groups. According to BBC report, the firm agreed to a $777.8m (£687.2m) penalty for payments it made to keep a factory running...
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Germany, UAE Reinforce Energy Partnership
September 29, 2022 No Responses

Germany, UAE Reinforce Energy Partnership

Germany and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have entered into a new Energy Security and Industry Accelerator (ESIA) Agreement that will accelerate projects of joint interest between the two countries in energy security, decarbonisation and climate action. ...
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Buhari Bids UN General Assembly Farewell As Nigeria’s Leader
September 21, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Bids UN General Assembly Farewell As Nigeria’s Leader

President Muhammadu Buhari addressed the UN General Assembly on Wednesday for the last time as Nigeria’s leader. In his farewell speech, he told the global body that his administration was determined to entrench a process of free, fair, transparent and...
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WHO Reports Global Decline In COVID 19 Cases
September 8, 2022 No Responses

WHO Reports Global Decline In COVID 19 Cases

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says cases of COVID-19 have declined globally.  Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said this on Wednesday in an online COVD-19 media briefing.  “This is very encouraging. But there is no guarantee these tren...
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Samsung, Daewoo, Secure $2.35 Order For Eleven LNG Carriers  
September 7, 2022 No Responses

Samsung, Daewoo, Secure $2.35 Order For Eleven LNG Carriers  

The world’s largest shipbuilders are tapping into the surging demand for LNG carriers. South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME) has revealed a combined order for 11 LNG carriers worth approxima...
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Oil Slides More Than $7 On Inflation, Iraq Exports
August 31, 2022 No Responses

Oil Slides More Than $7 On Inflation, Iraq Exports

Oil prices fell more than $7 a barrel on Tuesday, the steepest decline in about a month, on fears that an inflation-induced weakening of global economies would soften fuel demand and as unrest in Iraq has failed to put a dent...
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Toyota Suspends Operations At Sichuan Plant
August 17, 2022 No Responses

Toyota Suspends Operations At Sichuan Plant

Toyota Motor Corp has suspended operations at its plant in China’s Sichuan province after local authorities issued an order to conserve electricity. Toyota’s joint venture plant in the city of Chengdu has ceased operations until Saturday, a company spokesp...
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UK To Cut Taxes On Imports From Developing Countries
August 16, 2022 No Responses

UK To Cut Taxes On Imports From Developing Countries

The UK is to cut import taxes on hundreds more products from some of the world’s poorest countries to boost trade links. The Developing Countries Trading Scheme comes into force in January and builds on a scheme the UK was...
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Oil Prices Tumble As China Economy Stutters 
August 16, 2022 No Responses

Oil Prices Tumble As China Economy Stutters 

Oil prices slumped nearly five percent Monday on data showing China’s economic recovery stuttering under Covid-19 restrictions and a slumping property sector. Stock markets mostly steadied and the dollar traded mixed as investors welcome signs of cooling US ...
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WFE: $18 Trillion Wiped Off Global Markets In First Half of 2022
August 13, 2022 No Responses

WFE: $18 Trillion Wiped Off Global Markets In First Half of 2022

New data published by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry group for exchanges and central clearing counterparties, lays bare the full economic impact of the Ukraine war upon a global economy still trying to recover from the...
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World Bank deploys $114.9b To Finance Global Crisis  
July 17, 2022 No Responses

World Bank deploys $114.9b To Finance Global Crisis  

The World Bank Group has responded to the overlapping global crises by deploying $114.9 billion in financing in 2022.  In a statement on Saturday, the Bank explained that from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, it responded with unprecedented scale...
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PwC Staff To Get Pay Rise 
June 27, 2022 No Responses

PwC Staff To Get Pay Rise 

Thousands of PwC staff are to get a 9% pay rise in response to rising living costs and a competitive recruitment market, the accountancy giant has said.  The company said half of its more than 20,000 employees in the UK...
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Global Leaders Pledge $4b To Tackle Malaria, NTDs
June 25, 2022 No Responses

Global Leaders Pledge $4b To Tackle Malaria, NTDs

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — As part of measures to tackle Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), global leaders led by African Heads of State, at the historic Kigali Summit on Malaria and NTDs, have pledged $4 billion. Hosted by Pre...
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