Category: International

IMO Pushes Back Talks On Fuel Tax
June 19, 2021 No Responses

IMO Pushes Back Talks On Fuel Tax

The proposal to introduce fuel levy in the shipping industry to help speed up the transition from fossil fuels to zero-carbon alternatives has been postponed until the next International Maritime Organisation and Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO-MEPC) meeting.   The discussion was held...
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World Leaders To Address ILO’s World Of Work Summit
June 17, 2021 No Responses

World Leaders To Address ILO’s World Of Work Summit

World leaders and representatives from governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations will speak at the virtual International Labour Conference World of Work Summit that will take place 17–19 June.The Summit will focus on the response to the devastat...
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G7 Leaders To Unveil Global Anti-Pandemic Action Plan
June 12, 2021 No Responses

G7 Leaders To Unveil Global Anti-Pandemic Action Plan

G7 leaders are to commit to using all their resources in an effort to ensure the devastation caused by a pandemic like Covid-19 is never repeated. On the second day of their summit in Cornwall, they will issue a declaration...
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Amazon Buys Hollywood Studio For $8.45b
May 27, 2021 No Responses

Amazon Buys Hollywood Studio For $8.45b

Amazon has agreed to buy the historic MGM studios for $8.45bn (£5.97bn). MGM is one of Hollywood’s most famous studios, having produced classic films such as Some Like It Hot and Singin’ In The Rain.  The sale will give the...
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Pope Francis To Get First Electric Popemobile From Fisker
May 22, 2021 No Responses

Pope Francis To Get First Electric Popemobile From Fisker

Los Angeles-based Fisker Inc plans to supply the first pure electric vehicle for Pope Francis next year, it said on Friday, with features such as a solar roof and carpets made of recycled plastic bottles from the ocean.Fisker will covert its all-electric O...
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Greece Ends Lockdown, Opens To Tourists
May 15, 2021 No Responses

Greece Ends Lockdown, Opens To Tourists

Greece has launched its tourist season, lifting most remaining restrictions on movement and declaring “we are putting the lockdown behind us”. Although an average of 2,000 daily Covid cases are still being reported, vaccinations are being rolled ou...
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India Hospitals Send SOS As Covid Toll Surges
April 25, 2021 No Responses

India Hospitals Send SOS As Covid Toll Surges

Indian hospitals say their patients are dying because of a shortage of oxygen as Covid case numbers and deaths set new records for a third day running. India has recorded nearly a million infections in three days, with 346,786 new...
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Netherlands Suspend Use Of AstraZeneca Vaccine
March 15, 2021 No Responses

Netherlands Suspend Use Of AstraZeneca Vaccine

The Netherlands has become the latest country to suspend use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine over concerns about possible side effects. The Dutch government said the move, which will last until at least 29 March, was a precaution.  The Repub...
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UK Exports To EU Drop 40%
March 13, 2021 No Responses

UK Exports To EU Drop 40%

United Kingdom (UK) goods exports to the European Union fell 40.7% in January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), while imports tumbled 28.8%.  The figures show the biggest drop since records began in 1997, and are the first...
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IWD: MMS WoFHoF Initiative To Hold Discourse On Effect Of Insecurity On Women
March 6, 2021 No Responses

IWD: MMS WoFHoF Initiative To Hold Discourse On Effect Of Insecurity On Women

In line with its gender equity focus, MMS Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame(WoFHoF)Initiative, a non-profit organization, is organizing a Discourse on Women and a Road walk to mark the 2021 International Women’s Day(IWD). The one- day activity which will...
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Italy ‘blocks’ AstraZeneca Vaccine Shipment To Australia
March 5, 2021 No Responses

Italy ‘blocks’ AstraZeneca Vaccine Shipment To Australia

The Italian government has blocked the export of an Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine shipment to Australia.  The decision affects 250,000 doses of the vaccine produced at an AstraZeneca facility in Italy.  Italy is the first EU country to use the bloc&#821...
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G7 Increases Support For Covax Scheme To $7.5b
February 20, 2021 No Responses

G7 Increases Support For Covax Scheme To $7.5b

G7 leaders have pledged to intensify co-operation on Covid-19 and increase their contribution to the Covax vaccine-sharing initiative. In a joint statement released after a virtual summit on Friday, G7 leaders raised their overall commitment to $7.5bn (£...
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Okonjo-Iweala Set To Make History As WTO DG
February 6, 2021 No Responses

Okonjo-Iweala Set To Make History As WTO DG

The United States government has announced its endorsement of former the Nigerian minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to emerge as the Director General of the World Trade Organization. It became clear earlier on Friday that Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, a former finance ...
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Pope To Biden: Foster Peace, Reconciliation In US, World
January 21, 2021 No Responses

Pope To Biden: Foster Peace, Reconciliation In US, World

Pope Francis opened his message to US President Joe Biden saying, “On the occasion of your inauguration as the fourty-sixth President of the United States of America, I extend cordial good wishes and the assurance of my prayers that Almighty...
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