Bussiness
Sharif’s Beijing trip: Can China-Pakistan Economic Corridor be revived?
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to fly to China on June 4 for a five-day trip that will see him engage with Beij
Trump Media shares plunge after Donald Trump convicted in hush-money…
Shares fall as much as 15 percent after former president is found guilty on all 34 counts.Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, Donald Trump’s social
EU agrees tariffs on Russian, Belarusian grain imports from July
The bloc says the charges on grain and other farm products will halt imports of these goods.European Union trade ministers have agreed to impose prohibitive tar
Jury begins deliberations in Trump criminal hush-money trial
Trump has been charged with 34 felony courts of falsifying business records and pay adult-film actress Stormy Daniels.Jurors in New York have begun closed-door
US opens up banking to private Cuban businesses to boost…
The measures allow independent entrepreneurs to open and access US bank accounts online to support their businesses.The United States has lifted some financial
China urges South Korea, Japan to uphold free trade at…
Chinese Premier Li Qiang says the three countries should view each other as ‘partners and opportunities for development’.China’s No 2 official has urged J
The ICC is not in the business of peacemaking, but…
Whenever the International Criminal Court (ICC) opens an investigation into an ongoing war, versions of the following question will inevitably be asked: Does th
Ivorian cocoa farmers ‘barely survive’ while chocolate company profits soar
Aboude, Ivory Coast – It’s 11am in Aboude, a village in southern Ivory Coast, and Magne Akoua has already been working on his cacao farm for several hours.
After Japan’s comeback, South Korea is hoping for its own…
Seoul, South Korea – Kim Gyeong-eob used to be a regular at bars and clubs in Hongdae, a popular university district and nightlife hotspot, drinking and enjoy
Load shedding & water woes: Can South Africa fix its…
“I set up my company several years ago. The power cuts were bad then, lasting up to five hours a day,” said Lezanne Viviers, who works in the fashion indust
Russian court seizes two European banks’ assets amid Western sanctions
Freezing hundreds of billions of dollars in lenders’ assets was part of dispute over gas project halted by sanctions.A Russian court has ordered the seizure o
Lebanon’s economic crisis endures, as does the EU’s ‘fear’ of…
Lebanon and the Lebanese people are still suffering a debilitating economic crisis that has gripped the country since 2019. The pound has plummeted to less than
