5/5 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai, China October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo 2/5 By Stella Qiu and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) -A metal coatings plant in China’s manufacturing hub has been hit by price increases of up to 30% for raw materials including steel, aluminium,…
Sudan hopes to entice investors and secure pledges to pay off its arrears to the International Monetary Fund at a conference in Paris on Monday, paving the way for wider relief on external debt of at least $50 billion. Sudan built up huge arrears on its debt, but recently made rapid progress towards having much…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the violence in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza in phone calls with the Qatari, Egyptian and Saudi foreign ministers, the State Department said on Sunday.Blinken and Qatar’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani discussed “efforts to restore calm in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza in light…
British businesses ramped up their search for new staff as pubs, restaurants and other hospitality and travel firms got ready for Monday’s lifting of coronavirus restrictions in England, a survey showed.
Australian shares were set to open higher on Monday, tracking a sharp rebound on Wall Street driven by tech stocks, while local miners may face pressure from weak commodity prices after China’s regulatory action on its steel producers. The local share price i…
Stephen Curry scored a game-high 46 points en route to his second NBA scoring title and Jordan Poole stalled a Memphis rally with a late 3-pointer Sunday afternoon as the Golden State Warriors held off the visiting Grizzlies 113-101 in San Francisco to claim …
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline The price of dogecoin surged nearly 30% Friday following support from billionaire Elon Musk and an announcement that crypto exchange Coinbase would list the token, a boost that has allowed the volatile asset to reclaim its spot as the fourth most valuable cryptocurrency in an otherwise dismal market…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that an end to seven days of hostilities with Gaza militants was not imminent, despite diplomatic moves to retore calm.”Our campaign against the terrorist organisations is continuing with full force,” Netanyahu said in a televised speech. “We are acting now, for as long as necessary, to restore…
Ecuador’s National Assembly on Saturday evening elected a representative of the Pachakutik indigenous political party as its president for the next two years, with the support of allies of conservative President-elect Guillermo Lasso.Lawmaker Guadalupe Llori won the National Assembly presidency with 71 votes in the 137-seat chamber. She previously served as a local official in…
If ever there was a time to want to be driving an electric car, it may have been last week — after the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack forced the company to take some of its systems offline. Fuel shortages resulting from the attack caused panic in parts of the country, with residents lining up at the…





