VCG Image The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the consequences of chronic under-investment in public health, according to the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom.Tedro
FILE PHOTO: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari during a past event./ Getty Images Nigeria on Wednesday ratified its membership of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) less than a
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appointed former deputy prime minister Lutfi Elvan as finance minister, to replace Erdogan's son-in-law who stepped down from
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appointed former deputy prime minister Lutfi Elvan as finance minister, to replace Erdogan's son-in-law who stepped down from
China's foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, fell for a second straight month in October to $3.128 trillion from $3.143 trillion in September, data released by the People's Bank of China (
Folk artists display their achievements in reviving traditional crafts at the Sixth China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo in Jinan, Shandong province. The expo also shows how these time-honored
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. headquarters stands in New York, U.S., on Saturday, April 11, 2020. /VCG Sovereign default risks are on course to rise further in 2021, with Iraq, Sri Lanka, Angola an
Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are among the list of U.S. businesses and individuals that will face Chinese sanctions over arms sales to China's Taiwan, announced
Investors do not seem concerned that the Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit against Google earlier today.The suit, seen by some as a stunt near the election, is one of a multi-part push to
China's economic recovery gathered pace in the third quarter of 2020, with GDP growth in July-September registering at 4.9 percent from a year earlier, boosted by rebou
It was just a few weeks ago that Datto, what TechCrunch called a “backup and disaster recovery firm,” filed to go public. This week the firm set an initial range for its debut.The Vista E
USDC, the stablecoin co-founded by Circle and Coinbase, first started as an Ethereum-based token. After adding support for the Algorand blockchain, Centre, the consortium that manages USDC, is announc
Savana, a machine learning-based service that turns clinical notes into structured patient information for physicians and pharmacists, has raised $15 million to take its technology from Spain to the U
London Stock Exchange. /Reuters London Stock Exchange (LSE) said on Friday it had accepted a 4.33 billion euro ($5.09 billion) cash offer by pan-European bourse operator Euronext about the sal
Cybersecurity giant Imperva will acquire jSonar, a database security startup that recently landed $50 million from Goldman Sachs.Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.The acquisition of
Palantir is preparing for its public debut tomorrow morning on the NYSE after 17 years, and now we are getting some data on how the company’s shares are being valued by investors.NYSE announced that t
CFP China's new tax and fee cuts totaled 1.88 trillion yuan (about $275 billion) in the January to August period, greatly reducing the burden on enterprises, the country's taxation authority s