African Union The African region, referred to as the “Dark Continent” by European colonizers, was the main source of the slave trade and raw materials for the industries that flourished during the Industrial Revolution in Europe and the expansion of cotton farms in the United States. United. In the advent of African decolonization in the […]
By personal writer The African regionthat the European colonizers called the “dark continent” was themain source of slave trade and raw materials for industries that flourishedduring the industrial revolution in Europe and the expansion of cotton farms inUnited States. At the advent of theAfrican decolonization in the early 1960s sounded the death knell for Africa. […]
Maine is on the cusp of $ 15 billion. That’s a lot of money! As of August 17, this is the amount that the Maine Bureau of the Budget reports has been made available to Maine through federal COVID assistance legislation. Five separate federal laws, covering the period 2020-2021, have authorized these distributions. Among them: […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico’s president on Wednesday appointed the country’s first female governor of the country’s central bank, saying putting women in high office was a priority. The decision comes a day after another female judge was appointed to the Supreme Court. “Women remain a priority,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Wednesday. […]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has pledged to realize his country’s vision of deepening economic integration between countries in the region and accelerating economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. During his presidency of the 21st session of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern African Countries (COMESA), Sissi highlighted the vital role played by the […]
Cebu Pacific is expanding its nationwide network in a bid to capture growing demand for air travel after more local governments abandoned reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing for fully vaccinated people. The Gokongwei-led carrier said flights would be added to its routes serving Boracay, Bohol, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Davao and General Santos. “As […]
BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Commission said on Thursday it could approve aid to finance semiconductor production in the 27-country bloc amid a global chip shortage and intense global competition to fill the need. The EU executive branch expects the scarcity of semiconductors – a key element in everything from smartphones to cars – to […]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – Europe is short of natural gas – dangerously short. A cold winter could mean a severe crisis, and utility bills will rise, weighing on ordinary people and weighing on the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to help fill Europe’s gas tanks as energy prices […]
People walk out of the 18th China-ASEAN Expo venue in Nanning, capital of southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, September 13, 2021 (Xinhua / Lu Boan) Leaders of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed on Tuesday to deepen cooperation to help the region recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, including the rapid […]
BEIJING (AP) – Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher as investors waited for U.S. business results on Tuesday to see how companies cope with supply disruptions and the surge in coronavirus infections over the course of of the last quarter. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 rose 0.3%, […]
From left to right: Gulamhafeez Abubakar Mukadam, Jean-Marie Vianney Gatabazi and German envoy to Rwanda, Dr Thomas Kurz at a meeting on the sidelines The Annual General Meeting of the Association of Local Governments of East Africa and the Annual Meeting of the Forum of Local Governments of East Africa (EALGA) opened in Kigali with […]
Ed Miliband is expected to tell the conference that Labor will be the party of “climate and economic justice together” as he lays out his plans to help UK manufacturers win “the global race” to decarbonize. Addressing the party’s annual meeting on Sunday afternoon, the first in-person conference since 2019, the Shadow Business Secretary will […]
COVID-19 is undoubtedly a fatal disease that has turned our lives upside down in many ways. As of September 23, it had infected more than 231 million people and killed more than 4.75 million people worldwide. It also disrupted economic activities. “The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted global affairs across the globe,” said Steve Chen, deputy […]
The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying recession have made advocacy for economic justice more urgent than ever. Although there are signs of a strong economic recovery, the gains made have been slow to reach much. Millions of people in California are unemployed or underemployed, and it is likely that take years for recovery to reach some […]
ABU DHABI, August 17, 2021 (WAM) – The Economic Integration Committee held its seventh virtual meeting, chaired by Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy. The meeting was attended by Dr Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, […]
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Photo: fmprc.gov.cn Further integration between ASEAN, Japan, South Korea and China is vital for the region, especially as many Asian countries face economic challenges amid the recent upsurge in the coronavirus, they said. experts said Wednesday, following the latest appeal from Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister […]
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — New York City kicked off its June 19 celebration with a block party Friday at St. Nicholas Park in Harlem. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed legislation making June 19 a federal holiday to be observed on Friday, since the actual date falls on a Saturday. It is now the […]
HARLEM, New York (WABC) – The June 17 weekend in New York City begins Friday night with a celebration at St. Nicholas Park in Harlem, but on Thursday Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a new economic plan called the “Plan de economic justice of June “. “ “Something very important is happening this week, something […]
The Economic Integration Committee has approved an action plan to provide actual data on the beneficiaries of more than 400,000 companies registered in the United Arab Emirates. This is to ensure compliance with international standards as stipulated in the ministerial resolution, according to which companies are required to create a register of the real beneficiary […]
Governor on Tuesday signed working family tax credit and capital gains excise tax in Tukwila Governor Jay Inslee today signed an economic justice legislative package, including the Working Families Tax Credit and the Capital Gains Excise Tax, which begins the process to make the system taxable Washington reversed more just and more equitable. “It’s a […]
Economist John Williamson, who coined the term “Washington Consensus”, died in April 2021 at the age of 83. Economic debates in post-apartheid South Africa were shaped by the ideas of Williamson. As inequalities continue to increase and as we strive to rebuild better after the pandemic, we can look to South Africa for a new […]
ANKARA Africa must step up productive and infrastructural integration as part of the process of economic recovery from COVID-19, a report suggested. The African Regional Integration Index (ARII), a joint publication of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank and the African Union Commission, provides up-to-date data on the state of […]
First batch of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in Hong Kong and Macau With many Hong Kong-based MPs in the national legislature and members of the highest political advisory body due to attend the next two sessions in Beijing, they bring a plethora of proposals and suggestions focused on improving economic integration between mainland China and Hong […]
Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) lent her voice to the choir urging the Biden administration to write off student debt, highlighting the impact on black borrowers. “Canceling student loans is a matter of racial and economic justice in our country,” Pressley said at a virtual conference hosted by the Consumer Federation of America. “Black student borrowers […]
Klaus Schwab By Bhabani Shankar Nayak * The pandemic has shaken up neoliberalism as an economic project of capitalism. The economic architecture of neoliberalism based on austerity, liberalization, privatization and globalization has failed to ensure the basic dignity of life in terms of basic health, education, home and security food. Rising unemployment, hunger and homelessness […]
Nilratan Halder | Posted: Jan. 23, 2020, 10:07 p.m. Oxfam’s report on global inequalities released just days before the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, once again confirmed that the gap between the rich and the poor is widening. As noted, 2,153 billionaires around the world now have more wealth in their possession than 4.6 […]