The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved a $500 million loan to strengthen Indonesia's financial and fiscal resilience. The loan ... ( read original story ...)
Cyprus rattled by rare earthquake
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 struck Cyprus on Thursday, sending residents fleeing onto the streets, but there were no immediate reports ... ( read original story ...)
DIGITAL ORIGINAL: SBA predicts business trends for 2021
The U.S. Small Business Administration predicts four major trends for small businesses in 2021. SCORE Lancaster-Lebanon chapter chair Kevin St. Cyr says many local businesses have already been ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey faces alarming increase in public debt
Turkey’s public debt has swelled more than 40% over a year, adding to economic risks despite a relative recovery in the second half of 2020. ( read original story ...)
Beximco Pharma to acquire Sanofi Bangladesh for at least £35.5m
The base price for the transaction agreed between Sanofi Group and Beximco Pharma is £35.5m but it may go up to £40m ... ( read original story ...)
India within striking distance of attaining positive growth: RBI
India Business News: India's gross domestic product (GDP) is within the striking distance of attaining positive growth, the Reserve Bank said observing that the letter "V" ... ( read original story ...)
China-US relations: angels can triumph over evil and get ties back on track, Beijing says
President Biden mentioned that the US needs to be repaired and healed. I think the same is true for Sino-US relations,’ foreign ministry spokeswoman says. ( read original story ...)
Joe Biden’s China Ties Get Off to Rocky Start With String of Warnings From Beijing Media
Analysts quoted in Chinese media outlets have predicted what the public has heard about China from President Biden's cabinet picks will not translate into actual policies. ( read original story ...)
Passenger onboard special Air Macau flight tests positive for COVID-19
One of the passengers onboard one of the two special Air Macau flights coming from Tokyo bringing 109 residents stranded abroad tested positive for COVID-19 in a rapid nucleic acid test carried out up ... ( read original story ...)
Biden Sends Important Foreign-Policy Signal With Taiwan Inauguration Invite
Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the U.S. overcame four decades of precedent when she accepted a formal invitation to attend President Joe Biden’s inauguration, calming fears on the self-ruled island ... ( read original story ...)