Turkey has once again raised the cost of borrowing by the back door as the lira sinks towards the threshold of 8 to the dollar. The lira has dropped 25 per cent this year and is already at record lows ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan bans TikTok for ‘immoral’ and ‘indecent’ videos
Pakistan’s telecom regulator has banned TikTok, claiming the app failed to remove “immoral” and “indecent” content. The ban comes just over a month after the regulator, the Pakistan Telecommunication ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan, a Close Ally of China, Blocks TikTok
The country banned TikTok for carrying what it called indecent content, making it the latest to restrict the wildly popular Chinese video-sharing app, which is also battling being blocked in the U.S. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus pandemic fuels child labor in India as desperate families send kids off to work
Child welfare advocates say the pandemic has driven thousands of kids from school into work, making them easier targets for traffickers. ( read original story ...)
India faces a child labor pandemic amid COVID…
Watch "India faces a child labor pandemic amid COVID-19 as millions of children are forced to work in order to help their families", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia Dem Jon Ossoff Has Business Ties to Company Partially Owned by Chinese Government
Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff was revealed to have business ties to a pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) company, PCCW Media, which opposes the pro-Democracy protesters in Hong Kong. Ossoff, as ... ( read original story ...)
LongHorn Steakhouse’s business in Georgia is bullish despite Covid-19
LongHorn Steakhouse is enjoying a bullish business in Georgia despite the Covid-19 pandemic, its parent Darden Restaurants says. ( read original story ...)
Oman orders two weeks of night curfew to contain coronavirus
Oman’s supreme committee responsible for Covid-19 has ordered a two-week night curfew to curb a rise in infections. The nationwide curfew will run from 8pm to 5am and be in place from October 11 to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore firms in aviation, construction struggle to get loans amid credit tightening
Loan brokers say firms in the worst-hit industries such as aviation and construction are finding it harder to get funds amid the Covid-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Lebanon’s outgoing PM rejects end to subsidies amid crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s outgoing prime minister on Friday adamantly rejected any move to end subsidies of goods in the crisis-hit country, warning it would lead to a “social explosion” as the central ... ( read original story ...)