Each week on GA Today, host Steve Fennessy walks us through a compelling story from the week’s news, through the eyes of the journalists who cover it.
Lebanon, Government of — Moody’s downgrades Lebanon’s rating to C from Ca
Moody’s downgrades Lebanon’s rating to C from CaRead the full article at Moody’s …
Israel’s business activity shrinks to lowest level since 2001 due to COVID-19
JERUSALEM, July 27 (Xinhua) — Israel’s business sector activity has significantly contracted in the second quarter of 2020 due to the coronavirus crisis, according to a survey issued by the state’s …
Netanyahu: Israel does not need new elections
“Israel does not need elections, it needs a budget. If we pass a budget now, we can open the school year in an orderly manner and inject more money for business owners,” the prime minister added. The …
Netanyahu: Israel doesn’t need new elections, it needs a budget
Amid rift with coalition partner Blue and White, PM calls for swift passage of budget, which must be approved by August 25 to keep government from dissolving …
A ‘runaway’ to South Korea is suspected of bringing a coronavirus case back to North Korea after swimming across the border
North Korea reportedly had cases as far back as March, but Kim Jung Un hasn’t acknowledged coronavirus cases until now.
A farmer, ‘little ghosts’ and 18,000 tobacco plants: How COVID-19 upended farming in South Korea
It wasn’t yet 9 a.m., but Promdeth Phonsrikaew stood sweat-soaked in the field. He was in his third hour of picking tobacco, beginning shortly after dawn at the foot of a mountain in a sleepy South …
India’s partnership with Bangladesh stands out as role model for good neighbourly ties: S Jaishankar
The external affairs minister said India’s concessional lines of credit of close to $10 billion to Bangladesh are the largest it has extended to any country.
No global bonds in sight as Indonesia shifts focus
Indonesia’s financial markets have been hit by the coronavirus … The government expects the economy to shrink up to 5.08 per cent in the second quarter as the outbreak paralyses business activity.
Bahrain exports top $1.4bln
MANAMA: Bahrain’s national origin exports for the second quarter of this year (April to June) amounted to BD540 million, decreasing by nine per cent compared with BD595m for the same period of the …