Facebook digital currency plan raises ‘serious concerns’: Fed chief
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that Facebook’s plan to build a digital currency called Libra raises “serious concerns” that merit a...
U.N., Syria close to agreeing constitutional committee: envoy
The United Nations is close to agreement with Syria on setting up a constitutional committee, a long-awaited step in a stalled peace process, the U.N....
Exclusive: West, Japan rebuke China at UN for detention of Uighurs
Nearly two dozen countries have called on China to halt its mass detention of ethnic Uighurs in the Xinjiang region, the first such joint move...
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations chairman offers human rights bill on Saudi Arabia
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Republican chairman, Senator Jim Risch, has introduced legislation seeking to push back on Saudi Arabia over human rights and...
Greater response needed to worsening West African violence: U.N. head
Islamist attacks are spreading so fast in West Africa that the region should consider bolstering its response beyond current military efforts, and donors should back...
Morocco’s Platinum Power partners with China’s CFHEC on $300 mln hydropower project
Renewable energy investor Platinum Power, minority-owned by U.S. private equity firm Brookstone Partners, has teamed up with China’s CFHEC to build a $300 million hydropower...
Johnson calls Darroch superb diplomat, after failing to back him
Darroch quit after Donald Trump labelled him “stupid” and “wacky” following the leaking of the memos in which he branded the U.S. president’s administration inept....
Branson’s Virgin Orbit to test key rocket Wednesday – source
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit on Wednesday plans to release a rocket from the wing of a modified Boeing 747 jetliner in mid-air in a key...
Festival brings in washable cups to go greener
Denmark’s Roskilde festival made efforts to go greener this year when it washed an estimated one million reusable beer, soda and juice cups. Lauren Anthony...
News: As arrests continue the police seek to indict 14 more suspects on terrorism charges – addisstandard.com
News: As arrests continue the police seek to indict 14 more suspects on terrorism charges addisstandard.com Mahlet Fasil. Addis Abeba, July 10/2019 – The federal police...