US President Biden will issue an executive order on Friday aimed at assisting families struggling amid the pandemic and at helping workers stay safe on the job. Biden, who has vowed to use the power of the presidency to help mitigate economic fallout from the pandemic, will also direct the Treasury Department to find...
Read MoreGhanian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday sent the list of his ministerial nominees to the parliament as he cut back on the number of ministers to serve in his second term. The president has reduced the number of ministers to 85 from 126 to reflect his resolve to have a leaner government...
Read MoreThe African Export-Import Bank has mobilized $1 billion for an adjustment facility to offset revenue losses for countries that lower cross-border tariffs as part of an Africa-wide free-trade area, according to the zone’s most senior official. “We will be able to go to global capital markets and we will be able to go to...
Read MoreAlmost 9 million people in Britain had to borrow more money by the end of last year to help them through the lockdown that was imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic; according to new figures that show widening gaps between the rich and the poor. The government data also showed self-employed workers...
Read MoreThe newly inaugurated US President Joe Biden plans to begin immediately unwinding his predecessor’s policies on immigration, climate and other issues on Wednesday with at least 15 executive actions, including moves to reverse U.S. withdrawals from the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization (WHO), and stop construction of a border wall. Biden began...
Read MoreJoe Biden told Americans on Wednesday that “I will be president for all” as he was sworn-in as the 46th President of the United States of America (USA). His running mate in the presidential election of November 3, 2020, Kamala Harris, was also sworn-in as Vice President at a ceremony witnessed by outgone Vice...
Read MoreYou don’t need a peg-leg, eye patch, or parrot on your shoulder to be a modern-day pirate, but guns and high-speed boats are useful. Last year pirates hijacked three vessels, fired on 11, and boarded 161, according to a report this month by the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Center. Maersk, the world’s biggest shipping company, is...
Read MoreSouth Africa’s National Treasury is considering raising taxes as one of several possible mechanisms to fund the vaccination drive against Covid-19. At this point South Africa is due to get 9 million doses from Johnson & Johnson, 1.5 million shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine, 12 million through Covax, and 12.25 million from the African...
Read MoreAs he prepares to end a tumultuous four years as U.S. president facing potential legal jeopardy, Donald Trump has discussed the possibility of pardoning himself, according to a source familiar with the matter. But there are questions about whether a president’s broad executive clemency powers under the U.S. Constitution would permit such action. The...
Read MoreThe Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has agreed to maintain its old fees for the registration of importers. This agreement was reached after a consensus-building meeting jointly organised by the National Standards Body and the Ghana Shippers’ Authority on Thursday January 14, 2012, for industry players such as importers and exporters, traders and other members...
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