A woman looks at Japan’s Nikkei 225 index and stock prices shown at a securities firm as others walk across an intersection in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Shares advanced Tuesday in Asia after China announced it would relax more of its pandemic restrictions despite widespread outbreaks of COVID-19 that are straining its medical systems.(AP

President William Ruto ands Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua celebrate at the IEBC Bomas of Kenya Tallying Centre in Nairobi on August 15, 2022: Credit to Photo/ AFP By Business Daily Africa The wealth of top state officers–including the President and his deputy—will be made public if Kenya caves in to pressure from the International Monetary

By Anadolu Agency Egypt on Tuesday launched an international tender to explore natural gas and crude oil in the Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Delta. Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El-Molla said the tender, announced by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), aims to attract investment to explore gas and oil in

By Reuters The total volume of natural gas Turkey has discovered in the Black Sea now amounts to 710 billion cubic metres (bcm) after a new field was located and a previous find was revised higher, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Erdogan said Turkey had discovered a new reserve

Hamida Dakane stands in the Al Hamdi Restaurant on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in south Fargo. Photo credit: Michael Vosburg/The Forum By Face2Face Africa Hamida Dakane, who was before now only known in her state, North Dakota, has made history and international headlines following her victory at the just concluded November general elections. Before her

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov By Anadolu Agency Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed on Monday that the US pursues a policy aimed to establish the “end of history,” referring to the book titled The End of History and the Last Man by American political scientist Francis Fukuyama. “If you look at the policies that

File – In this undated file photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Defense, a Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location. China’s military sent 71 planes, including J16 fighter jets, and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan’s defense ministry said Monday, Dec.

Somalia’s federal government and regional leaders are splitting 70 million dollars in World Bank grant between the head of the Federal Government of Somalia, the regional governments of the country and the governor of Banadir region will be held in Mogadishu. The World Bank said it has approved a 70 million U.S. Dollar International Development

Afghan women chant slogans in protest against the closure of universities to women by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022. Reuters/Stringer/File Photo By Reuters Qatar expressed “extreme concern” over the order by Afghanistan’s Taliban-run administration to stop female employees from working, calling on the administration to review its decision, a foreign ministry statement

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after a meeting of the State Council on youth policy in Moscow, Russia, December 22, 2022. Sputnik/Sergey Guneev/Pool via Reuters By Reuters Russia is ready to negotiate with all parties involved in the war in Ukraine but Kyiv and its Western backers have refused to engage in