Visitors walk past a wall with a map showing the species of peony in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries, at horticultural exhibition Beijing Expo 2019, in Beijing, China April 29, 2019. Picture taken April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer Reuters By David Stanway China’s vast Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is in danger of losing momentum

Aldi employs about 38,000 staff across its 920 UK grocery stores. Photograph: Scott Bairstow/Alamy The Guardian By Kalyeena Makortoff Discount supermarket chain to open further 100 stores as it reports 10% rise in UK and Ireland sales Aldi will create 2,000 jobs and open another 100 stores across the UK as part of a £1.3bn

Small toy figurines are seen on representations of the Bitcoin virtual currency displayed in front of an image of China’s flag in this illustration picture, April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Reuters By Samuel Shen and Andrew Galbraith Cryptocurrency exchanges and providers of crypto services are scrambling to sever business ties with mainland Chinese clients,

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/Pool Reuters By Humeyra Pamuk President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey still intended to buy a second batch of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, a move that could deepen a rift with NATO

Credit to Pinterest Dar es Salaam. Tanzania requires urgent financial support of $1.1 billion (1.5 percent of GDP) in the next 12 months to avert a potential economic fallout arising from the Covid-19 pandemic and the rising import bill linked to rising crude oil prices. According to The East African reported. The International Monetary Fund

Lorries are seen at an HGV parking, at Cobham services on the M25 motorway, Cobham, Britain, August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo Reuters By Michael Holden Britain is expected to announce plans to issue temporary visas to truck drivers to alleviate an acute labour shortage that has led to fuel rationing at some filling stations

The Evergrande headquarters, left, stands in Shenzhen, China, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. Seeking to dispel fears of financial turmoil, some Chinese banks are disclosing what they are owed by a real estate developer that is struggling under $310 billion in debt, saying they can cope with a potential default. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Associated Press

A person walks past the Bank of England in the City of London financial district, in London, Britain, June 11, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Reuters By David Milliken Britain’s central bank looks set to keep interest rates steady later on Thursday as it approaches the end-point of its 895 billion pound ($1.22 trillion) asset purchase programme

Public Debt Management Office Director General Haron Sirima. By Business Daily Africa Kenya is considering using funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to repay Chinese loans after it dropped an earlier request to defer debt payments. The Treasury says it could use its additional allocation of IMF reserves in Special Drawing Rights (SDR) assets,

A man walks past a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. Asian shares declined Tuesday, with Tokyo down 2% as worries about heavily indebted Chinese real estate developers weighed on sentiment. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) Associated Press By YURI KAGEYAMA TOKYO