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Turkey pays part of Somalia’s IMF debt for relief initiative

Turkey has granted nearly $3.4 million to Somalia’s debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as part of an initiative the fund kicked off earlier this year to relieve the heavy debts of low-income countries. According to an International Agreement issued on Nov. 5 on the Official Gazette, Turkey contributed some $3.4 million to Somalia

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Sunak boosts 200 billion-pound job spending plan as England locks down

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, October 22, 2020. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Rishi Sunak further ramped up his 200 billion-pound economic rescue programme on Thursday as England went into a tough new coronavirus lockdown. Sunak extended the

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Broke Kenya eyes extra Covid-19 loan from IMF

Kenya has for the second time in less than six months reached out to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for budget support to weather the coronavirus economic hardships. IMF resident representative Tobias Rasmussen said the government had asked the Brettonwoods institution for another loan following the $739 million (Sh79.3) billion received in May that Kenya

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Here’s how Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs built his $885 million empire

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is worth close to $1 billion after building a successful business empire in addition to his music career — Fuse TV Sean “Diddy” Combs, 50, began his career as a newspaper vendor at the age of 12. “Since then, I’ve always understood that if I give the customers my best and service

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UAE cuts spending in 2021 federal budget

Photo: Credit Pinterest The cabinet of the United Arab Emirates approved a smaller federal budget for 2021 in a sign that the country is curbing expenditure amid the coronavirus crisis and lower oil prices. The budget for next year was set at 58 billion dirhams ($15.8 billion), state news agency WAM reported on Sunday, down

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Turkey’s exports climb 4.8% in September

Foreign trade deficit amounts to $4.8B last month, says statistical authority Turkish exports increased 4.8% on an annual basis in September, according to the nation’s statistical authority on Friday. The figure hit $16 billion, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said in a statement on Friday. Turkey’s imports amounted to $20.8 billion last month, a year-on-year

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US Approves Sales of Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles to Taiwan

USS Coronado launches a Harpoon Block 1C missile for the first time during exercise Rim of the Pacific. Credit: Flickr/U.S. Pacific Fleet By Steven Stashwick Truck-mounted Harpoon missiles and other recent sales are aimed at repelling a potential invasion by China. The U.S. State Department has given the greenlight for Taiwan to buy hundreds of

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Mercedes raises stake in struggling Aston Martin

Aston Martin: will gain access to electric technology By Terry Murden Mercedes-Benz is raising its stake in Aston Martin Lagonda as part the British marque’s recovery plan. Aston Martin said the deal, announced after the London stock market closed, was a “strategic technology agreement”. Mercedes will increase its holding “in stages” from 5% to 20%

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Shilling hits record low of 108.85 on import pressure

A trader holds bank notes. The Kenya shilling dropped to a record low of 108.85 units against the dollar on Monday, market data showed, on demand for the greenback by importers. This was despite a fall in the Central Bank of Kenya(CBK) dollar reserves to a five-month low of $8.223 billion (Sh888 billion) or 4.99

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Stocks have their worst day in a month as virus cases surge

Wall Street street sign is framed by a giant American flag hanging on the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks are falling in early trading on Wall Street Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, and deepening last week’s losses. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) U.S. stocks fell sharply Monday as a troubling increase in coronavirus counts

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