Canada’s main stock market ended the week marginally lower, as declines in the Energy sector overshadowed the Canadian economy adding nearly 20,000 jobs in March. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s benchmark Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite slipped 30.05 points, or 0.19 percent to finish the day at 15,667.13 points. Six of the ten sub-groups closed the session […]
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grains futures closed mixed on Friday with corn futures drifting to a one-week low as traders adjusted positions ahead of a monthly U.S. government report that analysts expect to show rising grain inventories and big South American crops. Soybeans closed narrowly mixed but the most-active contract posted a fifth weekly […]
A divided UN Security Council met on Friday in emergency session to debate the U.S. cruise missile attack on an airfield in Syria where Washington asserted aircraft were launched to drop chemical weapons on civilians Idlib Province earlier in the week, killing more than 70 people. At least council members agreed the only solution to […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, wrapped up on Friday their first meeting at the seaside Mar-a-Lago resort in the U.S. state of Florida. The two leaders agreed that the meeting was “positive and fruitful,” and pledged to expand mutually-beneficial cooperation and manage their differences based on mutual respect. Enditem Source: […]
Major uncertainties loom over the forthcoming meeting of foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) scheduled in Italy on April 10 and April 11, Italian experts have said. “I expect the G7 ministerial meeting to support the decision of the Unites States to launch the strike (in Syria),” Riccardo Alcaro, senior research fellow with […]
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Friday the United States would soon announce new sanctions against Syria after the Syrian government allegedly used chemical weapons early this week. “We will be announcing additional sanctions on Syria as part of our ongoing effort to stop this kind of activity,” said Mnuchin here at a briefing, […]
French President Francois Hollande on Friday called for intensified strikes against the Islamic State (IS) and punitive act on Syrian government, but stressed the necessity of diplomatic initiative to reach lasting peace in Syria. Hollande convened an emergency defense meeting at the Elysee Palace to discuss next steps in Syria after U.S. strikes on Syrian […]
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Friday said in a statement that the European Union (EU) firmly believes that there can be no military solution to the conflict in Syria. She made the remarks on behalf of the EU on the U.S. strike in Syria. “The U.S. has informed the European Union that … […]
Since the start of the year, some 192,000 South Sudanese have fled to neighboring Uganda, a country currently hosting 832,000 refugees from South Sudan, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported Friday. As the situation in South Sudan continues to deteriorate, UNHCR said that since April 3 alone over 6,000 South Sudanese have fled their homes […]
Oil prices ended higher on Friday after U.S. missile strike on Syrian airbase triggered geopolitical uncertainty in the oil-rich region. Analysts said the recent U.S. actions raised concerns that the conflicts could spread in the area and influence the oil production. Crude prices climbed for a fourth consecutive session on Friday following the news and […]
Mexico was joined by the governments of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay on Friday to express their “deepest concern” at the escalation of violence in Syria. The joint statement was released by the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with all seven Latin American nations condemning “the inhumane use of chemical weapons in that […]
Rebel factions in Syria said on Friday that they welcome the U.S. missile strike on an air base in Syria’s central province of Homs. A rebel commander in Homs, known as Taha Atiyeh, was cited by activists as saying that the missile strike was positively received among rebel factions in the province. Rebels support such […]
A 65 year-old Cuban has discovered an unusual way to help ferment home-made tropical fruit wines. At his house in the southern Havana neighborhood of El Canal, Orestes Estevez and his family fill glass jugs with wine made from grapes, raisins, beets, papaya, bananas, ginger and even watercress before slipping a condom over each container. […]
The Zambia government says it is not in support of plans by some civil society organizations to start distributing condoms in secondary schools as one way to tackle unwanted pregnancies. This follows reports in some local media that some civil society organizations involved in reproductive health plan to start distributing condoms and contraceptives to pupils […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday said the Syrian government “bears the full responsibility” for the U.S. strike in Syria. Stoltenberg said in a statement that the United States launched a strike on the Shayrat Airfield in Syria “following this week’s horrendous chemical weapons attacks in Khan Shaykhun.” “Any use of chemical weapons is […]
China created 1.88 million new jobs in the first two months of the year, a Chinese official said Friday. “The figure was 160,000 higher than the number created in the same period last year,” said Zhang Yizhen, vice minister of human resources and social security, at a press conference. China’s employment situation was generally stable […]
U.S. stocks opened lower on Friday, as investors mainly digested weaker-than-expected employment data. U.S. total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 98,000, well below market estimates of 180,000, and the unemployment rate declined to 4.5 percent in March, according to the Labor Department Friday. “The payroll survey is downright weak, with not just fewer than […]
Damascenes from all walks of life are shocked by the U.S. strike targeting a Syrian air base at Friday dawn, as Syrian army denies accusation of a toxic attack in Idlib province last Tuesday. “This is a foreign intervention that we completely denounce,” said Tamara, a Syrian university student. Ahmad, a Syrian businessman, said that […]
MTN Ghana Foundation has disclosed that the youth entrepreneurs(Incubates )operating under the ICT Business Incubation Project are making positive strides to improve the livelihoods of the masses. The laudable initiative dubbed : ICT Business Incubation project was launched in June 2016 by MTN Ghana Foundation in partnership with Ghana Multimedia Incubation Center (GMIC). The project, […]
Sudan has issued a decision obliging Egyptian citizens seeking to enter its territories to obtain entry-visas, namely the ones aged between 16 to 50 years old. “The decision stipulates that Egyptian nationals aged between 16 and 50 years old must obtain entry-visas to Sudan. The decision excludes women, children and those above 50 years old,” […]
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