Economy & Business
Brexit crunch time as EU and UK still divided over trade deal
Brexit trade talks hung in the balance on Monday as Britain and the European Union made a last-ditch attempt to bridge significant ...New Zealand joins Australia in denouncing China’s tweet
New Zealand has joined Australia in denouncing a graphic tweet posted by a Chinese official that shows a fake image of a ...Sudan inflation soars, raising spectre of hyperinflation
Inflation in Sudan has risen to one of the highest levels in the world, and the country risks slipping into hyperinflation unless ...Venezuela resumes direct oil shipments to China despite U.S. sanctions
Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year, according ...US visitors from developing nations to pay thousands in visa bonds
The United States will temporarily require visitors from Iran, Myanmar and a number of African nations to pay up to $15,000 in ...UK extends 80% wage subsidies as England goes back into lockdown
Britain’s government will extend by a month its costly coronavirus wage subsidies to ensure workers who are temporarily laid off receive 80% ...Poland fines Russia’s Gazprom $7.6 billion over pipeline
Polish antitrust authorities have fined Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom $7.6 billion (6.5 billion euros) for building the Nord Stream 2 gas ...Restaurants to stay open, but Paris goes on maximum virus alert
Paris restaurants will be allowed to stay open — but under tightened restrictions — when the city is placed on maximum coronavirus ...UK, EU leaders agree to keep talking in bid for Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday asked their negotiators to “work intensively” to overcome ...Johnson ‘optimistic’ over Brexit deal ahead of talks with EU chief
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “pretty optimistic” a Brexit deal could be reached as he prepared for talks on ...














