Argentina will keep pushing for talks with creditors even as a deadline for its US$ 65 billion debt restructuring proposal passed on Friday with little sign it had the support needed from international bondholders to unlock a comprehensive deal. Apparently on averaged less than 20% of bondholders accepted Argentina's conditions

The RAF has not been declared an essential service and is not allowed to operate under level four of the lockdown regulations.

The eastern European nation of Belarus held a full-fledged military parade Saturday to mark Victory Day, shrugging off safety concerns during the coronavirus pandemic that led Russia to curtail its own long-planned 75th anniversary observances.

By Rotimi Ojomoyela A 52-year-old farmer is currently cooling his heels in Police custody at Igogo-Ekiti, Moba Local government Area, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl. The teenager who resides with her grandmother in the agrarian town was sent on an errand when she met the farmer who offered her some corn. On getting home,
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has told the people of the State and the entire Nigerians to hold the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government responsible if COVID-19 escalates in the State. Wike said this in his statewide broadcast on Friday, adding that nobody should be surprised if the coronavirus cases in the State rise […]

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Adebayo Obajemu First Bank of Nigeria Holdings (FBNH) in the first quarter of 2020 reported a profit after tax of N25.7 billion. This represents a growth of 62.74% when compared to the profit after tax of N15.79 billion reported in the first quarter of 2019. The unaudited financial statement for Q1 2020 of the big […]

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The household debt balance has rapidly increased to approach 1,400 trillion won (US$1.24 trillion) as of the end of June this year. It is estimated the balance may have surpassed the 1,400-trillion-won level by mid-August. As the amount of household debt reaches 90 percent of the gross domestic products (1,637 trillion won at the end of last year), economists began warning the high debt level may pose an obstacle to further growth.According to the Bank of Korea on August 23, the balance of house...

The negotiation to sell off Kumho Tire to China's Double Star Tire broke apart. The creditors including Korea Development Bank held a shareholders meeting and decided not to accept a request by Double Star to lower the price. A Korea Development Bank official explained, "As Double Star made demands we can't accept including an additional 10-percent discount from the original price of 800 billion won, we had to say no to the offer." In July this year, the Chinese tire maker began making dem...

Belarus has announced that the next presidential election will be held on August 9 as the country’s authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka sought to play down the risks of the coronavirus pandemic.

Thousands of people jammed the center of the Belarusian capital to watch soldiers and military units march as part of celebrations marking the defeat of Nazi Germany, celebrations that took place despite serious concerns about the coronavirus.

Thousands of people came out on May 9 to watch soldiers, military vehicles, and aircraft on display in central Minsk as part of celebrations marking the defeat of Nazi Germany 75 years ago. The televised event took place despite concerns about the coronavirus. While most other former Soviet republics, including Russia, canceled their Victory Day parades due to spiking infection and death rates, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has downplayed the pandemic as a "psychosis." In a speech during the event, he said the country “had no other choice” but to go ahead with the celebrations as thousands of war victims were watching, adding that none of today’s hardships can compare to the horrors the country endured during the war.

The Amakhosi forward continues to receive rave reviews with his former Cape Town City teammate joining in the praises ......

President Peter Mutharika, whose win in last year's vote was challenged, had appealed the re-run, which is now to be held July 2

Following the judgment in De Freitas v Chamdor Meat Packers [2015] JOL 33940 (GJ), when a company proposes to its shareholders the adoption of a new Memorandum of Incorporation, the shareholders should carefully consider the provisions of the new Me...

Decisions of the management body The Belgian Companies and Associations Code (hereafter “CAC”) allows for the management body to take all decisions by way of unanimous written consent of all directors except when the articles of association exclude ...

Royal decree No 4 1 contains various provisions on co-ownership and companies and associations law in the context of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. It was published in the Belgian State Gazette on 9 April 2020. The COVID-19 Decree is, amon...

Eversheds Sutherland have advised the management team shareholders on the sale of a significant minority stake in Waterlogic, a UK-based designer, manufacturer, distributor and service provider of purified water dispensers, to four strong instituti...

Précis New EU copyright directive entered into force on 7 June 2019, ushering in new EU copyright rules, bringing radical changes to the EU copyright regime. Member states have until 7 June 2021 to implement the new directive. Background The Europea...

In this case, the Court of Appeal provided a long awaited decision answering whether a charterer’s failure to pay an instalment of hire punctually is a breach of condition under a time charterparty thus enabling the shipowner to terminate the ...

  On 21 January 2020, the Court of Appeal (‘CoA’) upheld the Competition Appeal Tribunal (‘CAT’) judgment, finding that Ping Europe Ltd (‘Ping’) breached competition law by prohibiting its retailers from sell...

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(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Ministry of Public Health announces the registration of 1130 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 129 new recovered cases in ... ......

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Doha: Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H E Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani met through video conferen... ......

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Ministry of Public Health announces the registration of 1130 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 129 new recovered cases in ... ......

(MENAFN - Trend News Agency) Baku, Azerbaijan, May 9 Trend: The Azerbaijani Embassy in France will organize a virtual concert dedicated to the 97th bi... ......

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The eastern European nation of Belarus held a full-fledged military parade Saturday to mark Victory Day, shrugging off safety concerns during the coronavirus pandemic that led Russia to curtail its own long-planned 75th anniversary observances. Tens of thousands of spectators lined the parade route as some 3,000 soldiers and 185 military vehicles passed by in the capital, Minsk. Some elderly veterans...

The 2020 DNC in Milwaukee is scheduled for the week of August 17 as planning continues to stage event in the middle of a pandemic. ......

FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has canceled dozens of spring traditions, from college basketball’s Final Four to Easter Sunday services, but there’s one rite that’s going on largely unfettered — turkey hunting. Every state except Alaska, which is the only state with no turkeys, hosts a spring turkey hunt each year. The birds, whose domesticated cousins grace Thanksgiving tables from Hawaii to Maine, are among America’s greatest conservation success stories. The hunt is taking on a new look in some parts of the country this year due to social distancing laws. Many states, including Maine, are requiring out-of-state residents to self quarantine for two...

Only one percent of the ancient city of Aigai in the Yunuslar district of the western Turkish province of Manisa has been unearthed so far in the excavations that started back in 2004. Click through for the story in photos...

Masks, which were estimated to be 2,200 years old and were engraved on marble blocks of the mythology gods of that period, are seen after being unearthed at Ancient City of Stratonikeia, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Tentative Lists in the Aegean province of Muğla.

Discoveries at Boncuklu Tarla in the southeastern province of Mardin are around 1,000 years older than those in Göbeklitepe

The current environment surrounding the emergence of COVID-19 has forced people to come up with brand new ways of enjoying time away from work.

As if the COVID-19 pandemic didn't give Japan enough things to worry about, the unseasonably warm winter and resulting lack of snow may spell severe ...

[Dalsan Radio] A suspected has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of Kalsan TV journalist Said Yussuf after he stabbed him 5 times yesterday evening in Mogadishu.