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Boeing announces next wave of job cuts

The layoffs are part of a previously announced plan to to reduce the workforce by 10 percent Boeing has reportedly announced that the company is undergoing another round of layoffs. The company notified approximately 1,030 employees companywide that they will lose their jobs by...

George Floyd: Twitter drops ‘master’, ‘slave’ and ‘blacklist’

Social media platform Twitter is dropping the terms "master", "slave" and "blacklist" in favour of more inclusive language. The terms are frequently used in programming codes which originated decades ago. US bank JPMorgan has also announced a similar move as more...

European Travel Bans are counter-productive and hurting the Oil & Gas Sector’s ability to support Africa’s Economic Recovery

Restrictions of visa issuance are de facto preventing a lot of projects to move forward and to successfully contribute to the recovery of the continent The continuation of travel restrictions and suspension of visas and travel between Africa and Europe...

African Development Bank to launch African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement

The supplement revises the growth projections and outlook for Africa for 2020 and 2021 and highlights the impact of COVID–19 on Africa’s socio-economic landscape The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) will launch its African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement in a live...

Yinson Production provides Biological Safety Cabinet for COVID-19 testing

The management of Yinson Production West Africa Limited (YPWAL) has donated a Biological Safety Cabinet worth USD4,600 to the National Public Health Reference Laboratory at Korle-Bu to help in the fight against the deadly COVID-19 that continue to wreak...

Ecobank Group spearheads new private sector initiative to end malaria

Ecobank Group confirms its commitment to support ending malaria, launching the first-of-its-kind Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative in partnership with Dakar-based not-for-profit strategic communications and advocacy organization, Speak Up Africa, and the UN-hosted RBM Partnership to End Malaria. The new...

US farmers scramble for help as COVID-19 scuttles immigrant workforce

Any delays in the harvest could send prices higher The novel coronavirus delayed the arrival of seasonal immigrants who normally help harvest U.S. wheat, leaving farmers to depend on high school students, school bus drivers, laid-off oilfield workers and others to run machines...

Stock futures gain ahead of latest jobs data

The June employment report will be released a day early because of the Independence Day holiday U.S. equity futures are trading higher ahead of the release of the June employment report. The major futures indexes are suggesting a gain of 0.9 percent when...

Venezuela gold: UK High Court rules against Nicolás Maduro

The UK High Court has ruled against Venezuela's government in a legal battle over access to $1bn (£820m) of gold stored in the Bank of England. It said the UK had "unequivocally recognised opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president",...

Coronavirus: Dozens of countries not in UK quarantine

Dozens of countries will be exempt from a travel quarantine from Monday, UK government sources have indicated. Currently, most people arriving into the UK from anywhere apart from the Republic of Ireland have to self-isolate for two weeks. Ministers had previously...
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“Parliament Adjourns to January 2 Without Approving Expenditure in Advance of Appropriation”

Parliament has adjourned its seventh meeting of the fourth session of the Eighth Parliament to January 2, 2025, without...
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