Category: World

The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Thursday (Nov 8) and said ongoing strong job gains and household spending had kept the economy on track. The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve or simply the Fed) is the central banking system..

Five top German government advisers have warned that the country’s economic growth is set to slow dramatically this year, in what would be a sharp downturn in the fortunes of the euro zone’s economic powerhouse. The German Council of Economic Experts is a group of economists set up in..

President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday after a yearlong campaign to embarrass him that raised questions about whether the president inappropriately interfered with the Justice Department’s inquiry into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Trump, who requested Sessions’ resignation, named..

The immunisation market in Africa is worth over $1.2 billion, but the continent meets most of its immunisation needs through imports. Public-private partnerships are increasingly interested in the local production of serums, which would benefit African countries by reducing long term costs and..

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has launched a global campaign to save the web from the destructive effects of abuse and discrimination, political manipulation, and threats that plague the online world. Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. A graduate..

On 31 October, Pakistan’s Supreme Court overruled the death sentence against Asia Bibi, a farm labourer accused of blasphemy. The government back-tracked on their support of Bibi by promising not to oppose a court petition to reverse Bibi’s release. It also pledged to work in the meantime to put her name..

The upcoming United States Midterm Elections are being closely followed around the world. The results of the elections have the potential to dramatically alter the United States trade and foreign policies. While many in the European Union hope to see President Trump’s position weakened…

Since 2009, Nigeria has been engaged in a fight to contain the terrorist organisation Boko Haram. The country is now threatened by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria in a conflict that has killed six times more Nigerians than Boko Haram did in the same period. Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a country…

Chief of Australian Signals Directorate says 5G network is too important for Australian infrastructure to put it at risk with Chinese involvement. 5G is the next – fifth-generation of mobile internet connectivity promising much faster data download and upload speeds, wider coverage and more stable connections..

Facebook says it has deleted accounts originating in Iran that featured posts on politically divisive topics which attracted more than 1 million followers in Britain and the United States. Facebook had come under harsh scrutiny over foreign interference attempting to use…