Category: World

The Trump administration said on Monday that it had reached a new, 16-year trade deal with Mexico, setting in motion a swift chain of events that could redraw the world’s largest trade agreement. NAFTA covers more than $1tr (£780bn) in annual trade. The United States commenced…

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is a young, democratic leader who is preaching peace and he’s the leader the country has been waiting for. Ethiopia is a landlocked nation in eastern Africa, with a population of over 100 million: the second highest in Africa. Over 70% of the population is dependent on agriculture for livelihood…

Kampala’s security chiefs want the support of the public in their handling of crucial security issues in the country. Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and…

The Swiss Credit Suisse bank froze some CHF5 billion ($5 billion) of assets linked to Russia earlier this year in an effort to confirm with US sanctions levied against Moscow. Credit Suisse founded in 1856 is a Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company. Its headquartered…

Saudi Arabia has called off both the domestic and international stock listing of state oil giant Aramco. Saudi Aramco is one of the largest companies in the world by revenue and is also one of the most profitable companies in the world. It has the second largest proven crude oil reserves in the world. It…

US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen has pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws. Michael Cohen is a long-time personal lawyer to Donald Trump. Cohen was charged for transgressions related to non-payment of taxes, making false statement to a financial institution and willfully causing an…

Ecuador has brought in new rules to stop Venezuelan migrants entering the country without a passport, leaving many stranded in neighbouring Colombia. Venezuela is rich in oil. It has the largest proven oil reserves in the world. But it is arguably precisely this wealth that is also at the root…

The Maduro administration aims to devalues the Bolivar by slashing zeros from the currency. Despite having world’s largest proven oil deposits, many Venezuelans have lived in abject poverty. The former President, Hugo Chavez, was in office from 1999 to 2013. In that period, billions of dollars were spent in generous social..

Retired Adm. William McRaven, the man who oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, issued a stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump’s decision to revoke the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan on Thursday, defending the former spy chief as “one of the finest public servants I…

Costa Rican Supreme Court calls the ban on same- sex marriage discriminatory and unconstitutional. The country of Costa Rica has coastlines on Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It shares borders with Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south. It is considered to be one..