HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – China’s central bank boosted its gross injection of short-term cash into the financial system after concern over a debt crisis at China Evergrande Group roiled global markets. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) pumped 120 billion
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Covid 19 Delta outbreak: New Zealand bailed out Cook Islands, on brink of economic catastrophe
The Government spent $20 million on a partial bailout of the Cook Islands in April. The funding was not announced by the New Zealand Government at the time, but the Cook Islands Government released a statement quoting New Zealand’s high
Boris Johnson LIVE: PM to unveil new tax hikes TODAY – very significant backlash brews
Boris Johnson teases a new trade deal in Parliament We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our
Boris holds urgent call with Merkel over Afghanistan crisis -Planning emergency G7 meeting
Charlie Stayt tells Raab monitoring in Afghanistan ‘went wrong’ We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our
Drugs firms Pfizer and Flynn broke law with 2,600% price increase for epilepsy tablets to NHS, UK watchdog finds
Two drugs firms have been accused by the UK’s competition watchdog of illegal pricing and abusing their dominant position to overcharge the NHS for vital anti-epilepsy tablets. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had provisionally found that coronavirus
The human cost of the Beirut blast: Lebanon a year on
On 4 August last year, more than 200 people were killed and several thousand others suffered injuries following the port explosion in a country already facing economic and political crises. On the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, Tracy
Liam Dann: Road to real recovery begins with early end to QE
OPINION: The economy has taken a big step towards a sustainable recovery with the news that the Reserve Bank will end its bond-buying programme – or what we colloquially call money printing. New Zealand’s first-ever quantitative easing programme will cease
Victor Babariko: Opponent of Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko jailed for 14 years
The Belarusian Supreme Court has sentenced Victor Babariko, who ran for president last year and was imprisoned on the campaign trail, to 14 years in jail. The trial, on trumped-up corruption charges, represents the first political verdict in what will
Opinion | Race Manners: Which Black People Should I Believe?
One of the most common pieces of advice I’ve heard given to aspiring white allies is to seek out more Black opinions. This advice is often coupled with a further admonition to suspend one’s own judgment and simply defer to
COVID-19: AstraZeneca and EU both claim win as court rules on vaccine supply row
AstraZeneca and the EU have both claimed victory in a court ruling over the supply of COVID-19 vaccines. The two sides have had a rocky relationship over the past few months, with the European Union accusing the vaccine maker of