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Venezuela looks to petrodollars to bring down prices
AFP, Published on 23/01/2026
» CARACAS - The United States' grab for Venezuela's oil, while shocking, may yet provide a short-term boost for the South American nation's haggard economy.
Iran president urges government to heed economic protests
AFP, Published on 30/12/2025
» TEHRAN - Iran's president urged his government to listen to the "legitimate demands" of protesters, state media reported on Tuesday, after demonstrations by shopkeepers in Tehran over economic hardship.
Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister
Reuters, Published on 21/10/2025
» TOKYO — Conservative nationalist Sanae Takaichi was appointed Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that handed her a majority in the lower house.
Japanese nuclear reactor restarts after 13 years
Reuters, Published on 29/10/2024
» TOKYO - Tohoku Electric Power has resumed operations of the 825-megawatt No.2 reactor at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in northern Japan, for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Visitors to Japan in October top pre-pandemic level for 1st time
Xinhua News Agency, Published on 16/11/2023
» TOKYO: The number of foreign visitors to Japan in October came to 2,516,500, up 0.8 percent from the same month in 2019, marking the first time the monthly figure has exceeded the pre-COVID-19 pandemic level, government data showed Wednesday.
Nigeria's president inaugurates cabinet to tackle economic, security woes
AFP, Published on 21/08/2023
» ABUJA - President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday swore in a cabinet of 45 ministers, urging them to build public trust as his new government takes on Nigeria's huge economic and security challenges.
'It hurts': DR Congo currency drops amid war spending, arrears payments
AFP, Published on 03/04/2023
» KINSHASA - A falling local currency, salary arrears payments and war spending have pushed up prices in impoverished Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving locals struggling to afford basics.
Lao lawmakers choose new PM
News Agencies, Published on 31/12/2022
» The parliament of Laos has voted to elect Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone as the new prime minister to succeed Phankham Viphavanh, who has stepped down citing health concerns, according to local media.
Ghana proposes using gold to pay for oil
Reuters, Published on 25/11/2022
» ACCRA: Ghana has ordered all large mining companies to sell 20% of their stocks of refined gold to the country’s central bank starting from Jan 1.
Struggling Ghana plans tax rise, debt swap to secure IMF aid
AFP, Published on 24/11/2022
» ACCRA - Ghana's finance minister, Kenneth Ofori-Atta, presented the 2023 budget to parliament on Thursday, hiking tax and planning a debt swap as the country's negotiates an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan.