January 5, 2017//-Nothing means more to Donald Trump than his image.
Category: International
China Tops World in Patent Applications
January 5, 2018//-China led in patent applications in 2016, with 1.3 million, and accounted more than half of global industrial design filings. The country has also been given credit for improving its intellectual property regime, as Erika Morphy reports.
Lord Adonis Quits Gov’t Role with Brexit Attack
December 29, 2017//-The government’s infrastructure adviser has announced he is quitting his role, describing Brexit as a “populist and nationalist spasm”.
Afghanistan Suicide Attack: Dozens killed as Shia Centre Hit in Kabul
December 28, 2017//-At least 40 people have been killed and 30 wounded in a suicide attack at a Shia cultural and religious organisation in a western area of the Afghan capital, Kabul.
Russia Supermarket Blast Injures 10 Shoppers
December 28, 2017//-At least 10 people have been injured after an explosion at a supermarket in the Russian city of St Petersburg.
Palestine Slams Israeli Plan for New Settlement Units
December 25, 2017//-The Palestinian foreign ministry has denounced a new Israeli settlement construction plan, which includes the building of 300,000 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem.
UN Imposes New sanctions On North Korea
December 22, 2017//-The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea in response to its recent ballistic missile tests.
EBRD Partners Ipoteka-Bank to Support SME and Trade in Uzbekistan
December 22, 2017//-The EBRD provided US$ 30 million to the fourth largest financial institution in Uzbekistan, Joint-Stock Commercial Mortgage Bank Ipoteka-Bank (Ipoteka-Bank).
UK’s Deputy Prime Minister Resigns
December 20, 2017//-Damian Green, one of Theresa May’s closest allies, has resigned from the cabinet after an investigation found he breached the ministerial code.
Deaths as Rail Falls on US Motorway
December 18, 2017//-Train carriages have plummeted on to a motorway in Washington state, causing “multiple” fatalities, police say.