Via Forbes, a look at China’s increasing interest in Central and South America: Washington may hate the word, but there is no denying that it has exercised all but untrammeled hegemony in Latin America for as long as anyone can remember. It now faces a challenger: the same one it faces in the western Pacific, […]
Read more »Via The Diplomat, an article on the Tanzanian President’s visit to China: Xi Jinping has started his third term as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party with a flurry of diplomatic activity at home. Many headlines noted that Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who was in Beijing from November 2 to 4, was the first […]
Read more »Via Bloomberg, a report that Qatar ‘s sovereign wealth fund transferred $1 Billion to Egypt’s Central Bank: Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has deposited $1 billion with Egypt’s central bank as the gas-rich Gulf state moves closer to a deal to acquire government holdings in some of the North African nation’s major firms. The $445 billion Qatar […]
Read more »Via Eurasia Review, a report on Algeria’s interest in joining the BRICS: Algeria is making a bid to join BRICS, the conglomerate of emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The country which is the 11th biggest holder of gas reserves globally, has already made a formal application to join the group with […]
Read more »Via Business of Fashion, an article on how Dakar’s reputation as a regional fashion hub has persuaded brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo Boss to expand to the capital of the West African nation as it upgrades its retail infrastructure: Though Senegal is not in the same league as African markets like Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya […]
Read more »Via The Iran Project and Teheran Times, an article on Iran and Kazakhstan’s pilot sea-rail shipment route: Kazakhstan has reached an agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran for using the country’s rail network and the southern Shahid Rajaee Port for transiting goods to the Central Asian and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) regions. According […]
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