MUMBAI : Palm oil has become the costliest among the four major edible oils for the first time as buyers rush to secure replacements for sunflower oil shipments from the top exporting Black Sea region that were disrupted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Palm oil’s record premium over rival oils […]
Day: March 1, 2022
YAOUNDE : Former captain Rigobert Song was named Cameroon’s new coach on Tuesday in place of Toni Conceicao just three weeks before a crucial World Cup playoff. Song earned 137 caps for Cameroon during an international career spanning almost 17 years, competing at four World Cups and eight Africa Cup […]
Cryptocurrency exchanges are still trying to figure out how to deal with western sanctions against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. US measures that were announced last Thursday (Feb 24) aim to limit Russia’s ability to do business in dollars and some other international currencies. They include penalties on the […]
HONG KONG: Hong Kong residents braced for a city-wide lockdown, emptying supermarkets and pharmacies today, even as leader Carrie Lam called for calm and appealed for the public not to worry over a compulsory mass Covid-19 testing plan. Mass testing for the city’s 7.4 million residents is set to take […]