Tag: Economic crisis
back to school, between precariousness and malaise
Three weeks before the start of the school year, students are looking for accommodation or good deals to compensate for inflation. They have already had more enthusiastic summer ends. A…
Free tampons and sanitary napkins for everyone in Scotland, a world first
In Scotland, tampons and sanitary pads will be available free of charge from Monday 15 August. With the entry into force of a law against menstrual precariousness, all women will…
two rating agencies place the country one notch from default
Ukraine is one step away from default. This follows the downgrading of the country’s rating by two rating agencies, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch. Standard & Poors downgraded long and…
Europe, increasingly hit by inflation, seeks solutions
On Thursday, August 4, the Bank of England announced that it was going to raise its key rates by 50 basis points, a drastic measure to counter inflation. She also…
Bank of England announces another rate hike
The American Federal Reserve did it, the European Central Bank too, and the Bank of England has just announced in its turn a new increase in its interest rates, by…
Headlines: two years ago in Lebanon, a huge explosion devastated the port of Beirut
On August 4, 2020, the explosion sounded in a warehouse housing hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate stored without precautions. Result: more than 200 dead and 6,500 injured. How could…
in the wake of the fall of real estate giant Evergrande, the economy is reeling
The problems follow one another for Evergrande. This time, it is a subsidiary of the former number one in Chinese real estate which can no longer honor its debts. The…
In Kenya in the middle of the election campaign, the cost of living makes you cringe
The economy is at the heart of the electoral campaign a few days before the August 9 election. William Ruto poses as the defender of ” resourceful “. Raila Odinga…
The crisis worsens in Panama
After the hopes aroused by an agreement between some of the trade unions, which denounce the high cost of living, and the government, the demonstrations and the roadblocks worsened on…
a political transition that is proving to be delicate
In Sri Lanka, nearly a week after the official resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, now in exile in Singapore, parliamentarians will elect this Wednesday, July 20 a new head of…