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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier appointed Joachim Nagel as President of the Deutsche Bundesbank. Steinmeier presented the certificate of appointment to Nagel at Schloss Bellevue on 7 January. The 55-year-old economist...
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Apple was briefly valued at USD3 trillion on Monday, 3 January 2022, just over a year after the company first surpassed USD2 trillion in value and three years since it...
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The Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, is on a swing through the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) from January 4 to 9. Wang’s trip spans the IOR from the East African...
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China is assiduously cultivating North Sri Lankan Tamil fishermen in an effort to fill a gap created by India’s inaction in regard to the suffering these fishermen undergo as a...
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Diplomacy has been and always will be the most effective tool at the disposal of a small developing island nation like the Maldives, and the craft has had time to...
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There are times when the simplest phrase, when given proper context, could inspire drastic change or motivation. One is reminded of a quote by Eleanor Roosevelt; “Learn from the mistakes...
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President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Jerome Powell for a second term as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on 22 November 2021.
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The struggle for dominion in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has been over 1,500 years in the making. Before globalisation and high-speed travel, the region was already considered the naval...
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The sixth Maldives Investment Forum at the Dubai Expo 2020 is a side event, technically, where potential investors get to see what the fuss is all about while partaking in...
