Australia Plans Big Defense and Security Investments
The Australian government has released a big-spending economic plan for the next fiscal year that includes hefty investments in defense and national security as relations with China worsen.
The Australian government has released a big-spending economic plan for the next fiscal year that includes hefty investments in defense and national security as relations with China worsen.
Official figures show that the British economy contracted by 1.5% in the first quarter of 2021, a relatively modest contraction given that the country was in the midst of a strict lockdown to combat a second wave of the coronavirus.
Bulgaria has moved to quell a political crisis by appointing a retired general as interim prime minister until an election is held in July.
The United Nations has responded to the rebounding Chinese and U.S. economies by revising its global economic forecast upward to 5.4% for 2021.
EU talks up Afghan support as US leaves, security declines
China to draw ‘separation line’ on peak of Mount Everest
Malaysia’s finance ministry says the sovereign wealth fund 1MDB and a former subsidiary have filed 22 lawsuits to recover assets worth over $23 billion from various institutions and individuals.
Primary schools and junior highs have reopened for in-person classes in Greece for the first time in months as the country ease coronavirus restrictions despite daily infections and deaths remaining stubbornly high.
Asian shares opened the week higher, cheered by a rally on Wall Street as a grim jobs report signaled to investors that interest rates will likely stay low.
Firefighters have tacked a blaze in a London apartment tower which has cladding similar to that used on another London building where 72 people died in a 2017 inferno.