COVID19

WTO mulls how to ease food aid hurdles in pandemic
World

WTO mulls how to ease food aid hurdles in pandemic

  • If adopted, the proposal would "ban export restrictions on these foodstuffs which hinder the World Food Programme's ability to procure (food products for) the populations most in need across the world."
Published 16 Dec, 2020 05:09pm
Biden to be sworn into office in largely virtual event as COVID-19 rages
World

Biden to be sworn into office in largely virtual event as COVID-19 rages

  • Both the ceremony and traditional parade that follows will have limited attendance and be reimagined, the committee planning the event said in a statement.
  • The committee is urging members of the public to refrain from traveling to Washington for the inauguration, which in the past has drawn hundreds of thousands.
Published 16 Dec, 2020 12:09pm
Gold eases as vaccine rollouts expand; Fed meet eyed
Markets

Gold eases as vaccine rollouts expand; Fed meet eyed

  • The US Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates pinned near zero and to signal where rates are headed in the coming years at it's final policy meet of the year. The Fed's policy statement is due at 1900 GMT.
Published 16 Dec, 2020 08:53am