Bank of Canada cuts key lending rate to 0.5 percent
"The downward revision reflects further downgrades of business investment plans in the energy sector, as well as weaker-than-expected exports of non-energy commodities and non-commodities," the central bank said.
Drop your influence so we can succeed, Buhari tells APC leaders
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday appealed to Nigerians, irrespective of their political or ethnic affiliations, to form a united front against corrupt practices in the society.
Imo workers spoil for war over 50% pay cut
Serious labour war is brewing in Imo State, following what the workers called “the inexplicable reduction by 50 percent, of their earned monthly wages by the state government”.
Robbers exhume, behead, steal head of film director
Police did not rule out an occultist motive after finding candle wax in the family crypt in Stahnsdorf southwest of Berlin and were investigating the case on charges of theft and disturbing the peace of the dead.
Police deploy drones to monitor traffic in Indonesia
From drones to smartphone apps, Indonesia is harnessing technology to tackle traffic chaos during the annual mass exodus before the Muslim Eid holiday, when the potholed roads of overpopulated Java become clogged with millions of slow-moving cars and crashes are frequent. Cities in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country empty every year at the end […]
Phone thief wins $11,000 from victim
A Chinese court ordered a mugger’s intended victim to pay his attacker 70,000 yuan ($11,000) after he fought off the attempted robbery and beat him up, state-run media reported Wednesday
