The Special Fund for the Management of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) has a positive balance of nearly 3.5 billion dirhams, according to the ministry of Economy & Finance. “This account has the necessary funds to acquire the vaccines and to honor all the financial commitments of the State which fall within its field of intervention”, […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the world’s top cobalt producer, has extended its export ban on the metal for an additional three months, intensifying its grip on a turbulent global market. The extension, announced Saturday (21 June) by the strategic minerals regulator ARECOMS, comes as prices remain depressed and cobalt stockpiles high. Originally imposed […]
German police said on Thursday (9 July) that they had opened an investigation against an alleged Egyptian spy working for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s press office. The man is suspected “of having worked for years for an Egyptian intelligence service,” German Internal Intelligence said in a report, adding that the investigation opened in December 2019 “continues” […]
