Policy
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Manufacturers and distributors need to improve compliance with Russia-related sanctions, the deputy secretary of the US Treasury has said. American companies in particular need to pay more attention to their supply chains to ensure they are not complicit with Russia’s evasion of sanctions over Ukraine, Wally Adeyemo said in an interview with CNBC. He said…
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Malaysia on Tuesday unveiled a new national plan to combat corruption which focuses on the effectiveness of corruption prevention efforts. The National Anti-Corruption Strategies (NACS) 2024-2028 is also aimed at improving governance and integrity in the administration of public services and government-related companies. The five key strategies outlined in the NACS are education, public accountability,…
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Alexei Navalny’s plan for a Russian election day protest against Vladimir Putin will be his “last testament”, his top aide Leonid Volkov has said. The Kremlin critic, who died in a remote Arctic penal colony on 16 February, had said Russians should rally against Mr Putin by voting at a specific time on election day…
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Poverty levels in Argentina hit a multiple-year high in January following the drastic economic reforms carried out by newly installed President Javier Milei, the Social Debt Observatory of the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) said in its latest report released this past weekend. According to the data, the share of people in poverty in the country surged…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the only thing he regrets is that the “special military operation” in Ukraine had not started earlier. Commenting on reactions in the West to his interview with US journalist Tucker Carlson in a televised show, Putin said it is good that Western politicians watched the interview but unfortunate…
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Democrats are seeing a special counsel’s report portraying President Joe Biden as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” as a disaster that could hinder his chances of reelection even more than criminal charges over his handling of classified documents would have done. “It’s a nightmare,” one House Democrat, who asked to speak…
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Naira will now be the currency for international transfers facilitated by international money transfer operators, IMTOs. This is in line with the recent directives from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. A recent notice from Ecobank Nigeria said several IMTOs including Western Union, MoneyGram, Rapidtransfer, Ria, and other IMTOs approved by the Central Bank of…
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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has again come hard at the administration of President Bola Tinubu. MEZIESBLOG reports that Atiku had recently slammed the Tinubu administration, saying that the President owe Nigerians an explanation over a $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan secured by the…
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China and the Maldives strengthened their relationship during President Mohamed Muizzu’s recent state visit to Beijing. The two nations agreed to a “comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership,” signifying a closer alignment of interests. Muizzu, who took office in November, emphasized his “India Out” campaign platform, portraying India as a threat to Maldives’ sovereignty due to its…
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A federal appeals court has affirmed a judge’s ruling that prevents California from enforcing a new law that bans the carrying of guns in most public areas. An order by a different 9th Circuit panel from a week earlier, which suspended an injunction issued by a judge who concluded the state’s law violated the right…
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In a bid to bolster maritime cooperation between India and the Philippines, the Indian warship INS Kadmatt docked at the Philippine’s Manila port on Monday. INS Kadmatt is an indigenously designed and built anti-submarine warfare corvette equipped with a state-of-the-art anti-submarine weapon suite. The Indian warship visit is part of the ongoing Long Range Op…
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The US Senate approved the annual defence policy bill with a compromise 886 billion USD package that laid out how the pentagon will be funded through the next fiscal year, The Hill reported. The vote to approve the National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA) was 87-13. Six Republicans and six Democrats voted against the bill: Sens.…
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has doubled down in efforts to implement his governments blocked plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, despite deep divisions and steep financial cost. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has doubled down on his commitment to resurrect a contentious agreement with Rwanda, despite the dual challenges of escalating financial implications and mounting domestic…
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Malaysia’s new visa-free policy for Chinese travelers is a positive response to China’s announcement that it will grant unilateral, visa-free entry to travelers from six countries including Malaysia, tourism industry insiders said. The move will also boost travel to Malaysia, they added. Malaysia’s visa-free policy for up to 30 days for Chinese travelers will take…
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Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed the need to strengthen foreign-related legal system development, as he chaired a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Monday. Xi highlighted the need to create law-based governance conditions and a favorable external environment…
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– The author is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Public Administration at the University of Macau, Macao SAR, China. On Dec. 1, 2021, the EU unveiled its “Global Gateway” strategy, an ambitious project formulated with the aim of boosting interregional connectivity. The strategy articulates the EU’s plan for narrowing the global…
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