SINGAPORE – Manufacturing conditions improved for a second month from the depths of the coronavirus-induced recession, but remained within contraction territory. The June reading of the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)
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(Adds details, background) BLANTYRE, June 29 (Reuters) – Former insurance executive Felix Mlusu was named Malawi’s new finance minister on Monday, a week after a re-run presidential election that unseated
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IEA sets out US$3 trillion energy sector recovery plan to spur growth, cut emissions
LONDON (REUTERS) – The International Energy Agency (IEA) set out an energy sector roadmap on Thursday for governments to spur economic growth and cut carbon emissions that would require a
BRAZIL GOVERNMENT LIST (June 2020)
BRAZIL GOVERNMENT LIST President………………………………..Jair BOLSONARO (Sworn in Jan. 1, 2019) Vice-President ……………………..Gen. Hamilton MOURAO – – – – – – – – MINISTERS: Agriculture…………………………Tereza Cristina DIAS Citizenship………………………………Onyx LORENZONI Communications………………………………Fabio FARIA