A claim that a Zimbabwean influencer’s Makola Market photo appears on Ghana’s new GH₵1 banknote sparked debate over checks behind the design approval.
A claim that a Zimbabwean influencer’s Makola Market photo appears on Ghana’s new GH₵1 banknote sparked debate over checks behind the design approval.
TikTok's chief executive said Thursday the company would pour billions of dollars into Southeast Asia in the coming years, as a report showed its nascent venture into online shopping is paying off. "We're going to invest billions of dollars in Indonesia and Southeast Asia over the next few years," Shou Zi Chew told a forum in Indonesian capital Jakarta.
China's ruling Communist Party dominates the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and uses it to further its interests, a former executive has alleged in claims that prompted Canada to suspend participation in the institution. Speaking from Tokyo, he said the bank "serves China's interest" and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wields "undue" influence over every aspect of its operations.
The European Central Bank is expected to again hike interest rates on Thursday and signal that the fight against inflation is not over yet, analysts said, even as the eurozone falls into recession. Like all central banks, the ECB has to walk a fine line in raising interest rates sufficiently to dampen demand and contain inflation, without provoking a sharp economic slowdown in the process.
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