Day: November 10, 2020
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The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday became the first foreign country to officially approve the use of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine. UAE's health ministry reported that the vaccine made by Sinopharm was 86% effective in phase 3 clinical trials.
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Wang Yi, China's Foreign Minister and S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India
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The Zambian government, according to Reuters, says it's doing "everything possible" to avoid defaulting on billions of dollars of Eurobonds, including acceding to investor demands that it reveal the extent of its Chinese loan portfolio. “We’ve given all the information that needs to ...
No Excuses. China Exim Bank Rejects Uganda’s Appeal For Repayment Delay
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Kenya's new multi-billion dollar standard gauge railway (SGR) was destined to fail even before it launched, argued Kenyan legal scholar Luis Franceschi in a new opinion column in the Nation newspaper. Franceschi joins a growing number of analysts who have long asserted that ...
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