WHO Urges Pandemic Preparedness World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus has urged Member States to finalise the Pathogen…

Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) has changed the outlook on the Government of South Africa to positive from stable and has affirmed the Government of South Africa’s domestic and foreign-currency long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings at Ba2.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘AA-‘ with a stable outlook, according to a rating note released by the agency. UAE’s ‘AA-‘ rating reflects low consolidated government debt, strong net external asset position and high GDP per capita.

The National Average Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) per adult per day stood at N1,513 as of February, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.

Gov. Alex Otti of Abia says his administration has completed 414 road projects, covering 864.12 kilometres across the state in the last three years. Otti disclosed this at his May media chat held on Friday night at the renovated Okpara Auditorium, Umuahia.

Canada Announces $30m New Support for Initiatives in W/Africa Canada has announced more than $30 million in new support for…

Ripple (XRP) price declined 4% to $1.30 over the past 24h, closely tracking a broader market sell-off led by Bitcoin. Trading volume is up 21% to $2 billion amidst market-wide sell pressure.

NEAR Protocol (NEARUSD) gained 8.25% to $2.12 over the last 24 trading hours, significantly outperforming a declining broader market, primarily driven by excitement over a major network upgrade.

BTCUSD- Bitcoin Dips Below $76k on Institutional Selloffs Bitcoin (BTC) price declined 2.22% to $75,893, underperforming a broadly weak crypto…

The South African rand (ZARUSD) rose to R16.4 per US dollar on Friday, hovering near its highest level since mid-May.  The local unit saw a last-minute rally after a sharp fluctuation against crosses this week.