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Ghana pushes community vaccine drive as pandemic fears wane

Wearing a yellow vest bearing the inscription “Vaccinator,” Doretta Konney moves residence-to-residence together with her team inside the densely populated fishing network of Chorkor in Ghana’s capital Accra. Konney is a part of an on-the-ground push to reach Covid-19 immunization targets in Ghana — an assignment that includes triumphing over vaccine sceptics at a time … Read more

How omicron is affecting Middle East markets

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DUBAI: The new Covid-19 variant, omicron, has prompted global economic concerns, as fears of its spread begin to affect stock markets and oil prices, Arab News reported. Saudi Arabia’s main market, the Tadawul All Share Index, opened 5.3 per cent lower on Sunday, trading near 10,700 points. The Dubai Financial Market was down 8.49 per cent in … Read more

Binance warned by South Africa for working illegally in the state

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South African authorities are the most recent to caution against using Binance, stating the exchange is not legal to work in the state.

Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) of South Africa has cautioned the country’s public against trade with crypto exchange platform Binance.

In a statement issued, the FSCA specified that Binance Group, an “international company” domiciled in Seychelles, was not authorized to reduce financial services in the state.

Telegram was used by South Africans to increase access to Binance’s crypto exchange services in the country, FSCA specified.

The warning against using Binance, the financial official too prompted South Africans that crypto investments are not regulated in the nation. The FSCA statement added. “As a result, if something goes wrong, you’re unlikely to get your money back and will have no recourse against anyone,”

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Pakistan Cold-Shouldered by Many Countries To Meet FATF’s Conditions

Pakistan Cold-Shouldered by Many Countries To Meet FAFT's Conditions

Pakistan has been cold-shouldered by more than two dozens of countries on the requests seeking mutual legal assistance to tackle terrorism-financing, money laundering, and cyber terrorism to meet the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATD) conditions and recommendations. Pakistan has sent more than 232 official requests to two dozen countries under its mutual assistance laws in … Read more