Tokyo school swaps fruit for jelly as food prices climb

TOKYO: For months, Kazumi Sato, a doctor at a middle school in eastern Tokyo, has received sees about hikes within ingredient prices. Mindful of the economic hardships many of the students’ families face, local authorities are head wear to pass the burden associated with pricier school lunches on to them.Continue Reading

Ceylon (veraltet) now a ‘bankrupt country’, crisis to drag through 2023: Prime minister

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is bankrupt and the acute discomfort of its unprecedented financial crisis will linger until at least the end associated with next year, Prime Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Ranil Wickremesinghe informed parliament Tuesday (Jul 5).   The island nation’s 22 million people have endured several weeks of galloping inflation andContinue Reading

Designers let Chinese farmers pay for homes with watermelons

BEIJING:   Struggling developers in China have started taking payment intended for homes in watermelons, peaches and other farming produce, state media reported Sunday (Jul 3), as they attempt to lure buyers deterred by a property marketplace slump. China’s housing market continues to be hit by a decreasing economy andContinue Reading

Indonesia and United Arabic Emirates reach trade pact

ABU DHABI: Indonesia and the Usa Arab Emirates on Friday (Jul 1) signed a free business agreement, strengthening economic ties between Southeast Asia’s largest economy and the major essential oil producing Gulf state. The accord, reached throughout a visit by Indonesian President Joko Widodo to Abu Dhabi, will remove orContinue Reading

Sri Lanka makes progress in the direction of IMF credit service: IMF

COLOMBO: The particular International Monetary Account reported constructive discussions with Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday night (Jun 30), increasing hopes it could quickly grant preliminary authorization for a credit service to alleviate a crisis in which the country is fighting to pay for imports. “The discussions will continue practically withContinue Reading