International Business

Russian billionaire and Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich is set to get richer, as he has agreed to sell his gold mine in a deal said to be worth £1billion.

Tyrese Devon Haspil, a 21-year-old personal assistant to Fahim Saleh, CEO of Gokada, has pleaded not guilty in the July 14 killing of Fahim Saleh.

The UK, US and Canada today accused Russia of trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research by sanctioning what they called ‘despicable’ cyber-attacks against medical organisations and universities.

Alleged Instagram scammer, Ramon Abbas, a.k.a Hushpuppi, arrested in Dubai, UAE last month for alleged Internet fraud, has secured the service of a top criminal defence attorney in Chicago, Gal Pissetzky.

Iran’s OPEC governor Hossein Kazempour-Ardebili has died of a brain hemorrhage two weeks after falling into a coma, the oil ministry said on Saturday.

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), has announced a decision by its Sanctions Appeals Board imposing a 13-month debarment on Entreprise de Travaux et d’Etudes de Projets (ETEP) SA, a civil engineering company registered in Tunisia, for engaging in sanctionable practices.

Finland-based telecommunications equipment company Nokia has come away almost empty-handed in terms of huge 5G contracts awarded by China’s big three telecom carriers.

Remdesivir, the first possible scientifically proven treatment for battling COVID-19, will become available for U.S. hospitals in the coming week, says the CEO of the biotech company producing the drug.

The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) recently signed an agreement with the Republic of The Gambia to provide a loan to finance the second phase of a development project at the capital’s Banjul International Airport. The improved facilities will see jobs increase to over 1000. The number of passengers will increase by 43%, reaching 400,000 per year.

Wells Fargo, the United States of America’s fourth-largest bank, agreed Friday to pay a $3 billion fine to settle a civil lawsuit and resolve a criminal prosecution filed by the American Justice Department over its fake account scandal.