(BOGOTÁ, Colombia) – Colombia has contracted five parametric agricultural insurance policies that directly cover 14,402 smallholder farmers and benefit up to 41,600 people across their households, as the country prepares for stronger El Niño effects in the second half of 2026. The policies provide coverage worth up to $20.14 millionContinue Reading
(LONDON, UK) – The cost of holiday childcare for school age children in Britain has risen to an average of £1,145 per child for the six week summer break, according to new data. This marks a 5 percent increase over the past year alone and means the financial burden onContinue Reading
(LONDON, UK) – A High Court judge has ordered Mitch Winehouse to pay nearly £1 million to two friends of his late daughter, the singer Amy Winehouse, following a failed legal claim over the sale of her belongings. Deputy High Court Judge Sarah Clarke KC ruled that Mr Winehouse mustContinue Reading
(OTTAWA, CANADA) – Trade negotiations between Canada and the United States are focusing on all strategic sectors, including autos, as the 19 August deadline approaches for a new wave of American tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney has said. Mr Carney said he wants all Section 232 tariffs to be addressedContinue Reading
(CALGARY, CANADA) – WestJet has entered a recovery phase after the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees reached a tentative agreement to end a strike by flight attendants that grounded hundreds of flights and stranded passengers across the carrier’s network. The Calgary based airline cancelled 16 flights onContinue Reading
(LAVAL, CANADA) – Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., the Canadian owner of the Couche-Tard and Circle K convenience store chains, has made an offer valued at more than $12 billion to acquire a controlling stake in Polish convenience store operator Zabka Group. The bid, announced on Friday, would be the largest acquisitionContinue Reading
(OTTAWA, CANADA) – Canada’s economy added 75,000 jobs in July, pushing the unemployment rate down to 6.4 percent, its lowest level in two years, according to the latest labour force survey from Statistics Canada. The gain represented a 0.4 percent increase in employment and followed solid jobs reports in MayContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – The official exchange rate of the Ukrainian hryvnia against the US dollar and the euro edged slightly stronger for Monday, 10 August 2026, according to data published by the National Bank of Ukraine. The central bank set the official rate for one US dollar at 44.75 hryvnia,Continue Reading
(WASHINGTON, USA) – The United States government has committed $201 million to launch the Trans-Caspian Entrepreneurship Fund, a vehicle designed to draw private sector investment into infrastructure along a trade corridor running through the South Caucasus and Central Asia. The announcement was made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio inContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – The share of new petrol powered passenger cars sold in Ukraine rose to 38.7 percent of the market in July 2026, up from 35.1 percent in the same month a year earlier, according to data released by the Ukrainian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, Ukravtoprom. Vehicles fitted withContinue Reading
