Japan is reasserting itself in global finance, shedding its long-standing image as a passive anchor of ultra-low rates. Nowadays, it’s moving back toward the center of international capital flows. Three reinforcing dynamics are driving this transition: monetary normalization, sustained corporate governance reform and a renewed wave of foreign investor interest. The gradual end of negative…
This May, UNESCO World Press Freedom Day and RightsCon were supposed to come together in Zambia against a backdrop of deep anxiety about the future of journalism and about whether anything resembling a shared digital public space can survive the next decade. Puzzlingly, or perhaps tellingly, the 5,000-people conference about human rights and freedom of…
Developers have been experimenting with HTML-in-Canvas, a hexagonal world map-analytics feature, a web-based OS for e-ink devices, replacing img srcs using content, and more. This is What’s !important #10. HTML-in-Canvas experiments HTML-in-Canvas, a new API that enables us to render real semantic HTML in a with visual effects, is the talk of the town right…
Most people dealing with hair loss try the same things — a new shampoo, a biotin supplement, maybe a scalp oil someone recommended. And most of the time, none of it works. Not because these things are useless, but because they were never designed for that specific person’s hair problem. That’s the gap a personalized…
Journalism, in the second quarter of the 21st century, “has never been more complicated or more dangerous,” according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s latest Press Freedom Index, released ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May. The Index outlines a global landscape that has progressively led to intensified attacks on a heavily weakened press…
Streaming UIs are an easy concept on the surface, but are quite complicated in practice. There are many considerations that need to be accounted for, from layout shifts and motion preferences to proper markup and various states, that may not be instantly obvious. What happens if the stream is interrupted? Can users tab through the…
US mortgage rates have risen to 6.30%, ending a three-week decline just as more buyers return for the spring housing season. Freddie Mac said the average 30-year fixed mortgage increased from 6.23% last week, while purchase applications are running more than 20% above last year’s level. The squeeze for homebuyers is brutally simple. Borrowing is…
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Our Lebanese colleague Amal Khalil was a member of the 2016 Women In News Leadership Accelerator programme, the first in the MENA region. She was killed following an Israeli airstrike on 22 April. Multiple reports indicated shelling and direct fire prevented emergency teams from reaching her. Obstructing rescue operations constitutes a violation of international humanitarian…
Global Finance: Over the past four decades, how has TDB Group’s mandate and geographical footprint evolved, and what have been the most significant milestones in advancing trade, regional integration and sustainable development across member states? Admassu Tadesse: TDB Group is an MDB that has evolved into a group with different subsidiaries and strategic business units…