Toys and more will be produced under a new brand for the Moshaya Family. Spacetoon has recently signed a strategic partnership deal with The Moshaya Family to take the YouTube family channel beyond content creation and into consumer products and new digital media offerings. Spacetoon will turn the YouTube channel into a lifestyle franchise across a variety […] Read more
Diplomatic ties between Washington and Berlin have declined markedly in recent years and Germany’s foreign minister has appeared to warn that relations between the two countries may never be the same again. In the biggest signal yet of how strained relations have become, Heiko Maas said this weekend that the alliance with the U.S. — […] Read more
Many developing countries, and some developed countries too, actively seek foreign direct investments (FDI) to spur economic growth or create a balance in an economy that is somehow developed but unbalanced. For instance, if a developed economy is found to be overly reliant on agriculture or extraction of natural resources such as oil, the IPA […] Read more
Diwali “Festival of the Lights” will be celebrated in a free family event on the Bankhead Plaza on Sunday, October 20. The event is a joint project of the Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center and the Youth and Education Hindu Cultural Community Center in Livermore. An ancient Hindu festival in Nepal and India, Diwali, the […] Read more
Why the refugees still aren’t going back to Myanmar. YANGON, Myanmar — Late last month, some 200,000 Rohingya living in refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh gathered to mark the anniversary of the brutal crackdown by the Myanmar military that drove more than 700,000 people to flee western Myanmar in August 2017. Citing security concerns, the […] Read more
As the former capital of the Kingdom of Sicily, Palermo has long been regarded as one of the most important and dynamic cities in the Mediterranean. The Phoenicians, Romans, Byzantines, Greeks, Arabs and Normans all left their mark on the city making it a fascinating place to discover. And with United Airlines announcement of a […] Read more
The online retail boom in China is fueling demand for storage spaces — and real estate investors should start thinking about putting their money in warehouses, said the founder and CEO of Baring Private Equity Asia, Jean Eric Salata. “If you look at the e-commerce logistics and warehouse space in China, it’s still very, very […] Read more
The Zambian government has approved 156 dual citizenship applications as a move to support and encourage Zambians living in the diaspora. Government says the diaspora are a great partner in economic development whose relocation from Zambia should cease to be seen as a brain drain or loss. Zambia’s ambassador to the USA, Dr Ngosa Simbyakula […] Read more
Nazi victim’s ancestors could be granted EU passports more easily after Brexit Germany is making it easier for descendants of those persecuted by the Nazis to regain citizenship, which could help some Britons seeking European Union passports post-Brexit. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said he had revised legislation to open new categories of eligibility, such as for descendants […] Read more