The number of coronavirus patients around the world has reached over 4,600, including new confirmed cases in Germany, Ivory Coast, Cambodia and Sri Lanka, while the death toll from the disease has climbed to 107, the South China Morning Post reported Jan. 28.
The World Bank has postponed a meeting to discuss a $500 million loan to Tanzania, CNN reported Jan. 27.
The Indian government has signed a peace deal with four factions of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland and the All Bodo Students' Union to end the long-standing Bodo insurgency in India's northeastern Assam state, The Times of India reported Jan. 27.
Zimbabwe has approached the United Arab Emirates seeking support to help it address its ongoing economic woes, according to a Jan. 27 report by Bloomberg.
Israel's attorney general has formally indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on three counts of corruption, The Times of Israel reported Jan. 28.
French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly has reiterated Paris' concerns over the potential withdrawal of U.S. forces from the Sahel during a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper in Washington, France 24 reported Jan. 27.
Argentine Economy Minister Martin Guzman will meet International Monetary Fund officials on Jan. 28 as part of a two-day visit to New York after previously sitting down with bondholders, bankers and investors, Clarin reported Jan. 27.
Fitch Ratings Agency has raised its sovereign credit rating for Greece to BB with a positive outlook, Bloomberg reported Jan. 24. The country may also soon sell a new Eurobond in the coming weeks, its first since March 2019.
The number of worldwide infections by an emerging coronavirus first detected in Wuhan, China, has grown to almost 3,000, and the death toll has climbed above 80, The New York Times reported Jan. 27.
The U.S. government could impose penalties on the European Union if it concludes that the European Commission's proposed carbon tax will increase protectionism, according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, the Financial Times reported Jan. 26.
