Stock markets in East Asia rose for a second straight day on Wednesday as oil prices fell and hopes grew for an agreement in the Iran war.
Russia and China’s restraint reflected a cold calculation, analysts stated, noting that intervening as Iran faces Israel and the U.S. would bring unpredictable risks.
The World Bank also predicted a grim future for Nigeria.
Both engines of a plane that crashed in South Korea in late December, killing 179 people, show traces of a bird strike.
It said a 27.7 per cent decline in remittance flows to Nigeria in 2020 resulted in the decline of remittances by 12.5 per cent to sub-Saharan Africa to $42 billion.
