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The former England international deleted her Twitter account in December following a barrage of abusive messages.

Kentucky on the rebound: Ag Commissioner & Ky. Restaurant Association pushing for re-opening businesses Kentucky on the rebound: Ag Commissioner & Ky. Restaurant Association pushing for re-opening businesses By Katie Tercek | April 27, 2021 at 6:46 PM CDT - Updated April 27 at 6:46 PM OWENSBORO, Ky. (WFIE) - Kentucky is on the rebound. The Commissioner of Agriculture was in Owensboro Tuesday. His team, pushing for businesses to get back to normal. Businesses now sit at 60 percent capacity...

In ‘Weighing In: Why Waistlines are Widening in China’s Biggest Cities,’ our February 2021 cover story, we address how China’s economic prosperity has beefed up its people and what can be done to slim it down. Wealth and waistlines have a tendency to grow together. China’s rapidly developing economy has helped raise the standard of living to meteoric heights in recent decades. And while people in the Middle Kingdom are now wealthier, their diets have become ‘richer’ but not better...

Financial industry opening-up and innovation will gather speed this year as policymakers further streamline capital account convertibility process in China, a leading financial expert said.

Two-way opening-up of financial market will be bolstered By CHEN JIA | China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-23 08:07 Share Currencies of different countries. [Photo/Sipa] Chinas foreign exchange regulator highlighted specific measures on Friday to further promote two-way opening-up of the financial market, mainly through steadily freeing up cross-border capital flows and improving the renminbi exchange rate regime. Based on a generally stable balance...

Village turns disused industrial area into art zone By Zhu Lixin in Wuhu, Anhui | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-01-13 16:39 Share CLOSE In the 1980s, shortly after the country initiated reform and opening-up, Yingang villagers started to run manufacturing businesses. The village soon emerged as one of the richest in Wanzhi district, which had been Wuhu county until earlier this year. But as the firms developed, pollution became a proble...

China will step up efforts to expand free trade with global partners to enlarge its "circle of friends", while ending tariffs and expanding access for services trade and investment.

Foreign institutions jump at the chance to boost presence in China By XU WEI | China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-06 07:54 Share [Photo/Sipa] Opening up Chinas financial sector significantly strengthened the appeal of the country to foreign investors over the past year, with a range of overseas institutions boosting their presence in the nation. Chinese regulators gave approval to a number of foreign insurers, banks and asset management companies l...

Editor's Note: The COVID-19 pandemic has posed challenges to many aspects of social development and people's lives. In a series of reports titled "Fighting the Pandemic: 2020 in Review", we look at achievements made in different fields. This is the fourth part of the series.

The World Bank has granted Sokoto State Government $22 million for its commitment to the implementation of the State’s Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme.