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BRICS members expand the use of yuan as Bank of China opens branch in Riyadh

By Rhod Mackenzie The Bank of China (BOC), one of China’s four largest state-owned commercial banks, has inaugurated its first branch in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. This move aims to extend the use of the yuan in trade and finance. Analysts have observed that since the recent BRICS Summit, members of the bloc […]

No Jab, No Education? Big Pharma’s influence on Irish and British schools

Gavin O’Reilly Last Thursday it was announced that the southern Irish state would roll out Flu jabs to all schoolchildren under its jurisdiction, despite the fact that children are an age group at absolute minute risk of becoming seriously ill from seasonal illnesses such as Flu and colds. This comes less than three months after …