Author: Editor THE CEO Malaysia

World Bank Financing for Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Reaches $2 Billion

The World Bank announced today that it has reached $2 billion in approved financing for the purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines for 17 developing countries. This financing is part of the $12 billion envelope over 24 months for developing countries to acquire and deploy vaccines and strengthen their vaccination systems. For poorer countries financing is on grant or highly concessional terms. The Bank expects to support 50 countries with $4 billion financing for COVID-19 vaccines by mid-year.

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The Sad, Striking Similarities Between Princess Diana and Meghan Markle’s Tell-All Interviews

Twenty-six years apart, the Duchess of Sussex and Princess Diana sat down with two separate journalists for two separate so-called bombshell interviews. Meghan was in Montecito, California. Princess Diana was in her London living room. Meghan had her husband, Prince Harry, by her side. Diana was completely alone. (In fact, Charles had recently admitted to the world he’d had an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles.) Meghan had been besieged by negative press attention and racist social-media trolls. Princess Diana had her private phone conversations published and was dubbed unstable by the press. The time, the locations, and the details were different. Yet, now that the dust has begun to settle after Meghan’s broadcast, the shared elements between their stories are clear: Both contended with mental-health struggles, unsurvivable press attention, and faux, failed fairy tales.

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Bitcoin VS Bitcoin Cash

So, according to the website by Bank Negara Malaysia, Bitcoin is not recognised as legal tender in Malaysia. Legal tender is a form of money that courts of law are required to recognise as satisfactory payment for any monetary debt. Each jurisdiction determines what is legal tender, but essentially it is anything which when offered in payment of a debt extinguishes the debt.

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