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i'm chris colfer of the unlockable program aaa that's what economies are striving for aaa is such a credit rating from the world's leading agencies ensures that countries can borrow at relatively low cost the label indicating a safe bet for investors but african that is highly speculative risks a higher and ratings less solid meaning countries need to offer bigger returns to entice investors and the coronavirus been demick is only adding to difficulties. the. ratings are like grades at school very good satisfactory could do better rating agencies use categories like this to rate creditors states and companies a poor rating can mean high interest rates making borrowing more expensive moody's for example reaffirmed botswana's 80 rating which is the best of all african states and 2nd places with a medium grade rating while morocco and south africa trail in 3rd place with speculative ratings all other african countries evaluated by moody's have a worse rating. right now the fall out from the coronavirus epidemic is playing havoc with the health systems of african countries and yet individual s

i'm chris colfer welcome to the program only 150 kilometers or less to built of the controversial mord stream 2 pipeline which is to deliver russian gas through the baltic sea to germany so the project has been a huge bone of contention between berlin and washington and it is likely to come up u.s. secretary of state mike pump a 4 day visit to europe which is kicking off today just last week u.s. senators threatened to slap sanctions on a german port where essential building material of the pipeline a store stored causing outrage at the city of sas that's which owns the port. this ferry from sweden could soon be stalled by u.s. sanctions the ship is destined from oakland port and therefore has business ties with the port authority portman khan on the isle of luke and is a pivotal importance in the construction of the north stream 2 pipeline 2 special russian ships are docked here once they have been technically equipped they're supposed to lay the final 160 kilometers of pipeline. but if the influential u.s. senators have their way the harbor management all business associates and even

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chris colfer welcome to the program a fear has been creeping into offices factories and boardrooms the fear that there might be a 2nd time the global economy is forced into ben demick induced standstill now many are looking at australia which is grappling with a 2nd wave of corona virus and could provide a look at how to deal with it. in melbourne the police are checking whether people who tested positive for the virus are awaiting test results follow self isolation orders if they don't show up at the door they can face fines as high as 20000 australian dollars. melbourne home to 5000000 people feels empty all non-essential stores have been forced to close and even essential businesses such as meat packing have been ordered to reduce the number of stuff working at one time there's also unlikely curfew from 8 pm to 5 am. melbourne is experiencing some of the toughest restrictions in the world. place rules are there for all of us and now victoria has the right to be out of style well i think all i can do something that no one else is allowed to do you've got to follow those rules they're

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