Doc.K: To promote international use of the yuan, China has signed currency swap agreements with more than 20 countries around the world, including SA.

A currency swap involves the exchange of money in one currency for the same in another currency, and companies doing business abroad often use it to get more favorable loan rates.

https://www.businesslive.co.za/amp/bd/world/africa/2020-01-15-zimbabwe-and-china-sign-currency-swap-deal/?__twitter_impression=true

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Samson:  Mr. Al-Sistani leaves the hospital after the approval of the medical team

14:35 – 01/17/2020

The supreme religious authority, Grand Ayatollah Imam Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, today, Friday, left the Kafeel Specialist Hospital in the holy Karbala governorate.

A medical source said in a statement to “Information”, that “the supreme authority left the hospital after the approval of the medical team after being satisfied with his health and stability.”

An official source in the office of the supreme authority announced yesterday morning, “Last night, Al-Sistani suffered a sprain in the left leg that led to a fractured thigh bone.”

And surgery was performed for the supreme authority yesterday in Al-Kafil Hospital in Karbala after he was transferred from his home in Najaf.    LINK