Storm batters UK before Christmas.
South Sudan descends into state of civil war.
Cameron ‘irrational on immigration.’
MacShane imprisoned six months for fraud.
Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the AK-47, dies aged 94.
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un ‘was very drunk’ when ordering executions.
OMAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT
The board of directors of the investment firm appointed Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Balushi as chief executive with effect from Jan. 19. He had been the CEO of Ahli Bank since 2007.
CENTRAL BANK OF URUGUAY
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica will replace the outgoing head of the central bank with Alberto Grana, one of the central bank’s top officials, a government source told Reuters.
Grana, currently the head of economic policy and markets for the bank, will replace Mario Bergara, who was named the small South American country’s new economy minister.
