World,Business
London: Britain and the United States have formally signed a partial bilateral trade agreement during the G7 summit in Canada, according to a press release issued by the UK government on Tuesday.The agreement, first announced in May, includes tariff reductions on British car and aerospace exports, b...
World,Politics
US President Donald Trump said that he had a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday over the tensions in the Middle East and Russia-Ukraine peace talks and both of them agreed that "this war in Israel-Iran should end.""He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-...
World
China's capital is set to launch the world's first "4S store" dedicated to embodied artificial intelligence (AI) robots, marking the latest push to commercialize advanced robotics in the country.The facility, unveiled on Wednesday at a press conference, is scheduled to open in a ro...
Business
More than 80 percent of the listed firms on the Beijing Stock Exchange (BSE) are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), data from the bourse showed Friday.The BSE has listed 257 firms so far, with private enterprises accounting for nearly 90 percent of the total. The combined market value of lis...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday announced a new action plan to enhance its disaster resilience efforts in Asia and the Pacific region.The Disaster Risk Management Action Plan 2024-2030 outlines ADB's commitment to supporting its developing members in mitigating the impacts of disas...
More than 50 people were killed and over 200 injured Friday in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a village in central Sudan, according to non-governmental groups."On Friday morning, the RSF militia heavily shelled and bombarded Alseriha village of Al Kamlin locality,&q...
Two Chinese nationals were killed, one Chinese national injured, and several Pakistani nationals were killed and injured in a terrorist attack in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday night, the Chinese embassy in Pakistan confirmed.The attack happened at about 11:00 p.m. local time...
China has filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over Canada's unilateralism and trade protectionism practices, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday.The spokesperson said the country has also initiated an anti-discrimination probe into Canada's restr...
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was sworn in Tuesday as Mexico's first woman serving the presidency during a solemn ceremony in Congress."I swear to uphold and enforce the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ... and to loyally and patriotically carry out the office of president of t...
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The General Debate of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) concluded on Monday, with UNGA President Philemon Yang calling on Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah to urgently conclude a ceasefire.In his concluding remarks, Yang said the world has seen an extremely dramatic escalation...
Global incubators and start-up entrepreneurs have praised the opportunities bred by the vast Chinese market and incubation soil for technology start-ups at the World Top-Performing Incubator Conference 2024.The conference, held in Shanghai Municipality from Sept. 26 to 28, attracted nearly 300 innov...
Hubert Aiwanger, deputy minister president of the German state of Bavaria, told Xinhua in a recent interview that his state is opposed to the European Union (EU) imposing punitive tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs)."Instead, we hope for the continued export of Chinese cars to Europe,&qu...
Both China and the European Union (EU) have clearly expressed political willingness to address disputes through consultations, China's Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.The remarks came from ministry spokesperson He Yongqian in response to a media inquiry about recent consultations between Chin...
The death toll from Peru's forest fires increased to 18, the National Institute of Civil Defense (Indeci) said Friday.The fires "have caused 165 people injured due to burns and unfortunately have claimed the lives of 18 people so far this year," while some 2,000 hectares of crops have ...
The death toll from Myanmar's floods has risen to 293, with 89 people still missing, as of Thursday morning, the state-run daily The Mirror reported on Friday.The floods have affected dozens of townships in the regions and states across the country, including Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory, accordi...
More than 100 terrorists have been ‘neutralized’ and significant enemy equipment destroyed, thanks to coordination between Nigerien ground and air forces, on Sunday in Niaktiré, near the commune of Makalondi in the Tillabéry region (west), reported the army on Wednesday in ...
AI-powered digital humans, surgical robots, humanoid robots, VR driving and virtual dressing rooms. These were among the dazzling displays of digital technologies at a recent major services trade fair in Beijing.The 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), which closed on Monday...
At least 41 bodies were recovered, and 12 others rescued after a wooden boat capsized in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara, local authorities said on Sunday.The boat carrying more than 50 passengers and crew capsized on a river near Gummi, a town in the Gummi local government area of Zamfa...
A mysterious fever outbreak in the western Indian state of Gujarat has killed 16 people, officials said Thursday.The outbreak has been reported in several villages of Kachchh district, about 380 km west of Gandhinagar, the capital city of Gujarat.Doctors have yet to diagnose the disease accurately. ...
The 24th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) opened Sunday in the city of Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province.Covering around 120,000 square meters, the four-day event draws visitors from 119 countries and regions, of which about 80 percent are Belt and Road Initiative (BR...
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