World,Front Page

3 killed in targeted attack in US

Three people were shot dead in a targeted attack in Atlanta, the southeastern U.S. state of Georgia, on Saturday afternoon, said local police. Officers responded to a call reporting that someone had been shot in the city's West End neighborhood around 1:30 p.m. (1730 GMT), the Associated Pr...

World,Back Page

Peacekeeping operations facing multiple challenges: UN peacekeeping chief

UN peacekeeping operations are confronted with a multitude of challenges, with the most significant being the division among member states, the UN peacekeeping chief said on Friday."Peacekeeping operations are facing a number of challenges. The biggest challenges of all is the division across o...

World,Back Page

5.3 million people displaced by war in Sudan: OCHA

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Friday said that some 5.3 million have fled from the war in Sudan since mid-April when the conflict broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)."With fight...

Business

EU, China share cooperative partnership in automotive industry

Following the EU's latest announcement to launch an anti-subsidy probe into Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), experts warned against the consequences of imposing any measures and deemed cooperation the best solution.China believes that the investigation proposed by the EU is a practice of pure &q...

World

Peacekeeping operations facing division among members states, warns UN peacekeeping chief

Xinhua, UNITED NATIONSUN peacekeeping operations are confronted with a multitude of challenges, with the most significant being the division among member states, the UN peacekeeping chief said on Friday."Peacekeeping operations are facing a number of challenges. The biggest challenges of all is...

World,Front Page

BRI to boost Bangladesh GDP growth

A recent report estimated that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will help Bangladesh's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth by at least 2.1 percent, generate an additional 2.5 percent to 5.1 percent of employment, and decrease extreme poverty by 1.3 percent.The report, titled "The Bel...

World,Back Page

Elderly ratio hits record high in Japan

One out of 10 people in Japan is now aged 80 or older, while the ratio of elderly to the total population rose to a record high, ministry data showed Sunday.Japan's elderly citizens, defined as those aged 65 and above, saw their percentage in the overall population at a historic high of 29.1 per...

World

Edrly ratio hits record high in Japan

One out of 10 people in Japan is now aged 80 or older, while the ratio of elderly to the total population rose to a record high, ministry data showed Sunday.Japan's elderly citizens, defined as those aged 65 and above, saw their percentage in the overall population at a historic high of 29.1 per...

Business

China’s FDI inflow tops 847b yuan in first eight months

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Chinese mainland in actual use stood at 847.17 billion yuan (about 118 billion U.S. dollars) in the first eight months of the year, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday.The figure decreased 5.1 percent from a year earlier, said the ministry. The decline was due...

World

Normalisation of Saudi-Israeli ties sans Palestine ‘difficult’ Blinken favours Palestine involvement

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the normalisation of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel remains "difficult," and that any agreement between the two should address issues with Palestine. The secretary gave those remarks in response to a question from a press con...

Business

Leading energy equipment maker powering China's green transition

During the 31st Universiade held recently in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, buses adorned with giant panda-themed elements shuttling through the streets were a common sight.In addition to their distinctive appearance, what set these buses apart was they were powered by hydrogen fuel cells...

World,Back Page

Arab League welcomes AU’s membership in G20

The Arab League (AL) on Sunday welcomed the admission of the African Union (AU) as a permanent member to the Group of 20 (G20), expressing hope that the pan-Arab organization would enjoy the same status.AL Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit welcomed in a statement the G20 leaders' decision on A...

World

Global food prices down 2.1 pc in August: FAO

The benchmark index of international food commodity prices has declined 2.1 percent compared to July, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday. The prices of rice, however, surged by 9.8 percent in August to a 15-year high compared to a month earlier. The increase ...

World,Back Page

49 civilians, 15 soldiers killed

At least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed Thursday during a dual terrorist attack in northern Mali, the Malian government said in a statement.Claimed by the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM), the two attacks targeted the passengers of the boat "Tombouctou" and a military ca...

Business

China holds int’l fair to boost investment, trade

The 23rd China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) opened Friday in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province, to boost investment and bolster global economic recovery.The four-day event, themed "Open and Integrated: Key to High-Quality Development," kicked off with an openi...

World,Front Page

ASEAN summit concludes with ‘fruitful’ outcomes

The 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit concluded in Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday with a series of outcomes despite rising uncertainties globally."Within three days, 12 summits have been held, resulting in 90 outcome documents and a number of concrete agreements with pa...

World,Back Page

Researchers grow human embryo models from stem cells

Stem cell researchers created artificial models of human embryos and successfully grew them outside the womb up to day 14, the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in central Israel said in a statement on Wednesday.In a new study published in the journal Science, the researchers created artificial st...

Business

Intl cooperation crucial to promote global development: Report

Strengthening international cooperation and global governance are extremely important measures for bringing global development back on track as the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, said a research report.The global development report 2023, which was released by the Center for...

World

78th session of UN General Assembly opens

The 78th session of the UN General Assembly was declared open on Tuesday by new General Assembly President Dennis Francis. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in his opening remarks read on his behalf by his deputy, Amina Mohammed, warned of a world of deep challenge and division that is tes...

World,Back Page

India’s moon rover completes tasks, rendered to sleep mode

The rover of India's Moon Mission-3, or Chandrayaan-3, completed its assigned tasks and has been rendered to sleep mode by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the space agency said Saturday night.The spacecraft was launched on July 14 and the "Vikram" lander landed safely on...