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Myanmar's National Defense and Security Council (NDSC) on Wednesday extended the state of emergency in the Southeast Asian country for six more months, the council's information team said.According to media report, Acting President U Myint Swe declared the extension of the state of...
Business
China major industrial firms saw their combined profits increase for a fifth straight month in December 2023, official data showed on Saturday. The profits of major industrial firms with annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan (about 2.8 million U.S. dollars) increased by 16.8...
Beijing Municipality plans to establish the "Beijing Service" brand to better boost a business-friendly environment in 2024, said the city's mayor Yin Yong when delivering a government work report at the annual session of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress on Sunday.Beijing wi...
World
Two people, including a two-year-old girl, were killed and 15 others injured after a passenger jeepney's brake failed, causing it to hit several vehicles in the Philippines' Laguna province, south of Manila, police said Saturday. The accident occurred past 5 p.m. local time on Friday in...
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The central bank of Bangladesh has set policies aimed at tackling challenges affecting the economy.The Bangladesh Bank (BB) said on Wednesday that the main objective of its strategic directives in the half-yearly monetary policy, spanning from January to June 2024, is centered on upholding a vi...
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a short-term spending bill that would extend government funding until March, a few hours after the bill was approved by the Senate, as funding for some federal agencies and programs is set to expire on Saturday.The lower chamber passed the measure...
Trade and investment remain essential for the continued recovery of the global economy, participants said at the 54th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting here this week."Without a free flow of trade, I don't think we can recover," Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the Worl...
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Wednesday forecast "robust" global oil demand growth of 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2025, backed by strong global economic recovery and "continued solid economic activity in China."OPEC predicted in its firs...
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The Houthi rebel group in Yemen has vowed strong retaliation against the United States and Britain for airstrikes carried out earlier on Friday in areas under their control.According to a statement from Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea, the American and British forces launched a "brutal ag...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks on Thursday with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi in the Egyptian capital of Cairo as he wraps up his Mideast tour over the ongoing Israeli escalation in the Gaza Strip.During the talks, Sisi updated Blinken with "the Egyptian efforts to co...
A surge in trade with China has helped drive South Australian exports to a record high. Data published by the state government on Friday revealed that the value of South Australia's exports hit 17.9 billion Australian dollars (12 billion U.S. dollars) in the year to the end of November 2023 - an...
Al Jazeera and News AgenciesChinese military officials have told their US counterparts that Beijing will “never compromise” on the issue of Taiwan, the self-ruled island that China claims as its own.The United States and China wrapped up two days of military talks in Washington, DC on Tu...
The death toll reached 203 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 9:00 a.m. local time on Wednesday, with 68 people unaccounted for, nine days after a series of strong quakes of up to 7.6 magnitude jolted the Noto region and its vicinity, according to local authorities. The prefe...
China maintained its grain purchase level at over 400 million tonnes last year despite disastrous weather conditions and ensured a stable grain market, according to a national work conference on food and strategic reserves that concluded Tuesday.China enjoys abundant grain reserve, with its stock-to...
China on Tuesday sent a new astronomical satellite into space to observe mysterious transient phenomena in the universe which flicker like fireworks, trying to reveal more about this violent and little-known side of the cosmos.The satellite named Einstein Probe (EP), which uses new X-ray detection t...
Guest speakers at the China Economic Roundtable hosted by Xinhua News Agency have reiterated that China will continue to improve its business environment in order to boost foreign investment confidence.Zhu Bing, director of the department of foreign investment administration of the Ministry of Comme...
As China beefs up efforts to expand institutional opening up and reduce restrictions on foreign investment, more opportunities will emerge for global investors to share in the dividends of China's development, experts said.In the third episode of the China Economic Roundtable hosted by Xinhua Ne...
China's State Council has released a guideline document specifying key reform measures to improve the budget system for the revenue generated from state capital operations.The guidelines outline detailed measures, aiming to put in place a comprehensive, optimized, smooth and effective budget sys...
At least 13 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air raid which targeted an inhabited house in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Saturday, Palestinian media reported. Most of the dead were women and children, and many others were injured in the airstrike, according to the officia...
A major earthquake on Monday rocked central Japan, prompting concerns over the safety of nuclear plants in the quake-affected region.A series of strong temblors, with a major one of preliminary 7.6 magnitude, hit the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture at a shallow depth on Monday. The Japan Meteo...
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