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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...
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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...
Tesla's Shanghai plant, the U.S. carmaker's first gigafactory outside the United States, delivered 947,000 vehicles in 2023, the company said on Wednesday in its production and deliveries report for 2023.The company said the figure was a 33 percent increase from the previous year. It added t...
A large-scale wind power project, standing at an average altitude of 4,650 meters and with a total installed capacity of 100 megawatts, commenced operation on Monday in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.According to CHN Energy Investment Group (CHN Energy), the group of 25 wind turbines...
China on Monday formally started its fifth national economic census.Some 2.1 million enumerators will go into businesses and communities to collect and register economic data in 1.16 million census areas over the next nearly four months, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).China'...
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his British counterpart David Cameron on Sunday exchanged views on the rising tension in the Red Sea as well as the conflict in Gaza.In a phone conversation, Amir-Abdollahian accused the United States and certain Western countries of applying dou...
As German companies are getting increasingly dissatisfied with their status quo, their scepticism over business prospects for the first half of 2024 has grown.The ifo Business Climate Index, which measures entrepreneurs' sentiments about the current business situation and their expectations for ...
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