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The Sri Lankan government will announce the country's debt restructuring strategy within this month, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said on Thursday.Siyambalapitiya said that the government will reduce taxes and reduce the debt-to-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio in the next...
The UN relief chief said on Wednesday his colleagues are ready to distribute aid supplies in Sudan but need firm commitments of protection from hostilities."We have a plan for where we would deploy," UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths told reporters in a b...
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Food inflation in the United Kingdom (UK) rose to 15.7 percent in the year to April, up from 15.0 percent in March, reaching the highest in the food category on record, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said on Tuesday.Fresh food inflation also accelerated in April to a record 17.8 percent, up fro...
Business
Chinese authorities have initiated a special campaign for 2023 to optimize business environment at key ports and further advance the facilitation of cross-border trade.The campaign, initiated by six government agencies including the General Administration of Customs, will last for five months in 17 ...
The United Nations has officially expressed to the United States the world body's concern over reported surveillance on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday."UN officially expressed to the host country its concern regarding recent reports that the communicat...
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The United States eavesdropped on conversations of the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other UN officials, according to a report by The Washington Post citing leaked classified intelligence documents the newspaper obtained.Guterres expressed to UN officials and world leaders hi...
The 12th China-ASEAN Mining Cooperation Forum and Exhibition will be held in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, from May 17 to 21, organizers said on Tuesday.Guangxi will take advantage of the event to expand exchanges and cooperation with Association of Southeas...
Global luxury brands are poised to unlock fresh business growth points and tap into the vast Chinese consumer market, as China's economy is showing a faster-than-expected recovery."2023 is a year full of hope after the peak of COVID in China and all the measures are in place to relaunch the...
Over 26,000 people have perished or gone missing while crossing the Mediterranean since 2014, the United Nations human rights office said on Thursday.It added that of them, more than 20,000 have died on the central Mediterranean route, which is considered one of the world's deadliest migration r...
At least 11 people were killed and more than 10 others injured in a stampede during ration distribution in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi of Sindh province on Friday, police and rescue officials said.Hundreds of people had gathered at a congested place outside a private factory to coll...
Chinese tech giant Huawei held its first Telecom Congress in Botswana from Tuesday to Friday, launching a series of network and data center solutions.The four-day event drew more than 400 representatives from the government, telecom operators, enterprises, and universities to experience the latest i...
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) announced that it discovered approximately 300 million tonnes of crude oil and natural gas reserves in China's Bohai Sea in 2022.The major reason for this record high is the discovery of two oil fields last year, namely Bozhong 19-2 and Bozhong...
China's progressive economic performance since the beginning of 2023 is a welcome development for the world and is positive for global growth, said a senior business professional attending the ongoing Boao Forum for Asia annual conference."Chinese economic data is definitely looking better ...
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus started delivering A321neo aircraft assembled at its Final Assembly Line Asia (FALA) facility in north China's Tianjin Friday.The first China-assembled A321neo aircraft was delivered to Shanghai-based Juneyao Air."The newly delivered A321neo aircraft is...
Oil prices declined on Thursday, snapping a three-day winning streak.The West Texas Intermediate for May delivery dropped 94 cents, or 1.33 percent, to settle at 69.96 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for May delivery lost 78 cents, or 1.02 percent, to close at ...
The China Development Forum (CDF) 2023 will take place offline at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing from March 25 to March 27.Themed "Economic Recovery: Opportunities and Cooperation," this year's CDF will focus on opportunities in the Chinese market, stabilization of global in...
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More than 600 new Australian species were discovered last year, government data has revealed.According to the latest Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS), which was published by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water on Monday, scientists named 626 new native spe...
China will cut the retail prices of gasoline and diesel from Saturday, based on the recent changes in international oil prices, the country's top economic planner said Friday.Gasoline and diesel prices will dip by 100 yuan (about 14.48 U.S. dollars) per tonne and 95 yuan per tonne, respectively,...
About five months after his election as general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Xi Jinping won his third term as Chinese president at the annual session of the national legislature, which concluded on Monday.At the first session of the 14th National People'...
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