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Chinese stocks closed mixed on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.96 percent, at 3,521.26 points.The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.09 percent higher at 14,150.57 points.The combined turnover of stocks covered by the two indices came in at 1.11 trillion yuan (about 173.85 ...
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India's COVID-19 tally rose to 36,317,927 on Thursday, as 247,417 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.This is the first day when more than 200,000 new cases were registered in a day in the country in over eig...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday cautioned and urged for preparedness against concurrent outbreaks of COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases during the coming spring.Dr. Maria van Kerkhove from the WHO's Health Emergencies Program, said at a press briefing that this could happen...
China's State Council on Wednesday rolled out a plan to facilitate the development of the digital economy in the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).The country aims to raise the proportion of the added value of core digital economy industries in its GDP to 10 percent in 2025, up from 7.8 per...
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India's COVID-19 tally rose to 35,707,727 on Monday, as 179,723 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, showed the health ministry's latest data.This is the fourth consecutive day when more than 100,000 new cases were registered in a day in the country.Besides, as many as 146 dea...
China secured a stable recovery and progressed in high-quality development in 2021.Now with the new year dawning, many experts believe that the world's second-largest economy will continue to seek greater synergy among global economies.According to the World Bank's prediction, China's re...
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The political problems facing the United States are structural and immediate, with even simple government tasks becoming "increasingly impossible" to carry out, an article published by The Guardian has said.Drawing a parallel between the eve of the first civil war in the United States and ...
The Saudi-led coalition carried out airstrikes on two military camps controlled by the Houthi militia in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Wednesday early morning, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.The airstrikes hit the 1st Division camp in the center of the capital and the Dhabwah camp in the south...
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Wednesday called the attacks on Iraqi military bases "absurd", stressing the end of combat mission of the U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq after their withdrawal from the country."Unfortunately, there are some absurd actions within the first...
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, which took effect on Saturday, will spur economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region as it opens up markets and counters protectionism, experts say.Consisting of 15 Asia-Pacific countries, the RCEP forms the world's largest free trade area. It is m...
At least seven Afghans died and 26 were wounded in multiple traffic accidents on Monday amid turbulent traffic conditions after heavy snowfall in the Asian country, local officials said on Tuesday. In northern Jawzjan province, one commuter was killed and 11 were wounded after two vehicles col...
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland, in actual use, topped the 1-trillion-yuan (156.85 billion U.S. dollars) mark in the first 11 months of 2021, surpassing the whole-year FDI in 2020 and affirming China's continued dominance as the top investment destination globally.Notab...
Authorities in south China's Hainan Province announced the plans of the 2022 China International Consumer Products Expo on Sunday during an activity upon the 100-day countdown to the expo.According to the Hainan provincial bureau of international economic development, the event will be held from...
Thirty-seven Houthi militants were killed on Saturday in a battle with the Yemeni army in Yemen's central province of Marib, government military source told Xinhua.The ground battle took place in the area of al-Balak al-Sharki in the government-controlled southern Marib, during which the army re...
Soon after midnight on New Year's Day, a freight train departed from south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for Vietnam, a member country of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).The RCEP -- the world's largest free trade deal -- came into force on Saturday.The X...
A Capitol police officer said that with the January 6 Capitol riot anniversary drawing near, he fears a violence repeat, U.S. broadcaster NPR reported on Thursday.U.S. Capitol Police Aquilino Gonell recalled his experience in the January 6 riot to NPR. Nearly one year later, he still cannot raise hi...
China will raise the retail prices of gasoline and diesel starting Saturday, the country's top economic planner said Friday.The prices of gasoline and diesel will go up by 140 yuan (about 21.96 U.S. dollars) per tonne and 135 yuan per tonne, respectively, according to the National Develop ment a...
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, the world's largest trade deal, will come into force Saturday. The RCEP agreement was signed among 15 participating countries in November 2020 after eight years of negotiation, which are ten ASEAN members and some of their ma...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in his message for the New Year, has urged everyone to strive for recovery that benefits people, the planet, and prosperity."The world welcomes 2022 with our hopes for the future being tested by deepening poverty and worsening inequality... an ...
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