US soldier dies after self-immolation, protesting Israeli raids on Gaza on February 28, 2024A U.S. Air Force member who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy here “in an apparent protest” against the Israeli raids on Gaza died in a hospital late Sunday. The airman was identified by police as 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell from San Antonio, Texas, and confirmed on active duty by an Air Force spokesperson […]
IMF chief says global economy shows positive momentum, warns of risks on February 4, 2024Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said Thursday that although the IMF raised the global growth forecast, there’s still a need “to be mindful of risks.” At a media roundtable at IMF headquarters in Washington D.C. on Thursday, the IMF chief said that with conflicts still going on between Russia and […]
China’s internet sector sees steady growth in 2023 on February 4, 2024China’s internet sector registered steady growth in business revenue and profits last year, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Major internet companies and related services companies saw their combined business revenue rise 6.8 percent year on year to total 1.75 trillion yuan (about 246.46 billion U.S. dollars) in 2023, the […]
US agricultural futures fall on February 4, 2024Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures fell across the board on Friday, led by soybeans. The most active corn contract for March delivery fell 4.5 cents, or 1.01 percent, to settle at 4.4275 U.S. dollars per bushel. March wheat lost 1.75 cents, or 0.29 percent, to settle at 5.9975 dollars per bushel. March soybean […]
Central conference on work relating to foreign affairs held in Beijing on December 29, 2023BEIJING: The Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs was held in Beijing from Wednesday to Thursday. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the conference and delivered an important address. Members of the Standing Committee […]
CPEC to be made an ‘exemplary project’: Xi on August 1, 2023Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that China will work with Pakistan to aim for high-standard, sustainable and livelihood-enhancing outcomes and further build the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into an exemplary project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation. Xi made the remarks in a congratulatory message to the decade of CPEC celebration event held […]
Philippines launches green lanes to lure foreign investors on July 14, 2023The Philippines on Thursday officially launched the “green lanes” to improve the country’s investment climate and boost the flow of foreign direct investments into the country. In February, Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos issued an executive order creating green lanes in government offices to facilitate materializing investments. “I am confident that the green lanes will […]
ADB approves $300m loan to Bangladesh on July 14, 2023The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday said it has approved a 300 million U.S. dollars loan to help achieve integrated and sustainable urban development to improve the livability of 88 municipalities, benefiting 7.6 million citizens in Bangladesh. The Manila-based bank said that the program “Improving Urban Governance and Infrastructure” aims to strengthen urban governance […]
China’s marine economy exceeds 9 trillion yuan on July 13, 2023The gross domestic product of China’s marine economy, which covers industries ranging from navigation and fishery to shipbuilding, exceeded 9 trillion yuan (1.25 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2022, according to the ministry of transport on Tuesday. The ministry released the data at a forum marking the 19th Maritime Day of China in Cangzhou City, north […]
China’s summer box office tops seven billion yuan on July 13, 2023China’s box office revenue for the summer movie season, which runs from June 1 to Aug. 31, has exceeded 7 billion yuan (about 975 million U.S. dollars) as of Wednesday. Data from box office tracker Maoyan shows that the country’s total summer box office earnings had amounted to 7.4 billion yuan thus far. The total […]