Aircraft wreckage found in search for missing Japan GSDF helicopter on April 8, 2023A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) helicopter carrying 10 people, including a lieutenant general, went missing on Thursday afternoon in waters off the southwestern prefecture of Okinawa, with what could be parts of the chopper later found in the sea. General Yasunori Morishita, chief of staff of the GSDF, told a press conference Thursday evening […]
Portugal establishes new agency for migration, asylum services on April 8, 2023Portugal’s Council of Ministers on Thursday approved the establishment of the Portuguese Agency for Minorities, Migrations and Asylum, which will replace the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) and the High Commission for Migrations. The agency will integrate the SEF structure with its 680 employees, and the process of renewing residence permits for foreigners in Portugal […]
China ready to issue joint call with France for political settlement of Ukraine crisis: Xi on April 7, 2023Chinese President Xi Jinping said China stands ready to join France in calling on the international community to avoid an escalation of the Ukraine crisis as China is committed to promoting peace talks and political settlement. Xi made the remarks at a joint press conference with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron after their talks in […]
China’s home appliance industry maintains steady growth on April 6, 2023China’s home appliance industry reported steady output growth in the first two months of the year, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. China’s output of refrigerators for home use rose 7.9 percent year on year to 13.21 million units during the January-February period, according to the data. The […]
Profits of S. Korea’s listed firms log double-digit fall in 2022 on April 5, 2023Profits of South Korea’s listed companies logged a double-digit fall last year due to rapid interest rate hikes to curb inflation and the local currency’s depreciation to the U.S. dollar, Yonhap news agency said Tuesday citing the bourse operator. Consolidated revenue of 604 listed firms on the benchmark KOSPI market, which closed the books in […]
Bank of China net profit up 5% in 2022 on April 2, 2023Bank of China (BOC), one of the country’s four big state-owned lenders, saw its net profit increase by 5.02 percent year on year in 2022. Last year, BOC raked in a total of 227.44 billion yuan (about 33.1 billion U.S. dollars) in net profit attributable to shareholders of its parent company, according to the bank’s […]
Nearly 300m tonnes of oil, gas reserves discovered in Bohai Sea in 2022 on April 1, 2023The 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 26-6. The latter is a massive […]
10 years on, BRI shares opportunities with world on March 30, 2023BOAO, Hainan, (Xinhua) — When Lin Guangming came to south China’s Hainan Province, he was fascinated by the massive opportunities presented by the fledgling free trade port and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Lin, an overseas Chinese with Singaporean citizenship, came to Hainan in 2020 and became the chief planner for the Yangpu Economic […]
China, N. Ireland to boost cooperation on new energy on March 30, 2023Officials and experts from China and Northern Ireland on Tuesday expressed their desire to boost cooperation on new energy innovation, amid such challenges as climate change and biodiversity loss. Green and low-carbon transformation is guiding countries as they upgrade their economic structures, Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom (UK) Zheng Zeguang said at the China-UK/Northern […]
Driverless cars ready for hire in suburban Beijing on March 28, 2023Driverless taxis are now available for hire in suburban Beijing, marking a new chapter in intelligent transport, China Daily reported Monday. Beijing earlier in March granted licenses to Chinese tech giant Baidu and autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai to run fully driverless robotaxi services, according to the news report. This is the first time that a […]