The Chinese government and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will jointly hold a training course on medical assistance and protection concerning chemical weapons from Oct. 13 to 19.
The announcement was made by Zhang Xi…
NamPower plans to move all its customers from the current post – paid billing system to a new pre – paid billing system to prevent local authorities from accumulating debt in electricity tariffs . The move will allow local authorities to manage their…
China’s non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) increased 12.4 percent year on year to 94.09 billion U.S. dollars in the first eight months of the year, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Thursday.
The data showed that Chinese compa…
Cambodian experts are currently engaged in the restoration of a 25-meter portion of the Angkor Thom temple’s laterite wall in the famed Angkor Archaeological Park, said an APSARA National Authority (ANA)’s news release on Thursday.
ANA technical off…
Blasts rocked the city of Starokostiantyniv in Ukraine’s western Khmelnytsky region on Thursday morning, said authorities.
Several blasts were heard in the city, which is home to a major military airfield, public broadcaster Suspilne reported, citin…
Thailand’s industrial output contracted in August due to decreased auto production, higher production costs and flooding in the north, official data showed on Thursday.
The manufacturing production index (MPI) fell 1.91 percent last month from a yea…
China holds the “most reasonable and promising views” on the international situation, global relations and the state of international community, Slovenia’s former President Danilo Turk said.
“China is one of the most important states in all aspects,…
Chinese stocks closed higher Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 3.61 percent to 3,000.95 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 4.44 percent higher at 8,916.65 points.
The combined turnover of stocks covered by the two in…
Japan launched an H2A rocket carrying an information-gathering satellite on Thursday after two postponements due to bad weather.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said the rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in the southwestern prefec…
Chinese scientists have realized the clinical cure of a type 1 diabetes patient by transplanting islet cells derived from chemically induced pluripotent stem cells (CiPSC-islets), according to clinical research published on Wednesday in the journal C…
The Afghan caretaker government’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation has inked four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with leading aid agencies to assist thousands of displaced and returnees in Afghanistan, the ministry said in a statement on We…
Both China and the European Union (EU) have clearly expressed political willingness to address disputes through consultations, China’s Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.
The remarks came from ministry spokesperson He Yongqian in response to a media…
A pair of giant pandas gifted by the central government to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of China arrived at the Hong Kong International Airport on Thursday morning.
The pair’s arrival is among the most anticipated celebratory …
The death toll from the record-breaking rainfall in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture last weekend has risen to 11 after three more deaths were confirmed on Wednesday, local media reported.
A woman was confirmed dead on Wednesday after being found near a …
The United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) says immunisation is an essential right of every Nigerian child in preventing life threatening diseases and infection.
Celine Lafoucriere, Chief UNICEF Field Officer, South-West, Nigeria, said this at a two…
