Oslo: The Copenhagen Municipality has allocated 500,000 Danish kroner (74,000 U.S. dollars) to conduct a preliminary study on the feasibility of the city hosting the Olympic Games, national broadcaster DR reported on Monday.
The funds, included in th…
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing on Monday.
Xi asked Sanchez to convey his greetings to King Felipe VI. He pointed out that China and Spain celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establish…
Damascus: The death toll from the Israeli airstrikes on military sites in the city of Masyaf in Syria’s central province of Hama has risen to 18, including four civilians, according to updated reports.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported…
Hanoi: Government bond auctions in Vietnam raised nearly 45.3 trillion Vietnamese dong (1.8 billion U.S. dollars) in August, Vietnam News reported on Monday, citing the State Treasury.
The value marked a 24 percent increase month-on-month, said the r…
Beijing: Defender Liu Yang will miss China’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia with a recurring ankle injury.
Liu’s club Shandong Taishan announced in a statement on Monday that the left-back had suffered a recurrence of an injury to…
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves reached more than 20 billion U.S. dollars by the end of August, the latest central bank data showed.
The country’s foreign exchange reserves stood at 20.55 billion dollars on Aug. 29, the last working day…
Jakarta: Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, will start from Tuesday working at the newly built presidential palace in the country’s new capital Nusantara, an official said.
Presidential spokesperson Hasan Nasbi told local m…
Beijing: China on Monday initiated an anti-dumping probe into imported rapeseed from Canada, China’s Ministry of Commerce has said.
The move was made in accordance with Chinese law and in compliance with the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO…
Vientiane: Lao Minister of Education and Sports Phout Simmalavong has urged education departments to increase investment in education development to ensure that more people have access to quality education and that gaps in education between urban and …
Beijing: A collection of glass beads retrieved by China’s Chang’e-5 lunar mission revealed that the moon might have been geologically active as recently as 120 million years ago.
Lunar samples obtained prior to the mission indicated that the moon’s v…
WINDHOEK: President Nangolo Mbumba has warned that the integrity of traditional authorities is being put at risk by individuals aspiring to become chiefs and leaders , which has led to internal conflicts and leadership succession disputes . Opening th…
Manila: The number of active mpox cases in the Philippines has risen to 14 as the country detected six new cases, the Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) said Monday.
All new active cases carry the less severe strain clade II and no patient has d…
WINDHOEK: just – concluded electoral college of the ruling Swapo Party has confirmed that the party is undergoing a generational transition by gradually infusing young blood into its leadership structures and the list of party representatives at gover…
Opuwo: Opuwo Third Division Football League champions Golden Wolves extended their dominance by delivering a thrilling performance in the Kunene Regional Second Division Football League over the weekend , securing an automatic promotion spot alongside…
Haikou: China’s southernmost province of Hainan is recovering from the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yagi, with workers fixing damaged facilities and draining streets of floodwaters as airports in Sanya and Haikou have reopened.
Yagi, the strongest autu…
