Katima mulilo: Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, has issued an ultimatum to councillors of the Katima Mulilo Town Council to provide an explanation for alleged governance and financial mismanagement by Friday, or face suspension…
Beijing: China has consistently ranked among countries with the lowest homicide rates globally, with the rate standing at 0.44 per 100,000 people in 2024, senior police officer Jiang Guoli said Wednesday at a press conference.
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Zhengzhou: Sugar futures closed higher Wednesday in daytime trading on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE). The most active sugar contract for September 2025 delivery gained 9 yuan (about 1.26 U.S. dollars) to close at 5,834 yuan per tonne.
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Beijing: Chinese stocks closed mixed on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index edging up 0.01 percent to settle at 3,582.3 points. In contrast, the Shenzhen Component Index experienced a decline, closing 0.37 percent lower at 11,059.04…
New york: Columbia University disciplined dozens of students Tuesday for participating in pro-Palestinian protests in the campus library before May finals and an encampment during the 2024 alumni weekend, as it seeks to restore federal funding. More t…
Kyiv: Ukraine lost a French-supplied Mirage 2000 fighter jet on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed early Wednesday. “Unfortunately, we lost our combat aircraft today, a French machine, a very effective one — one of our Mirage j…
Madrid: Atletico Madrid has confirmed an agreement to sign Spain Under-21 international right back Marc Pubill from second division side Almeria. Atletico will pay an initial 12 million euros for the defender who also won an Olympic gold medal at the …
Seram: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Seram, Indonesia at 0825 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter of the quake was identified at a depth of 10.0 km, located at 3.19 degrees south latitude…
Beijing: Laos has launched a project to strengthen its health system by building community capacity to better cope with the health impacts caused by climate change.
According to Namibia Press Agency, the project, kicked off on Tuesday, aims to stren…
Beijing: The number of major traffic accidents causing three or more deaths in each case has significantly declined during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) in China, a senior public security official said Wednesday.
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Beijing: China will tighten regulation and management of intelligent driving as the current intelligent driving systems installed in vehicles have not yet achieved true autonomous driving, an official with the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said We…
Beijing: Hong Kong’s stock market ended higher Wednesday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 1.62 percent to close at 25,538.07 points.
According to Namibia Press Agency, the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index rose 1.82 percent to end at 9,241.2 p…
Windhoek: The Office of the President has conferred an official funeral upon war veteran Lazarus Guiteb, who passed away in hospital in Windhoek on 15 July 2025 after two weeks of medical treatment. He was 82 years old.
According to Namibia Press Ag…
Beijing: Chinese police cracked 1.739 million telecom fraud cases and arrested 366,000 suspects, including 3,442 major financiers and core members of the crime groups, during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), senior police officer Jiang Guol…
Kharas: NamWater has announced a planned water supply shutdown that will impact all distribution lines served by the Omafo-Eenhana pipeline on Thursday. NamWater has announced a planned water supply shutdown that will impact all distribution lines ser…