Victoria falls: A total of nine Chinese cities were accredited as international wetland cities on Thursday during the opening of the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP15) held in Zimbabw…
Chitwan: The just-concluded fiscal year 2024-25 saw 11 people killed in Chitwan National Park of Nepal, the park said on Thursday.
According to Namibia Press Agency, information officer at the park, 11 people were killed and 41 others injured in att…
Kuwait city: Kuwait’s authorities announced Wednesday they confiscated nearly 4 million Captagon pills, with an estimated market value of 39.3 million U.S. dollars. In a statement posted on social media X, the country’s interior ministry said the drug…
Eenhana: The Eenhana Town Council has cleared its debt of over N.dollars 13 million with NamWater. Eenhana Mayor Omri-Onn Kavandje told Nampa on Thursday that this achievement marks a significant milestone in the council’s commitment to sound financia…
Beijing: A total of 190 million Chinese people are covered by long-term care insurance by the end of 2024, according to the National Healthcare Security Administration on Thursday.
According to Namibia Press Agency, the long-term care insurance fund…
South korea: South Korea’s chipmaker SK hynix achieved record-high earnings in the second quarter, driven by robust sales of memory chips utilized in generative artificial intelligence (AI) chipsets, the company announced on Thursday.
According to …
Shanghai: Chinese Premier Li Qiang will attend and address the opening ceremony of the 2025 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai on July 26, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Thursday.
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Hong kong: Hong Kong Hang Seng Index increased 0.51 percent on Thursday to close at 25,667.18 points.
According to Namibia Press Agency, the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index saw an increase of 0.18 percent, closing at 9,257.62 points. Meanwhile, t…
Brussels: The eyebrow-raising “daddy” remark by NATO’s chief has sparked widespread attention and exposed inconvenient truths: the lopsided relationship between the United States and Europe, and the deep-seated differences within NATO regarding milita…
Windhoek: It was a thrilling occasion at the Young African Football Club (FC) when the Namibia Football Association (NFA) officially granted a Confederation of African Football (CAF) license to the club to participate in the CAF Confederation Cup set …
Mexico city: Mexico has proposed to the United States an alternative to tariff hikes on Mexican products, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday. “We made a very concrete proposal, and they are analyzing it, and we hope this will help us resolve th…
New york: The UN Security Council will hold a closed-door meeting on Thailand-Cambodia border clashes on Friday.
According to Namibia Press Agency, the meeting, scheduled for 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) Friday, was reportedly requested by Cambodian Prime …
South korea: South Korea’s biggest automaker Hyundai Motor reported a double-digit decline in its second-quarter profit, attributing the fall to the negative impact of U.S. tariffs, despite achieving record-high revenue, as stated by the company on Th…
Dalian: Iron ore futures closed lower on Thursday during daytime trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE). The most active iron ore contract for September 2025 delivery saw a decrease of 4.5 yuan, approximately 63 U.S. cents, settling at 811 yua…
Beijing: Chinese stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rising by 0.65 percent to reach 3,605.73 points. The positive performance was mirrored by the Shenzhen Component Index, which closed with a 1.21 percent inc…
