Tag: Xinhua news agency
Over 5000 candidates registered for Libyan parliamentary polls
Tripoli, Dec 10 | Over 5000 candidates registered for Libyan parliamentary polls. The Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC) has announced that a total...
Thousands protest in Brussels against new Covid curbs
Brussels, Dec 6 | Thousands protest in Brussels against new Covid curbs. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Brussels to protest against...
B’desh earns nearly $20bn in exports in 5 months of current...
Dhaka, Dec 6 | B'desh earns nearly $20bn in exports in 5 months of current fiscal yr. Bangladesh's export earnings in the first five...
420 new military graduates deployed in Afghanistan
Kabul, Dec 6 | 420 new military graduates deployed in Afghanistan. A total of 420 newly graduated soldiers have been deployed in Afghanistan's northern...
UNHCR launches winter bazaar for refugees in Jordan
Amman, Dec 6 | UNHCR launches winter bazaar for refugees in Jordan. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has launched its 4th "With Refugees"...
Two 2500-year-old tombs uncovered in Egypt
Cairo, Dec 6 | Two 2500-year-old tombs uncovered in Egypt. A Spanish archaeological mission discovered two adjacent tombs in Egypt's Minya Governorate dating...
Malaysia reports 5551 new Covid cases 17 more deaths
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 4 | Malaysia reports 5551 new Covid cases 17 more deaths. Malaysia reported another 5,551 new Covid-19 infections as of midnight...
Canada’s Covid-19 cases surpass 1.8 mn
Ottawa, Dec 4 | Canada's Covid-19 cases surpass 1.8 mn. Canada reported 2,538 new Covid cases on Friday afternoon, raising the cumulative total to...
Brazil vaccinates 90% of target population with first Covid dose
Brasilia, Dec 3 | Brazil vaccinates 90% of target population with first Covid dose. Brazil has vaccinated 90 per cent of its target population...
Cambodian PM says eldest son Manet will be one of PM...
Phnom Penh, Dec 2 | Cambodian PM says eldest son Manet will be one of PM candidates after him. Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo...
S. Korea’s daily Covid-19 cases hit new high at 5266
Seoul, Dec 2 | S. Korea's daily Covid-19 cases hit new high at 5266. South Korea's daily number of Covid-19 cases hit a new...
Afghanistan’s GDP likely to drop 20% in one year: UN
United Nations (New York), Dec 2 | Afghanistan's GDP likely to drop 20% in one year: UN. Afghanistan's gross domestic product (GDP) likely will...
Complaints against insurance companies in China up in Q3
Beijing, Dec 2 | Complaints against insurance companies in China up in Q3. Complaints against insurance firms in China edged up in the third...
2nd case of Omicron variant confirmed in Belgium
Brussels, Dec 2 | 2nd case of Omicron variant confirmed in Belgium. Belgium has confirmed the second case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19,...
Poland allows journalists access to border area with Belarus
Warsaw, Dec 2 | Poland allows journalists access to border area with Belarus. The Polish government has announced that it will reopen a 3-kilometre...
Zimbabwean Prez announces fresh measures to curb new Covid-19 variant
Harare, Dec 1 | Zimbabwean Prez announces fresh measures to curb new Covid-19 variant. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a raft of...
Brazil reports first cases of Omicron variant
Rio De Janeiro, Dec 1 | Brazil reports first cases of Omicron variant. Brazil became the first Latin American country to report cases of...
New Zealand reports 134 new community cases of Covid-19 Delta variant
Wellington, Nov 30 | New Zealand reports 134 new community cases of Covid-19 Delta variant. New Zealand reported 134 new Delta variant cases of...
Gas explosion injures 18 in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Nov 29 | Gas explosion injures 18 in Uzbekistan. A gas explosion and subsequent fire from it injured 18 men in a workers'...
Republicans cement hold on legislatures in US battleground states
Washington, Nov 29 | Republicans cement hold on legislatures in US battleground states. Republicans are locking in newly gerrymandered maps for the legislatures in...
NZ moves to ‘traffic light’ Covid Protection Framework
Wellington, Nov 29 | NZ moves to 'traffic light' Covid Protection Framework. New Zealand moves to "traffic light" Covid-19 Protection Framework on Friday,...
Road accident leaves 3 killed 9 injured in Karachi
Islamabad, Nov 29 | Road accident leaves 3 killed 9 injured in Karachi. Three people were killed and nine others injured in a road...
Business
Verka milk to be costlier now
Chandigarh, May 21 | Punjab State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation Ltd (Milkfed), the state-owned milk procurement cooperative which owns the brand 'Verka', has increased...
