BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- China hopes that the European Union (EU) will take concrete steps as soon as possible to jointly advance consultations on a price commitment plan for Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
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NANJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Yang Kening, a former senior political advisor for southwest China's Sichuan Province, stood trial on Thursday for bribery and illegal possession of guns and ammunition.
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© Provided by Xinhua This photo taken on Dec. 8, 2024 shows thick smoke after an explosion in Damascus, Syria. Syrian armed opposition forces seized full control of Damascu
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport is set to celebrate its centenary on December 21, with the grand event will be inaugurated by Union Minister of Civil Aviation Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu. The landmark occasion will be attended by Murlidhar Mohol, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Cooperation; Prof Saugata Roy, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha); Vuml
TAIPEI, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A big fire broke out at a facility in the city of Taichung in central Taiwan on Thursday, leaving one person dead and two others in critical condition, according to local media.
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Attempts to eradicate differences are undermining economic prosperity in the bloc, the Russian leader has stated
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(241219) -- TAISHAN, Dec. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Researchers check meteorological data at Zhenhai Bay mangrove national wetland park in Taishan City, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 18, 2024.
Читать дальше...Washington, DC [US], December 19 (ANI): The Pentagon in its new report on Wednesday revealed that a widespread anticorruption campaign within the senior levels of the Chinese military and government is impeding its push to build up its military by 2027, CNN reported. While addressing a briefing on the China Military Power report, which is delivered to Congress annually and outlines China's military and security developmen
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GUIYANG, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A court in southwest China's Guizhou Province upheld the death sentence for Yu Huaying, a woman convicted of abducting and traffickin
GUIYANG, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A court in southwest China's Guizhou Province upheld the death sentence for Yu Huaying, a woman convicted of abducting and trafficking 17 children, in a second trial on Thursday.
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HONG KONG, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's stock market ended lower on Thursday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index down 0.56 percent to close at 19,752.51 points.
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TAIPEI, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A large fire broke out at an unfinished new factory in the city of Taichung on Thursday, reported local media in Taiwan.
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XI'AN, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Two millennia ago, China's ancient capital of Xi'an witnessed the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures as the starting point of the Silk Road. Today, this historic city remains a cultural nexus, bridging China with the rest of the world through its rich legacy and ongoing international engagements.
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© Provided by Xinhua Employees work at a workshop of an automobile enterprise in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 11, 2024. (Photo by Yuan Hongfu/Xinhua)
MANILA, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine central bank Thursday said it decided to cut its target reverse repurchase rate by 25 basis points to 5.75 percent and adjusted the interest rates on the overnight deposit and lending facilities to 5.25 percent and 6.25 percent, respectively.
Читать дальше...Kampala [Uganda], December 19 (ANI): The Chinese-backed Ugandan oil project, being developed by China's CNOOC, has been associated with human rights abuses. Rights organisations have accused local authorities of repression and forced evictions, while also highlighting issues such as sexual violence and environmental harm linked to the project, as reported by the Radio Free Asia. According to Radio Free Asia, the oil proje
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 19 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday highlighted that the Mahakumbh is "world's largest" religious and spiritual event and said that more footfall is expected this year. "It is the world's largest event from the social, religious and spiritual point of view. There was such a great arrangement in the Ardh Kumbh of 2019. The people from no
BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- After remaining largely unchanged for over a decade, China's recent monetary policy shift is expected to provide stronger support for economic growth in the coming year.
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© Provided by Xinhua A sojourner walks a dog at Tuguachong Village, Qujing City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 30, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Jingyi)
The United States' real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.1 percent in the third quarter of 2024, up from the previous estimate of 2.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported in its final estimate on Thursday.
Читать дальше...New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): India's solar equipment manufacturing capacity is poised for healthy growth over the next 2-3 years, entailing a capex of nearly Rs 1 lakh crore, asserted CareEdge Ratings. Of that Capex, an estimated debt funding of nearly Rs 70,000 crore is expected over the medium term, including investments in polysilicon and wafer capacities, the rating agency said in a report Thursday. India's r
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): The Federal Reserve's next steps on interest rates will be guided by economic data, according to a report by UBS. While the major global markets reacted negatively to the change in rate cut cycles by Fed for next year the report noted that Fed will continue to monitor the economic conditions and various data before taking any step. It said, "We believe the Fed remains data-dependent,
© Provided by Xinhua A tourist takes selfies in front of a celebration installation at the Border Gate in Macao, south China, Dec. 18, 2024. The streets of Macao have been
© Provided by Xinhua U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Nov. 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Hu Yousong)
STORY: Social cohesion and economic progress: insights from Indonesian expert on Macao's development
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