NW China County Exports Local Tea To Uzbekistan Via China-Europe Freight Train

XI’AN, Aug 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Xixiang County in north-west China’s Shaanxi Province, saw the departure of its first China-Europe freight train, as the cargo train left for Uzbekistan loaded with some 130 tonnes of local tea. The freight train left the county, Monday morning, and made a stop in the…

EU chiefs to visit Afghan evacuation centre in Spain

MADRID, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU’s two top officials will visit a reception centre in Spain on Saturday for Afghan refugees who worked for the bloc, Spain’s foreign minister said. Spain set up the centre at a military base at Torrejon de Ardoz to care for refugees who have…

Covid-19: North America surges as pandemic eases elsewhere

 PARIS, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Covid-19 pandemic continued to surge in North America this week even as it eased elsewhere. The average number of new daily cases stabilised globally at 643,100 although the pandemic has been gaining ground since mid-June largely due to the highly contagious Delta variant. The…

Bahrain To Assist In Evacuating Afghans To Other Countries

MANAMA, Aug 21 (NNN-BNA) – Bahrain will assist in transferring the Afghans fleeing their country to other nations, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday. Bahrain is closely following the domestic situation in Afghanistan, which is now under the control of the Taliban, the ministry said, adding that, it…

Almost 2,000 Foreigners, Refugees From Afghanistan Evacuated Through Uzbekistan

TASHKENT, Aug 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Uzbekistan has been cooperating with a number of countries, to evacuate their citizens from Afghanistan, and over the past few days, 1,982 people have been evacuated through Uzbekistan, Uzbek Foreign Ministry said yesterday. “Currently, joint efforts are being made with such states as Germany, Russia,…

Suicide Attack Kills Two Children, Injures Three In Pakistan’s Gwadar

ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (NNN-APP) – Two children were killed and three others, including a Chinese national, were injured in a suicide attack in Gwadar district of Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province yesterday, a Pakistani government official said. The Chinese embassy in Pakistan confirmed that a Chinese national was injured in the…

Imposing External Values On Afghanistan “Irresponsible”: Putin

MOSCOW, Aug 21 (NNN-TASS) – The imposition of external values on Afghanistan is an irresponsible policy, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, said, during a press conference yesterday, following talks with German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in Moscow. “It is necessary to end the irresponsible policy of imposing one’s external values from the…

Ismail Sabri Is Malaysia’s New Prime Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 (NNN-Bernama) — Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been appointed as Malaysia’s 9th Prime Minister. Ismail Sabri succeeds Muhyiddin Yassin, who resigned on Monday from the post, as he no longer commanded the majority support in Dewan Rakyat (lower house of Parliament). According to a statement from Istana…

APEC Trade Committee Calls On Members To Cooperate, Support Upcoming WTO MC12

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 (NNN-Bernama) — The APEC Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI) chair calls on member economies to step up cooperation in a bid to support the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the upcoming 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12), to be held from Nov 30-Dec 3 this year.\…

BNM’s International Reserves Rise To US$111.3 Bln As At Aug 13, 2021

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 (NNN-Bernama) — Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves rose to US$111.3 billion as at Aug 13, 2021 from US$111.1 bln as at July 30, 2021. In a statement today, the central bank said the reserves position is sufficient to finance 7.9 months of retained imports and…
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