Beijing: China’s foreign trade reached 36.02 trillion yuan (about 5 trillion US dollars) in the first 10 months of this year, representing a steady year-on-year growth of 5.2 percent, according to the latest customs data. The country’s exports reached 20.80 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.7 percent, while imports reached 15.22 trillion yuan, an increase … Read more
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Jolie speaks during a joint press conference on February 2, 2024. – Reuters Foreign Minister says Indian High Commissioner is among six diplomats expelled. He says he will not tolerate any diplomats who violate the Vienna Convention. “Some very serious red lines have been crossed,” McKay says. Days after a group … Read more
MOSCOW: The Russian interior ministry has placed six foreign journalists on its wanted list for illegally crossing the Russian frontier to report inside the Kursk region after a Ukrainian cross-border incursion, the TASS news agency reported on Thursday. Russia’s FSB security service said last month it had opened criminal cases against several of the journalists, who include a … Read more
In the world of football, it’s not unusual for players to have strong opinions on the coaching staff. But when it comes to William Troost-Ekong, captain of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, his sentiments are particularly noteworthy—and perhaps a tad humorous. The lively discussion around who should take the helm of the Nigerian national football team has … Read more
African governments have a penchant for spooking foreign multinationals operating in natural resource sectors, especially in mining and oil and gas. Senegal, the newest entrant to the league of oil producers, is also the latest to unleash consternation. The government of new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has set up a commission to audit Senegal’s natural … Read more