Jakarta, Indonesia – – AFP Chinese Premier Li Qiang has met Indonesia’s president for talks, agreeing to boost cooperation and trade including expanding imports from Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, Chinese state media reported. Li met with Joko Widodo in the Indonesian capital Jakarta after leaders’ summits this...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP More than 2,000 people marched in the government-held city of Sweida in southern Syria in an anti-regime protest movement that is getting stronger, an activist and a witness said. The protests in Sweida province, the heartland of the country’s Druze minority, began after President Bashar al-Assad’s gover...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India is set to host the G-20 summit in the capital New Delhi from Saturday. The summit will take place without Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Chinese president Xi Jinping. The summit will be held at the newly inaugurated Pragati Maidan conference center at the Bharat Mandapam culture corridor. At […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Extreme weather patterns being seen around the world are “just a sign of things to come,” the UN’s top climate official has warned. All these climate disasters, from droughts to wildfires and floods, serve as stark reminders of the urgent need for accelerated action, Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN […]...
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan’s central bank auctioned $16 million on Tuesday as the relative value of the U.S. currency has risen recently. According to the Afghan news agency Khaama Press, the central bank had put millions of dollars into the exchange to maintain and stabilize the value of the Afghan currency. The World Bank n...
In value terms, this amounts to $2.6 billion, in sharp contrast to the total of $29.32 billion in 2022 TEL AVIV, Israel – Israel has experienced a dramatic 60% drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first quarter of 2023 compared to quarterly averages in recent years. In value terms, these amounted to $2.6 […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The interim Taliban administration has invited foreign and domestic investors to invest in Afghanistan, pledging security across the country, tax cuts, and no bureaucratic red tape. Steps are being taken to develop a five-year comprehensive national economic strategy to boost Afghanistan’s war-torn economy and attract foreign ...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco said Wednesday that it plans to launch a green hydrogen project next year amid a growing global demand for clean energy. Green hydrogen is a sustainable and environmentally friendly form of energy produced through the electrolysis of water using renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power. In a [&he...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called Tuesday for measures to slow the birthrate in the Arab world’s most populous country, citing China’s one-child policy as an example. “We need 400,000 births per year,” said the leader of the country of 105 million inhabitants which recorded nearly ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Malaysia has said it is considering regulating the online digital platforms, including Meta and Google, to pay for news content in the Southeast Asian nation. Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said it is considering adopting regulatory frameworks similar to those implemented in Australia and Canada. Aust...
