Myanmar National Airlines (MNA), renamed from state-run Myanmar Airways, will lease 10 new Boeing aircrafts to modernize its services, a semi-official media reported Thursday.
Manchester attracts 40 major conferences in 2015, earning 92 mln USD for local economy
Egypt's foreign currency reserves might slide more as the North African country is set to pay back around two billion U.S dollars of its foreign debts this year, economic experts warned on Wednesday.
UN relief chief Valerie Amos will visit Lebanon from Wednesday to gather support for the Lebanese government in an effort to ease Syrian crisis' impact.
As the new Republican-led U.S. Congress is inaugurated on Tuesday, many U.S. experts predict that some political battles will be fought in 2015 between President Barack Obama and the Republican Party (GOP).
Both Beijing and Almaty are strong candidates who will have a good competition between them in the race for hosting the 2022 Winter Games, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday.
The famous Cunard shipping line is celebrating its 175th anniversary in May by sending its three ocean liners to Liverpool, the company's founding home before it moved to its current base in Southampton.
China's top disciplinary watchdog has hit the ground running in 2015, through measures that underscore its commitment to rooting out corruption.
A new guideline to rein in vehicle expenses for the central government is causing many officials to rethink their commutes.
Mexico's finance ministry said Friday that a 1.9-percent hike in fuel prices announced on Jan. 1 will be the last price increase for 2015.
As the world is entering the new year of 2015, global leaders, as a tradition, delivered their New Year speeches, voicing greeting messages with hope and confidence.
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff will be sworn in for a second four-year term Thursday in the capital city of Brasilia.
The revised Environmental Protection Law that takes effect on Thursday imposes more severe fines and even comes with the possibility of criminal charges against polluters.
China's recent economic data signaling slower growth have led some observers to warn of possible distress after more than three decades of breathtaking, double-digit growth.
Additional flights will operate to deal with increased passenger flow between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan for the Spring Festival, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
2014 is quite a year. The world economy has witnessed faltering growth in the euro area, plummeting oil prices, and flaring geopolitical tensions that posed unforeseen challenges to global recovery.
Croatia's incumbent President Ivo Josipovic maintained a slim lead in the first round of presidential election by winning 38.48 percent of the votes, compared with his rival Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic's 37.18 percent.