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Alibaba reports 22 pct rise in quarterly revenue

China's e-commerce giant Alibaba on Friday reported a rosy quarterly revenue despite the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The group's revenue in the quarter e

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Urgent: COVID-19 cases surpass 90,000-mark in India, total deaths 2,872

The total number of COVID-19 cases surpassed the 90,000 mark, reaching 90,927 in India Sunday as the death toll stood at 2,872, according to official figures released by the country's federal health

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Huaxia Bank 2019 profit up 5 pct

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Huaxia Bank, a mid-sized Chinese lender, reported steady profit growth last year.The bank raked in 21.91 billion yuan (about 3 billion U.S. dollars) in net profits attri

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Chinese bank donates coronavirus medical supplies to Hungary

The China Construction Bank on Monday donated 20,000 protective masks to Hungary to help the country contain the spread of the coronavirus, according to a press release from the Chinese Embassy in Hu

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Nigeria post highest quarterly GDP growth in Q4 since recession

Nigeria’s economic growth rose to an annual rate of 2.55% in the three months to the end of December, its highest quarterly growth since a 2016 recession, the statistics office said on Monday.The

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New COVID-19 cases drop to 9 outside Hubei

China's daily new confirmed cases of COVID-19 outside Hubei Province, epicenter of the outbreak, dropped to nine on Monday, according to the National Health Commission

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ROK reports 2nd novel coronavirus death: Yonhap

The Republic of Korea (ROK) has registered a second death from the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19), Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.The first death of a COVID-19 patient in the ROK was a

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Ashraf Ghani wins Afghanistan's presidential elections: election commission

Afghanistan's election commission on Tuesday announced incumbent President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani as the winner of Sept. 28 presidential polls. His rival and chief executive of his National Unity Gove

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Ashraf Ghani wins Afghanistan's presidential elections: election commission

Afghanistan's election commission on Tuesday announced incumbent President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani as the winner of Sept. 28 presidential polls. His rival and chief executive of his National Unity Gove

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China's FDI inflow up 4 pct in January

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland expanded 4 percent year on year to 87.57 billion yuan in January, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed Monday. In U.S. dollar terms,

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China's gold reserves at 62.64 mln ounces by end-January

China's gold reserves stood at 62.64 million ounces at the end of January 2020, unchanged from that at the end of December 2019, central bank data showed Friday. Total

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China's factory activities fall in January

The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector stood at 50 in January, slightly down from 50.2 in December, the National Bureau of Statistics sai

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China's resident disposable income rises 5.8 pct in 2019

China's per capita disposable income stood at 30,733 yuan (4,461.95 U.S. dollars) in 2019, up 5.8 percent year on year in real terms, official data showed Friday. Separ

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China's appetite for foreign exchange expanded in February

China'sdeficitinforeignexchangetransactionsroseinFebruary,newfiguresshow.Forexpurchasesbybanksstoodat124.2billionUSdollarswhilesalesstoodat132.5billiondollars,a

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Spanish stock market rises 1.7 pct thanks to agreement over Greece

​Spanish stock market index Ibex-35 rose 1.7 percent on Monday to close to 11,224.20 points, up from the 11,036.10 points of Friday, thanks to the agreement reached by Greece and the creditors over its debt.