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India: Good and Services Tax rates lowered on certain products

ByAPDWriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,October7(APD)--Toassistsmallandmediumbusinessesandexportersfromthedifficultiescausedbythenewlyimposedgoodsandservicestax(GST),

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UN chief asked to brief Security Council on Myanmar violence

Seven members of the United Nations Security Council, including the United States and Britain, on Friday asked UN chief Antonio Guterres to publicly brief the 15-member body next week on the violence in Myanmar that he has described as ethnic cleansing.

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UN chief asked to brief Security Council on Myanmar violence

SevenmembersoftheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil,includingtheUnitedStatesandBritain,onFridayaskedUNchiefAntonioGuterrestopubliclybriefthe15-memberbodynextweekonthe

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China's envoy says dialogue needed to resolve DPRK nuclear crisis

TheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea's(DPRK)nuclearissueshouldberesolvedthroughdialogue,saidChina'senvoy,ShiZhongjun,toUNorganisationsatanuclearagencymeetingonW

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DPRK rejects U.N. sanctions, warns U.S. of “greatest pain” ever

TheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)onTuesdayrejectedaU.N.SecurityCouncilresolutionimposingtoughersanctionsandsaidtheUnitedStateswouldsoonfacethe“greatest

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China urges DPRK to halt nuclear program after UN voting

China'sAmbassadortotheUnitedNationsLiuJieyiurgedtheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)to"takeseriouslytheexpectationsandwilloftheinternationalcommunity"toha

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Beijing agrees with UN response to DPRK nuclear test

ChineseForeignMinistryspokesmanGengShuangsaidBeijingagreeswiththeUNSecurityCouncil'sfurtherresponsestoPyongyang'ssixthnucleartest,hopingaconsensuscouldbereached

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UN chief raises concerns about DPRK crisis, says it the worst in years

UNSecretary-GeneralAntonioGuterres,inaninterviewpublishedSunday,saidtheshowdownoverthenuclearandmissileprogramsoftheDemocraticPeople’sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)wasth

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China posts remarkable poverty reduction achievements

Chinahasmadegreatprogressintermsofpovertyreduction,liftinganaverageof13.9millionpeopleoutofpovertyannuallybetween2013and2016,theStateCouncilsaidonTuesday.LiuYon

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China says sanctions against DPRK must be within framework of UNSC

hinasaidWednesdaysanctionsagainsttheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)mustbewithintheframeworkoftheUNSecurityCouncil.ForeignMinistrySpokespersonHuaChunying

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UN Security Council condemns DPRK missile launch

TheUNSecurityCouncilonTuesdaystronglycondemnedthelatestmissilelaunchbytheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK),demandingitimmediatelyceasesuchactions.Inastate

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UNSC adopts resolution in response to DPRK's two ICBM tests in July

The United Nations Security Council on Saturday unanimously adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution that aims to slash by a third the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's 3 billion U.S. dollars annual export revenue over Pyongyang's two intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests in July.

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China opposes DPRK missile launch

China opposes the missile launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said Tuesday.

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Chinese State Council appoints senior HK officials

China’sStateCouncilonWednesdayappointedkeyofficialstotheHongKongSpecialAdministrativeRegionbasedonnominationsmadebyChiefExecutive-electCarrieLam.SecretaryforJus

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China's social security fund reports 1.73% annual investment yield

China'ssocialsecurityfundhasannouncedinvestmentprofitsof31.94billionyuan(4.7billionUSdollars)lastyear,withtheannualinvestmentyieldstandingat1.73percent.Theannua

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UN Security Council strongly condemns terrorist attack in Manchester

Stronglycondemningthe“barbaricandcowardly”terroristattackinManchester,theUNSecurityCouncilhasstressedthatterrorismconstitutesoneofthemostseriousthreatstointerna

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UN Security Council strongly condemns most recent DPRK ballistic missile

The members of the UN Security Council on Monday strongly condemned the most recent ballistic missile launch conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Sunday.