The Rand Merchant Bank/Bureau of Economic Research (RMB/BER) Business Confidence Index released on Wednesday showed that business confidence increased by 15 points to 50 in South Africa in the se
U.S. President Joe Biden leaves after an event at the South Court Auditorium at Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 7, 2021. /CFP U.S. President Joe Biden on
Aerial photo taken on June 6, 2021 shows mucilage, also known as "sea snot," in the Marmara Sea in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Osman Orsal/Xinhua) Turkey launched on Tuesday a campaign to remo
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that "hundreds of sanctions" against Iran will remain in place even if Washington and Tehran return to compliance with the nuclear deal."I would
A man wearing a protective mask walks in Moscow, Russia, on May 23, 2021. (Xinhua/Evgeny Sinitsyn) Russia registered 9,977 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the largest daily
00:58 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday visited Gangcha County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture during his inspection tour of northwest China's Qinghai Pro
A draft law on countering foreign sanctions was submitted Monday to the ongoing 29th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), Chi
At least 36 people were killed and 32 others injured in fresh tribal clashes in Sudan's South Darfur State, local authorities announced on Monday."A tribal clash broke out between tribal components a
China's foreign exchange reserves rose by 0.74 percent from the previous month at the end of May, 2021. /CFPChina's foreign exchange reserves expanded in May as the U.S
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday reaffirmed U.S. support to Kiev in a call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, an effort to reassure Ukraine ahead of the U.S.-Russia summit later thi
The U.S. Justice Department on Monday recovered some $2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline Co, after last month's hack of its systems that led to the shutdown of the East Co
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Aduhelm (aducanumab) on Monday for the treatment of Alzheimer's, the first new medicine against the disease in almost two decades and the first to
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks at a press conference in Moscow, December 23, 2016. /VCG Photo The Kremlin said Monday that despite over 90 U.S. sanctions against Russia throughout hist
People relax on a beach in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, on May 28, 2021. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua) Italy on Monday further relaxed COVID-19 restrictions in certain parts of the country b
Abdulla Shahid, Maldivian Foreign Minister and candidate for the presidency of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), addresses the UNGA informal interactive dialogue with the candid
Representatives from Ethiopian and Chinese side visit the workplace of Tana Beles No.1 sugar factory in Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, on June 6, 2021. (Xinhua) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy
Israeli politician Yair Lapid, the head of the Yesh Atid party speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on May 6, 2021. (Xinhua/Gil Cohen Magen) Israel's parliament will vote on approving