Africa Focus: ECOWAS health experts meet in Accra on Ebola
Saudi Arabia is expected to receive more than 1.3 million foreign pilgrims this Hajj season, with majority from south Asian countries, Arab News reported on Tuesday.
The just-concluded visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Mongolia which shares a 4,710-km-long land border line with China highlighted China's keenness to make good relations with its neighbors.
Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Ulan Bator Thursday for a two-day state visit, the first trip of a Chinese head of state to the landlocked neighbor in 11 years.
The 15-member Southern African Development Community said Monday it will not impose travel ban on Ebola hit West African countries, as the international community taking measures against the spread of the deadly virus.
Russia's ban on agricultural products and food imports from the EU and other Western countries will encourage Lithuanian businesses to expand in new foreign markets, economists and officials suggest.
The African Union (AU) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are working closely to address the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus which has killed more than 1, 000 people since earlier this year.
Foreigners in possession of valid work or residence permit in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda will be given an East Africa Tourism visa valid for six months, authorities announced on Sunday.
The talks between the presidents of China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have sent signals that the two strategic partners will do more to build a stable and prosperous northeast Asia.
The global economy is poised to gain momentum this year with "two engines" of developing and developed countries working simultaneously.
The Chinese government announced on Thursday that poverty reduction and improvement of people's livelihood have been important objectives in its assistance to other developing nations in recent years.
Finance minister Lou Jiwei said China's contribution to the proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is open to adjustment, depending on how many countries join the project.
President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday developments of the Ukrainian crisis testified to Western countries' lasting attempts to contain Russia.
A top Palestinian diplomat in Australia said on Wednesday that Canberra would not be punished by trade sanctions from the Islamic countries if there are no more inflammatory words about the status of Jerusalem.
Vietnam and the Netherlands on Monday inked a series of documents aimed at boosting cooperation in the fields of agriculture and energy in Vietnam's capital Hanoi.
Thai military junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha on Wednesday instructed Thai ambassadors and consuls- general to explain to foreign countries reasons for staging the May 22 coup and the junta's roadmap leading to elections.
The World Bank on Tuesday lowered its projection for this year's global economic outlook, as developing countries are heading for "disappointing growth," while high-income countries are gaining momentum.
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