Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Council President Charles Michel discussed the situation in Belarus in a phone call Tuesday. Putin expressed concern over
Preliminary results on Monday showed that incumbent Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko won the presidential elections, the country's central election commission said. Lukashenko won a sixth te
Cote d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara officially announced on Thursday his candidacy for the October presidential election. "I have decided to respond favorably to the call of my fellow citi
The government of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) expressed on Thursday strong opposition to the European Union's (EU) 2019 annual report on the Macao SAR, saying it contains basele
FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) speaks during an interview with Reuters in Berlin, Germany, February 19, 2020. /Reuters German Finance Mini
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that his country firmly supports China's efforts to safeguard national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. During a phone conversa
Mercedes-Benz (China) Ltd., Beijing Benz Automotive Co., and Fujian Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. have announced a recall of 668,954 vehicles from the Chinese market over oil leakage concerns. The recall
The China Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) reported a sharp rise in the Red Sea routes. The NCFI, reflecting freight rate changes of 21 routes departing from the Ningbo-Zhoushan port, sto
FILE PHOTO – The headquarters of the African Development Bank (AfDB) are pictured in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. /Reuters The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Saturday said it has approved 288.5 m
World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo said in an announcement published Thursday that he will step down at the end of August this year, before the end of his term. Azevedo i
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo intends to step down before his term ends in 2021, Bloomberg has reported citing four people familiar with the matter.
NASA has selected U.S. private space company SpaceX as the first commercial provider to deliver cargo, experiments and other supplies to the agency's Gateway in lunar orbit, according to a lates
China's foreign trade sector has the resilience and growth potential to weather the impact of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a national trade promotion agenc
178 more people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Israel, bringing the total number of the cases to 883 in the country on Saturday, according to the Ministr
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China is ramping up efforts to support the stable development of the epidemic-stricken ski industry and proceeding with preparations for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter
The White House said Monday it has cancelled this year's Easter Egg Roll amid the spread of coronavirus across the country. "The health and safety of all Americans must be the first priority, es
The New York Federal Reserve Bank will raise the amount of money it offers to banks for short-term funding to at least 100-150 billion U.S. dollars since Monday, as concerns over COVID-19 continued t