The International Monetary Fund to consider Nigeria's request for $3.4 billion in emergency financing to combat the impact of the coronavirus./REUTERS. The International Monetary Fund on Frida
China's trade with Russia expanded by 3.4 percent year on year in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday. Trade volume between the two countries stood at 25.35
Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the central government agency responsible for Hong Kong affai
Guinea-Bissau on Monday received a second donation of medical supplies from the Chinese foundations of Jack Ma and Alibaba, the country's Secretary of State for Hospital Management Cornelia Aleluia
China's measures of redirecting international flights scheduled to arrive in its capital Beijing have been effective in curbing potential imported cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a
No new COVID-19 case has been recorded on Monday in Laos for eight consecutive days. Sixteen more suspected cases were tested negative, and the total number of COVID-1
Elective surgeries in Australia could resume within a month, health authorities said, after being banned amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth on Monday flagged
Revenues of China's centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) fell 11.8 percent year on year to 6 trillion yuan (about 857.14 billion U.S. dollars) during
Belarus is looking for the possibility of attracting external financial resources to fight the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Finance Minister Maxim Ermolovich told the country's parliam
Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday the registration of 493 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number to 5,862. The Spokesperson of the Health Ministry Mohammed Al
03:51 People have been told to stop working to avoid getting infected by COVID-19, but farmers must guarantee a sufficient food supply. Nil Puig, a farmer from Barcelona who secures th
Greece has launched a 7-year bond auction, taking advantage of an improvement in borrowing rates driven by massive European stimulus packages to address the impact of t
Saudi Arabia registered on Tuesday 435 new coronavirus cases and 8 deaths, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The total number of confirmed infections soared to 5,369 an
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and some other major oil producing countries on Thursday reached a tentative agreement to cut production to stop a market free-fall amid
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies led by Russia, known as OPEC+, reached on Thursday a tentative agreement to cut production t
The drop in global oil demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic is "unprecedented in modern times", far greater than that during the great recession of 2008-2009, said the
The third China International Import Expo (CIIE) plans to double the size of its medicine and medical equipment section from that of last year's event, and nearly 60 Fortune 500 companies and indu