BEIJING: China urges the US side to heed the universal appeal of the international community, immediately and completely lift the sanctions and embargo against Cuba, and immediately stop making excuses to engage in gross interference and destabilization, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said here Wednesday. It is reported that on July 30, the US Treasury Department … Read more
NANJING: A designated rehabilitation hospital was put into service on Wednesday in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, for cured Covid-19 patients. The Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Lishui District in south Nanjing was transformed into this rehabilitation hospital within 24 hours after reconstruction work kicked off Monday. With 270 beds in place, … Read more
KABUL: A blast near the office of Afghanistan’s main security agency in Kabul wounded three people on Wednesday hours after a bomb and gun attack on a minister’s compound brought surging Taliban violence to the capital. At least two people were wounded in an explosion near defence facilities in Kabul National Directorate of Security, police … Read more
GAZA: Nearly 80 per cent of the population in Gaza live in complete darkness as per a recent study published by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Study posted on Xinhua News said electricity in Gaza is mostly available for eight hours a day only. “This problem is more threatening to the health … Read more
KUWAIT CITY: Chinese telecom giant Huawei launched its new Super Device products in Kuwait. These devices include the MatePad Tablet, MateView standalone monitor and MateBook Series, which offer the seamless integration brought by its Smart Office setup, said Jiang Guang’ao, general manager of Huawei’s Consumers BG Kuwait Representative Office during the Monday launching ceremony. Jiang … Read more
BERLIN: Germany has reached its government target of having 1 million electric vehicles on the roads, local media reported on Tuesday. “With one million electric cars on German roads, we have reached a decisive milestone,” German newspaper chain Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland quoted Peter Altmaier, federal minister for economic affairs and energy, as saying. “Our transport is … Read more
SHANGHAI: Shanghai exported 206,000 motor vehicles in the first half of 2021 (H1), up 1.65 times from the same period last year, Shanghai’s Customs said Tuesday. The total value increased to 20.64 billion yuan (about 3.19 billion US dollars), up 1.9 times year on year, said the customs, adding that the volume and value of … Read more
BEIJING: China’s manufacturing activity continued to expand in July as its economic recovery sustained momentum, official data showed Saturday. The purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for China’s manufacturing sector came in at 50.4 in July, edging down from 50.9 in June, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed. A reading above 50 indicates expansion, … Read more
BEIJING: China’s Mars rover Zhurong has reached an area with complex terrain, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration. After exploring a second dune, Zhurong moved southward and arrived at the area full of rocks, impact craters and dunes, said the administration. The ground control will complete … Read more
WASHINGTON: NASA and Boeing are targeting launch of the Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Friday. The launch was scheduled at 2:53 p.m. Eastern Day Time Friday from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, according to NASA. About 31 minutes after launch, Starliner will reach … Read more
Tropical Storm Bailu has killed two people in Philippines and Taiwan and now it hits south China coast. The storm made a second landfall in China’s Fujian province on Sunday with maximum winds weakening to 90 kph (55 mph), the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. More than 48,000 people were evacuated before Typhoon Bailu made … Read more
