Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned a Ukrainian attack earlier in the day against an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea that led to the vessel’s explosion and a sailor’s death. The ministry said in a statement that the attack, carried out by the Ukrainian government, also leftContinue Reading
By our Correspondent The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe had along with Power industry stakeholders flagged off the Power Force Programme, a national initiative under the Presidential Metering Initiative to train 5,000 young Nigerians as certified meter installation technicians. According Tegbe, the initiative responds directly to one of theContinue Reading
The heads of state of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) will consider a decision on establishing co-operation between the organisation’s Secretariat and the African Union (AU) at the summit in Bishkek. This was announced by the organisation’s Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev at a meeting of the SCO Council of ForeignContinue Reading
Global Times The awarding of the Fields Medal to Chinese mathematicians Deng Yu and Wang Hong has drawn widespread attention both in China and abroad, with the news becoming one of the top trending topics on Chinese social media. The relevant topics such as “Wang is only 35 yearsContinue Reading
Global Times By a three-to-one margin, Americans are more likely to say that China, not the US, is more advanced when it comes to developing artificial intelligence, according to a Pew Research Centre survey. Released on Thursday, the survey was conducted in June and polled a total of 3,488Continue Reading
–– says expenditure controls prevented PEAC/PFIPC funds from becoming public spending By Our Correspondent The Budget Office of the Federation has declared that the said ₦1.3 billion appropriated by the National Assembly for the Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PEAC/PFIPC) never became public expenditure, asContinue Reading
by Xinhua writers Li Kun and Song Rui In the morning, Pakistani Muhammad Salman Nasir drives his China-made electric vehicle to the State Key Laboratory of Engines at Tianjin University in north China’s Tianjin Municipality. Nasir, 37, first came to China in 2017 to pursue his studies. Now, heContinue Reading
International benchmark Brent crude rose to the highest level in two months, reaching 100 U.S. dollars per barrel on Thursday morning after two Saudi oil tankers were hit in the Red Sea. Brent crude for September delivery climbed to 100.28 dollars per barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange, upContinue Reading
By our Correspondent Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has announced that over 57,094 women participating in the Nigeria for Women Program Scale-Up (NFWP-SU) have s so far collectively saved approximately ₦349 million across the three Local Government Areas of Katsina, Daura and Funtua. The Governor disclosed thisContinue Reading
CGTN Chinese authorities say that during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), the country has built the largest and the most comprehensive transportation infrastructure system in human history. Vice-Minister of Transport Xu Chengguang made the announcement on Tuesday at a press conference in Beijing. Xu said China invested 18.8Continue Reading
