Forty migrants, including women and children, drowned after a boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia, Babnet Tunisie reported, citing the government of Mahdia Province. According to the outlet, the vessel overturned on the morning of 22 October. There were 70 passengers on board, of whom only 30 wereContinue Reading
FOR THE RECORDS: The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China concluded its fourth plenary session on Thursday in Beijing with a communique issued. The folloContinue Reading
Article co-authored by – H.E. JIANG Feng and H.E. YU Dunhai Development is an inalienable right of all countries, not a privilege of a few. Recently, Chinese Premier Li Qiang solemnly declared at the High-level Meeting on the Global Development Initiative hosted by China at the United Nations Headquarters thatContinue Reading
China has again overtaken the United States as Germany’s largest trading partner: in the first eight months of 2025, trade between Germany and China reached 163.4 billion euros, while Germany’s trade with the United States stood at 162.8 billion. Such data underscore changes in the structure of global trade: inContinue Reading
By Okoh Aihe Twenty-Four years after a seismic development in the telecommunications industry, the regulator said on Monday, that industry stakeholders can have a better experience only if they can adjust their understanding of modern telecom regulation whose products they were only too happy to put in the publicContinue Reading
China’s economy has demonstrated long-term stability and sustained growth, contributing certainty and positive momentum to the global economic landscape. Despite recent assertions that China’s “golden age” of investment and development has passed, and that opportunities are diminishing, the reality is markedly different. China remains a market of immense potential. AsContinue Reading
The Katsina State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has begun a three-day capacity building workshop for selected government officials in the state. The capacity building workshop, began in Katsina on Tuesday, with officials of the state’s Bureau of Statistics as beneficiaries. The workshop wasContinue Reading
Dutch brewer Heineken (HEIN.AS), opens new tab warned on Wednesday its 2025 beer sales would fall as macroeconomic challenges worsened, further downgrading its volume guidance from the previous quarter for which it was punished. The world’s No. 2 brewer and its rivals have been battling to restore lacklustre volumeContinue Reading
Morocco’s national team has won the FIFA U-20 World Cup for the first time, defeating Argentina 2–0 in the final. The news was announced by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) on its official website on 20 October. The Moroccan side claimed victory thanks to a brace from 20-year-oldContinue Reading
A US jury has ruled that French bank BNP Paribas aided the government of former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir in committing crimes against humanity, including genocide, by providing financial services that helped it evade sanctions, Reuters reported. A federal jury in Manhattan ordered BNP Paribas to pay a totalContinue Reading
