Canton Fair Expands Global Partnerships to Promote Foreign Trade
GUANGZHOU, China, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — During the 131st Canton Fair, the China Foreign Trade Centre (CFTC) has signed cooperation agreements with the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and the Kuwait Chamber…
Emirates Steel expands to international markets
Abu Dhabi, Emirates Steel recorded a nearly 50% increase over the past two years in the number of its export markets in Europe, America, Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa. The expansion of Emirates Steel’s export footprint to…
Covid-19: WTO chief hails vaccines IP compromise
GENEVA, The World Trade Organization chief hailed a breakthrough between the EU, the United States, India and South Africa on waiving intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the compromise was a big step forward in a bid…
South African Medical Students Return From War-Torn Ukraine
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — South African medical students, who were evacuated from Ukraine, are now looking for ways to complete their studies. South African universities are discussing options for the students, some of whom are still shaken by the attacks…
Senior UN Official Urges Ethiopians to Find Path to Peace
The U.N. deputy secretary-general on Friday urged Ethiopians to cease fighting, rebuild trust and begin reconciliation, as the conflict in the country’s north continues to inflict unimaginable suffering on civilians. “For me, trust has been broken in Ethiopia,” Amina Mohammed…
Jota double inspires Liverpool to win over Leicester
Liverpool, Liverpool closed the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester City to nine points as Diogo Jota’s doubled earned Juergen Klopp’s side a 2-0 victory over Leicester City. After City’s 2-0 win over Brentford on Wednesday extended their advantage…
FAO calls on international community to mitigate drought situation in Africa
NAIROBI, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol has expressed concern over the ravaging drought in pastoralist inhabited areas of Northern Kenya and called on the international community to urgently make interventions to mitigate…
Netherlands: Stowaway smoked out of aircraft nose wheel arriving from South AFRICA
AMSTERDAM, Police in the Dutch city of Amsterdam discovered a stowaway hidden in the nose wheel of a cargo plane arriving from South Africa, a spokeswoman said Sunday. The unidentified man is believed to have slipped on board the plane before it left Johannesburg, Royal Dutch Military Police…