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Nairobi , February 28: Kenya's Trade, Investment and Industry Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria wants China Square to stop operations in the Kenyan market, Kenya-based People Daily reported. The Kenyan Cabinet Secretary in a tweet said that he has put an offer to buy out the lease for the retailer currently trading at Unicity Mall along Thika Road and give...
Washington , February 28: The White House on Monday (local time) gave federal agencies 30 days to purge the Chinese-owned app TikTok from all government-issued devices. The directive comes after congressional legislation passed in December banned the popular video-sharing app from federal government devices and systems, amid concerns TikTok's parent company ByteDance could...
Washington , February 28: The US on Monday (local time) criticized Russia and China for not offering "firm condemnation" of the Ukraine conflict at the G20 ministerial meeting of Finance Ministers. At a US Department of State press briefing, spokesperson Ned Price said, "When it comes to the Peoples' Republic China (PRC), that's a question for the PRC - a...
Islamabad , February 28: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project that was commenced a decade ago was held as a harbinger of prosperity for Pakistan. However, seven years later, many projects under the CPEC still remain non-starters while some of those being operational have become liabilities and are incurring...
Balochistan , February 28: Children's education in Pakistan's Panjgur is adversely affected due to a lack of educational facilities. The education system is worst in rural areas of Panjgur, Pakistan vernacular media Intekhab Daily reported citing other reports. Panjgur is a small town in the Panjgur District of Balochistan. According to Intekhab Daily, the educational...
New Delhi , February 28: International Labour Organization (ILO) G20 Sherpa Richard Marc Samans, Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira and his Mauritius counterpart Alan Ganoo arrived in India on Tuesday to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting scheduled to be held on March 1-2. The ministers will also attend Raisina Dialogue 2023 in the...
HONG KONG-India’s Adani Group plans to prepay or repay share-backed loans worth between $690 million and $790 million by end of March this year, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as it seeks to burnish its credit profile after a short-seller attack. Adani Green Energy also plans to...
WASHINGTON: There is no definitive conclusion on the origin of COVID-19 and the intelligence community and the rest of the US government are still looking at this, the White House has said following a report that the Energy Department has concluded the virus most likely leaked from a lab in China....
The death toll rose to 62 in the migrant tragedy off Italy's southern coast after rescue crews recovered three more bodies Monday, driving home once again the desperate and dangerous boat crossings of people seeking to reach Europe. Dozens more were believed to be missing. At least seven of the dead were...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) told the Pakistan government to increase the interest rates during the recently concluded staff-level visit which urged the government to adopt an aggressive approach to curb inflation.   The IMF also questioned the Shehbaz Sharif-led government on what steps it has taken on their defence budget...