Shares of the highly indebted Chinese property developer Evergrande rebounded at the start of trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Tuesday following an announcement of the creation of a risk management committee to mitigate and eliminate future risks. “In view of the operational and financial challenges the Group is facing, the board of
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang said before international institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund that his country had «strong resilience» to continue its economic development at a time of slowdown in growth, state media said Tuesday. Xinhua news agency published Li’s statements from a Monday night virtual meeting with World Bank
China said Tuesday that the United States «will pay a price» after Washington announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in protest of human rights abuses in the country. «The United States will pay a price for its wrongdoing,» Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said, adding that Beijing had officially protested
Chilean health authorities on Monday announced the start of a campaign to provide Covid-19 vaccinations to all children ages 3-5, a measure that will benefit more than 700,000 minors nationwide. «This vaccine, besides protecting the children, also protects their parents, their mothers and fathers, and allows children to be able to play more safely, …
New York City, the US financial capital, will require that all workers in the private sector be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of December, the first measure of this type taken anywhere in the country, the move coming after the first cases of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus were detected in the
High public debt equivalent to nearly 60 percent of gross domestic product, a lack of good jobs and a financial crisis affecting the state power company are the main economic challenges facing the incoming Honduran government, which will take office on Jan. 27. The Central American country’s elevated level of internal and external debt, which
Italy on Monday strengthened its coronavirus containment measures with the new “super green” health pass, which further restricts access to activities for people who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19, in addition to increasing controls on public transport and shopping areas ahead of Christmas. The new certificate, which is available to people who have been
«If you go out onto the street and ask someone if they would prefer life or death, many choose death. Life in Gaza is hard,» says Palestinian psychiatrist Fadel Abuhin, whose clinic has seen a spike of patients since the deadly military escalation with Israel in May. It is not a new trend in the
The government of a restive northeast Indian state Monday sought the revocation of a controversial law that gives sweeping powers to security personnel for counter-insurgency operations, a day after soldiers allegedly killed 14 civilians in and after a botched anti-terror operation. The Indian government expressed regrets over the killing of civilians in Nagaland amid noisy
India’s ties with Russia were not directed against any nation, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said Monday, as New Delhi tries to balance its foreign policy amid growing hostility between Moscow and Washington. India and Russia will hold the annual high-level security talks in New Delhi as President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi to sign
Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison in the first verdicts of a series of charges she has been facing since February’s military coup. In a Naypyidaw court, 76-year-old Suu Kyi was sentenced to two years in jail for incitement and two years for violating Covid-19
Gambian president Adama Barrow has won re-election, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) reported on Sunday, as opponents protested the win. Barrow obtained 457,519 votes, while Ousainou Darboe, a lawyer and long-time opponent of former President Yahya Jammeh, came in second place with 238,253, followed by Mama Kandeh, a candidate backed by Jammeh, who obtained 105,902
At least three people were killed Sunday in Yangon in a crackdown by Myanmar’s military junta on a demonstration calling for a return of democracy, according to local media. Several dozens of people were involved in a flash mob protest across the streets of the former capital when the authorities began shooting indiscriminately on them,
At least 13 people have lost their lives after Indonesia’s Semeru volcanic eruption triggered a hot ash avalanche that engulfed nearby residential areas in the East Java province the day before, officials said Sunday. The National Disaster Management Agency said, in its latest update, that 41 people suffered burn injuries and were receiving treatment in
The Mexican capital hosted a carnival on Saturday of indigenous dancers in traditional costumes to mock the excesses by the Spanish invaders during the colonial era. Participants of the carnival danced their way through the Plaza de Taxcoaque in the center of the capital and marched towards the Zócalo, the main square of the central
At least 24 people lost their lives when a bus carrying passengers to a wedding fell off a bridge into the Enzíu River in central Kenya, authorities said. Fifteen of the dead are members of the same family who were going to attend a wedding of a couple aged over 70. EFE nbi-mrgz/ssk