Tax revenues in Mozambique totaled 100.7 billion meticals in the period from January to August, with just one third left to meet the target set out in the country’s Amended
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Sri Lanka yesterday to forge closer ties and help launch a USD1.4 billion port city project funded by his government. Xi, the first Chinese leader to
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to India this week highlights subtle shifts in the regional power dynamic that are bringing warmer ties between the two Asian giants, challenging China’s traditional relationship with
The Chinese exploration rig at the center of a tense maritime standoff with Vietnam earlier this year has made its first deep sea gas discovery in the politically volatile South
China has backed its envoy’s remarks on Hong Kong’s political reform, after China’s ambassador to Britain criticized the last colonial governor of Hong Kong in a British newspaper. “Britain has never
The Philippines’ most active volcano belched out huge lava fragments that rolled about a kilometer down its slope in an ongoing gentle eruption, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands of villagers,
A Taliban attacker detonated his car bomb next to an international military convoy yesterday, killing three troops from the NATO-led force and wounding nearly 20 troops and civilians, officials said. Security
The music publishers for American rapper Eminem filed a lawsuit yesterday against New Zealand’s ruling political party over the music it used in a campaign commercial. Detroit-based Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated
A group of militants attacked a Pakistan army post from neighboring Afghanistan yesterday morning, sparking a shootout that left 11 insurgents and three soldiers killed, the military said, as government warplanes killed
Police on the scenic resort island of Koh Tao in southern Thailand conducted a sweep of hotels and workers’ residences yesterday searching for clues into the slayings of two British tourists whose
The two sides in Scotland’s independence debate scrambled yesterday to convert undecided voters, with just two days to go until a referendum on separation. The pitch of the debate has grown
The Obama administration is ramping up its response to West Africa’s Ebola crisis, preparing to assign 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the afflicted region to supply medical and logistical support to overwhelmed
Ukraine’s parliament ratified an agreement to deepen economic and political ties with the European Union yesterday, and passed legislation to grant autonomy to the rebellious east as part of a peace
Workers from New York’s financial district - many of them draped in the American flag - have said they want to show life can go on. The air was still
A short statement Monday said the 62-year- old designer — one of the most famous names in fashion — would be concentrating on the lucrative world of haute couture and perfume
The North Korean women’s football team had more reasons than usual to kick off its Asian Games campaign with a commanding win. The participation of 150 North Korean athletes competing in
Spanish champion Atletico Madrid replaced Chelsea at the top of the AP Global Football 10 yesterday after beating Real Madrid 2-1 over the weekend at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Chelsea dropped
Former Barcelona football club directors, including ex-president Joan Laporta, are being sued over alleged financial losses following the team’s most successful season. The trial of Laporta and 16 other board officials
A member of FIFA’s financial monitoring panel has been stood down from duty while implicated in financial corruption. Canover Watson was questioned last month by police anti-corruption and financial crime units
China is now home to a quarter of the world’s diabetes sufferers. That amounts to more than 100 million people - nearly 12 percent of the population. And according to
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