The 2024 World Conference on the Development of Vocational and Technical Education will be held in Tianjin, northern China, from 20 to 22 November, the Chinese Ministry of Education announced…
China has secured more than $40bn in orders for its first dollar bond offering since 2021, as part of plans to support its struggling economy. The amount is 20 times…
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Ankara on Thursday to chair a meeting of the Qatari-Turkish Supreme Joint Strategic Committee with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,…
Negotiators at the United Nations climate change conference (COP29) in Azerbaijan warned on Thursday that money must be raised now to help the poorest countries cope with climate change, to…
Voting began this morning in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary elections, with polling stations opening across the country. More than 8,000 candidates are contesting the election, with more than 17 million eligible…
The body of one person was found near Brazil’s Supreme Court in the capital Brasilia after two explosions were heard and authorities evacuated the courthouse, officials said late on Wednesday.…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will inaugurate Peru’s Chancay mega-port on Thursday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima. Located about 80 kilometres from the Peruvian…
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) reported that the assembly of the Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft and the Long March-7Y9 carrier rocket was transferred vertically to the launch site on Wednesday,…
The Philippines is on alert and more than 28,000 people have been evacuated as of Wednesday due to Typhoons Toraji and Usagi, which have been battering the country since Monday.…
The Russian defence ministry said today that its forces had taken control of the town of Rovnopol in Donetsk province in eastern Ukraine and repelled attacks, while its air defences…