The upcoming meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump will go well, former US Ambassador to China Stapleton Roy predicted on Friday ahead of Xi’s upcoming visit, adding that they will both try to work for positive outcomes rather than poor outcome. He made the comments in an interview with […]
There needs to be more dialogues and face to face meetings between China and the US, so that they can expand common interests and manage disagreements, Gary Faye Locke, former US Ambassador to China told the People’s Daily in a recent interview. His statement came before Chinese President Xi Jinping starts his US trip on […]
Bill Gates, American business magnate, philanthropist and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently gave an exclusive interview to the People’s Daily out of his busy schedule before he licks off a Chinese visit. Q: Thank you very much for your time. I hear that you will visit China soon. The first time […]
China’s supply-side structural reform, priority in innovation and other efforts in economic transformation have provided foreign companies more business opportunities. UPM, a Finnish frontrunner of the new forest industry, is one of those companies betting on the promising Chinese market. In the past two decades, the company has invested a total of 2 billion dollars […]
Serbia is willing to further consolidate ties with China within the framework of “Belt and Road” initiative as well as the “16+1 cooperation”, Serbian President Tomislav Nikoli? told the People’s Daily in a recent interview, expressing a hope that he could visit China every year. Describing the Chinese visit as a call on old friend, […]
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation began consideration of a claim from the Ministry of Justice to liquidate the Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. The Court announced a recess, and the hearing will resume Thursday, April 6, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. The Witnesses had filed a counterclaim with the Court on March […]
Executives of MTN Ghana, led by the Chief Executive Officer Mr. Ebenezer Twum Asante, have embarked on a giant move by paying a courtesy call on the Vice President of Ghana, His Excellency, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The visit forms part of MTN’s engagement strategy to share with stakeholders the company’s business performance, contributions to national […]
Tanzania has regained its lost glory in world of music fame that has dwindled since the eighties. When the name of Tanzania is currently mentioned in international music circles the name of Ebrahim Makunja popularly known as kamanda Ras Makunja of FFU and his “The Ngoma Africa Band” aka FFU based in Germany cannot be […]
Introduction Water is ranked second to oxygen as essential element for life, more than half of the human body weight is made of water. This explains why it is very important for life on earth (Abane, 2005). Water is used in various aspects of our daily lives including cooking, generation of electricity, washing and many […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Wednesday assured Nigerians it has no plan to increase the pump price of petrol from the present pump price of N145 per litre. In a press statement signed by Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, Group General Manager, GPAD, the recent increase in bridging allowance to transporters from N6.20 to N7.20 […]
Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday hosted a regional workshop, organized by the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services in Africa (CISSA) to discuss the “Phenomenon of Mercenary, Foreign Terrorists Fighters and Negative NGOs and its Implications on Security and Stability in Africa.” Sudan’s Vice-President Hassabo Mohamed Abdul-Rahman, 27 representatives of CISSA countries as well as […]
Visiting World Bank Vice President for Africa Makhtar Diop urged here late Tuesday a consistent fiscal policy implementation for Ghana. This was key to ensuring longer term credibility of the country, explained Nana Akufo-Addo, who addressed the media after meetings with Ghana’s president. “What I see as the risk, is the risk that has been […]
The Zambian government on Monday dismissed reports that it already has had a decision on its membership to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as well as accusations that its public hearings on the matter was a waste of resources. Last month, the government started holding public hearings to get views from citizens on the country’s […]
South Sudanese rebels allied to former first Vice President Riek Machar on Monday vowed never to release again any foreign oil workers captured near the war-torn country’s northern oil fields. The Sudanese People’s Liberation Army-in opposition (SPLA-IO) spokesman William Deng Gatjiath said that they will no longer pardon any foreign oil workers captured again following […]
Rwandan refugees in various countries were Monday called on to voluntarily repatriate amid concerns of the looming deadline for the implementation of the cessation clause. Rwanda estimates that about 280,000 Rwandans could be still living as refugees across 20 countries in the world with the biggest number of them, close to 245,000, living in the […]
In a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump offered his full support to Russia in responding to an attack in St. Petersburg Metro, the White House said. Trump spoke with Putin to condemn the attack and expressed “his deepest condolences to the victims and their loved ones, […]
Poorly designed and archaic supply chains have undermined delivery of vaccines to populations at risk of contracting infectious diseases in developing world, said a new report published by the journal Vaccine and released in Nairobi on Monday. Researchers who compiled the report noted that in 2015 alone, an estimated 19.5 million infants globally missed vaccination […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing Tuesday afternoon for a state visit to Finland before travelling to Florida, the United States for the China-U.S. presidents’ meeting at Mar-a-Lago. At the invitation of President Sauli Niinisto of Finland and President Donald Trump of the United States, Xi is scheduled to visit Finland from April 4 to […]
South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday grilled former President Park Geun-hye, who in custody over corruption allegations. Park has been held in detention at a detention center outside Seoul since March 31 when a Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for the former leader. She was removed from office in a ruling on March 10 by […]
According to an April report from Ernst & Young, BMW, with an earnings before interest and taxes profit margin of 10 percent, and Daimler, with 8.4 percent, were the world’s most profitable car companies in 2016. The German companies were ahead of Toyota (7.8 percent), the world’s largest car company in terms of sales and […]
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