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GUANGZHOU, Nov. 6 (Xinhua/APP):German chemical giant BASF SE will invest in a new world-scale Neopentyl Glycol (NPG) plant with an annual production capacity of 80,000 tonnes at its Verbund site in the city of Zhanjiang, south China’s Guangdong Province. With the new NPG plant expected […]

Riffa, Bahrain, Nov 5 (AFP/APP):About 30,000 flag-waving worshippers joined an open-air mass held by Pope Francis in mainly Muslim Bahrain on Saturday, the highlight of his outreach mission to the Gulf. Some of the congregation had tears in their eyes as they waited to see […]

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 05 (APP):The United Nations can be proud of its accomplishments in peacekeeping operations around the world, Pakistan has told a UN panel, but stressed the need for examining the causes of mounting violence and hate speech against it’s peacekeepers. “We condemn attacks […]

Addis Ababa, Nov 4 (AFP/APP):Tigrayan authorities on Friday accused Ethiopia’s government of carrying out a drone strike on civilians, less than 48 hours after the warring parties signed a deal to end their bloody conflict. The breakthrough agreement sealed in South Africa has been hailed […]

Washington, Nov 4 (AFP/APP):The United States imposed sanctions on two top Haitian politicians, former Senate President Joseph Lambert and former senator Youri Latortue, accusing them of being longtime drug traffickers. The US Treasury said Lambert, who made a bid for the presidency last year, and […]

Washington/Mexico City, Nov 4 (AFP/APP):Shared among relatives and people they trust — that is how misinformation often moves among the estimated 34.5 million Americans of Hispanic origin eligible to vote in US midterm elections on November 8, experts say, with the specter of communism a […]

Kupiansk, Ukraine, Nov 4 (AFP/APP):From the rubble inside Kupiansk town hall, Olena salvages a chair, a screen: little was left when the Russians withdrew from this northeastern Ukrainian town, fuelling widespread allegations of systematic looting. On February 27, three days after the war began, Kupiansk […]

Washington, Nov 3 (AFP/APP): North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile is “illegal and destabilizing,” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday. Austin also branded the North’s actions “irresponsible and reckless” during a joint news conference at the Pentagon alongside his South Korean counterpart […]

Geneva, Nov 3 (AFP/APP):Negotiations underway to unblock exports of fertiliser from Russia have made “important steps forward”, one of the main United Nations negotiators said Thursday, acknowledging though there was still a way to go. Moscow has complained its grain and fertiliser exports continue to […]

Washington, Nov 2 (AFP/APP): A week out from the US midterm elections, Democrats stepped up their campaign offensive Wednesday, ringing alarm bells on right-wing threats to democracy and pushing President Joe Biden’s plans to tackle runaway inflation. Biden — who argues that a changing of […]