JAKARTA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Group of 20 (G20) members has issued a joint commitment to ensure aid and support for poor and developing economies to assist their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The commitment came on Friday night from the two-day G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting held here, with Indonesia serving as the host country.
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Yutu-2 lunar rover of China's Chang'e-4 mission has discovered two macroscopic translucent glass globules during its exploration of the far side of the moon, which could potentially help reveal the moon's early impact history.
According to a study published in Science Bulletin, the Yutu-2 rover captured images of two translucent globules using its panoramic camera.
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's health authorities are rolling out sequential COVID-19 booster vaccinations following the approval of the State Council inter-agency task force for COVID-19 response, a health official said on Saturday.
According to the plan, people aged 18 and above who have received a full course of an inactivated vaccine can get a booster shot of a vaccine from one of several different technical lines, National Health Commission official Wu Liangyou said at a press conference.
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese anti-corruption agency is investigating a former boss of one of the country’s three major state-owned phone carriers.
Li Guohua, formerly general manager of China Unicom, is suspected of “severe violations of discipline and law,” the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a one-sentence statement Friday, using the official term for corruption.
MANILA, Feb 18 (NNN-PNA) – Authorities said, three Philippine Air Force soldiers died, after their car crashed into concrete barriers and burst into flames, early this morning, while travelling along a major highway in Metro Manila.
The Air Force said, four soldiers were in the car when the accident happened, shortly before 3:00 a.m. local time (1900 GMT). “The accident involved four Philippine Air Force personnel. Three were confirmed dead,” said a statement.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s labour market has regained momentum in the fourth quarter of last year, recording higher labour participation while labour demand picked up, said Chief Statistician Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin.
He said the positive development was made possible as businesses operated with full employment capacity in longer operation hours as well as schools and educational institutions were opened with the admission of students in stages during the quarter.
JAKARTA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Group of 20 (G20) meeting's host country Indonesia has urged finance leaders from the world's 20 top economies to push the issue of green bonds as part of a sustainable finance instrument to fight climate change.
Bank Indonesia's Governor Perry Warjiyo made the remarks on the second day of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting here on Friday.
BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- In seeking a political resolution of the Ukraine issue, nobody should put up a smokescreen of war and use it as leverage, or threaten others with sanctions and pressure, still less resort to the means of inciting bloc confrontation, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday.
BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The postponement of the election for chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was necessary, sensible and legitimate, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council said on Friday.
HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam earlier on Friday announced that the election, originally scheduled for March 27, would be postponed to May 8 due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 (NNN-Bernama) — The dairy farming industry in New Zealand’s Northland region which is increasingly becoming competitive and resilient provides great opportunities for Malaysian investors seeking to develop a dairy processing plant with local partners.
President of New Zealand Malaysia Business Association (NZMBA) Dave Ananth noted the Northland region has a large land area suitable for dairy farming, besides a subtropical climate that supports stock growth in winter and spring.
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