Vienna: Austria’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted for the sixth consecutive quarter in the July-to-September period, signaling the country’s continued recession. The GDP declined by 0.6 percent in real terms in the third quarter (Q3) compared …
HANOI: The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) announced Wednesday that the FIBA 3×3 World Tour is the world’s fastest-growing urban sport as the 2024 season was concluded in Hong Kong, China last month.
According to Namibia Press Agency, the …
HANOI: Vietnam posted a trade surplus of 16.46 billion U.S. dollars in the agro-forestry-fishery sector in the first 11 months of this year, surging 52.8 percent year on year, Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday, citing the Ministry of Agricultu…
HANOI: The 50th ASEAN Insurance Council (AIC) meeting was recently held in Brunei, bringing together leaders, regulators, and key stakeholders from across the ASEAN insurance and Islamic insurance industries, local media reported on Wednesday.
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BEIJING: China is intensifying its commitment to uphold the authority of its Constitution through a comprehensive legal review process, emphasizing the importance of constitutional oversight in the nation’s governance. As the country observes its 11th…
Hanoi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced the launch of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 mission slated for Wednesday has been rescheduled to Thursday. The space agency has attributed the decision to the detection of an a…
Washington: Burkinabe journalist Mariam Ouédraogo, representing the state daily Sidwaya, has been awarded the prestigious 32nd African Investigative Journalism Award-Mohamed Maïga. This accolade, named in honor of the late Malian journalist Mohamed Ma…
BEIJING: Sixteen Japan-born crested ibises, offspring of birds originally sent from China, have officially settled at Beijing Zoo on Wednesday after completing a month-long quarantine. These birds, a first-class national protected species, will now li…
Hanoi: Indonesia, through the local government of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province, is developing ecology-based whale shark tourism in Saleh Bay, located on Sumbawa Island, an official said on Wednesday.
According to Namibia Press Agency, Muslim, he…
Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 jolted Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture on Wednesday, the country’s weather agency said. The earthquake, which occurred at 7:11 p.m. local time, was felt in parts of Tokyo, causing mild tremors across…