CAIRO, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — Egypt is keen to facilitate measures and remove obstacles facing investors in order to attract investments into the country, Egyptian Trade Minister Tarek Qabil said on Sunday. According to Egypt’s official news agency, the Middle East News Agency, or MENA, the minister commented while meeting […]

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — China’s car ownership reached 190 million by the end of September, with total motor vehicles numbering 280 million, the Ministry of Public Security said Friday. The ministry’s traffic management bureau said in a statement that 6.18 million cars were newly registered in the third quarter, […]

DAMASCUS, Oct.14 (Xinhua) — Heavy airstrikes have been targeting the rebel-held areas in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo since midnight, a monitor group reported on Friday. The intense areal bombardment targeted the rebel-held neighborhoods of Bustan al-Qaser, Maysar, Tariq al-Bab, Karm Tahan and Masaken Hanano and other areas in eastern […]

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — Cross-border e-commerce is now playing a bigger role in China-Turkey economic ties as bilateral trade struggled with sluggish global growth and Turkey’s domestic turmoil. “We saw opportunities despite the crisis and expanded our business in Turkey while others adopted a wait-and-see approach, following a failed […]

BANGKOK, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — No terrorist threat has been detected in and around the Thai capital for the time being, said deputy police chief Pol Gen Srivarah Rangsipramanakul on Friday. Police have thoroughly searched for possible clandestine plots to plant bombs at any spot in Bangkok and its outlying […]

ISTANBUL, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday signed an agreement on piping Russian natural gas to Turkey and possibly Europe following a meeting in Istanbul. “I strongly believe that the normalization process between Turkey and Russia will continue,” Erdogan […]

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — Oil prices climbed on Monday as Russia said it was ready to curb crude output. The West Texas Intermediate for November delivery added 1.54 U.S. dollars to settle at 51.35 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for […]

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that more than 32,000 people were fleeing Kunduz, a city in north Afghanistan, where fighting between armed groups and government forces entered its eight day on Monday. Initial reports indicate that over 32,400 […]

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — At least 1.4 million people need assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters here on Monday. Ban said the hurricane has completely destroyed some towns and villages in Haiti and may also lead to an increase in the […]

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — The U.S. dollar climbed against most major currencies on Monday as investors were digesting the latest information from Sunday’s U.S. presidential debate. In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.1139 dollars from 1.1173 dollars, while the dollar bought 103.69 Japanese yen, higher […]