JAKARTA, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government plans to push its product diversification strategy as part of efforts to anticipate any economically negative impacts resulting from new tariffs ...

CAPE TOWN, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- The national minimum wage in South Africa will increase by about 4.4 percent to 28.79 rand (about 1.55 U.S. dollars) per hour, effective March 1, the Department of ...

Last year, Lithuania's State Border Guard Service intercepted 111,000 packs of illegal cigarettes from Latvia, while around half a million packs have already been detained this year. Earlier this week ...

Chong Tai Leung, an associate professor from the Chinese University of Hong Kong's Department of Economics, said that the recent performance of the Hong Kong property and stock markets has been good.

ABUJA -- At least 17 schoolchildren were buried Wednesday after a midnight fire ravaged their dormitory in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara late Tuesday, a local official said Wednesday.

HARARE, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe has recorded 44 confirmed cases of cholera since the latest outbreak started in November last year, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said Tuesday night.

Travelers departing through Uganda's 53 designated border points and Entebbe International Airport, the country's main international gateway, are being screened for the deadly viral hemorrhagic fever, ...

BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Zhao Leji held talks with Woo Won-shik, National Assembly Speaker of the Republic of Korea (ROK), in Beijing on Wednesday.

MOSCOW/KIEV, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Russia and Ukraine have swapped 300 prisoners of war in their latest swap mediated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Russian defense ministry said Wednesday. The ...

KAMPALA, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo told Xinhua on Wednesday that he will make his first marathon attempt in the London Marathon 2025 to be held in April.

The Uganda Cricket Cranes have been in Hong Kong, China since January 25, 2025, acclimatizing to the conditions and participating in a Tri-Series involving Bahrain and the host Hong Kong, China.

According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Wednesday, China saw a record 501 million domestic tourist trips during the 2025 Spring Festival holiday, up 5.9 percent year on year. Tourist ...