Business & Economy

TEPCO Started Loading Nuclear Fuel Into Idle Reactor In Central Japan

TOKYO, Apr 16 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), yesterday started loading nuclear fuel into a reactor at an…

Singapore’s Maritime Container Throughput Up 10.7 Percent In Q1

SINGAPORE, Apr 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore’s maritime container throughput grew 10.7 percent year-on-year, in the first quarter of this year,…

Zimbabwe’s Gold-Backed Currency Surges Amid Market Skepticism

HARARE, Apr 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Zimbabwe’s newly launched gold-backed currency, known as the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), has hit the ground…

Woes Loom Over Expo 2025 Osaka, With Only One Year To Go

TOKYO, Apr 14 (NNN-NHK) – With one year to go until the opening of the Osaka Expo, preparations for the…

China-Laos Railway’s Int’l Passenger Service Launched For One Year

KUNMING, Apr 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese and Lao railway authorities, yesterday, launched one more pair of trains for the China-Laos…

Kristalina Georgieva To Serve Second Term As IMF Managing Director

WASHINGTON, Apr13 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), yesterday selected Kristalina Georgieva, to serve as…

Belarus, Azerbaijan To Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation

MINSK, Apr 13 (NNN-BelTA) – Belarusian Foreign Minister, Sergei Aleinik, and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Jeyhun Bayramov, reaffirmed their commitment yesterday,…

Singapore’s Economy Up 2.7 Percent In Q1

SINGAPORE, Apr 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Singapore economy grew by 2.7 percent year on year, in the first quarter of…

Cambodia’s Garment, Footwear, Travel Goods Export Up 20 Percent In Q1

PHNOM PENH, Apr 13 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia exported 2,941 million U.S. dollars worth of garment, footwear and travel products (GFTs)…

Maldives To Allow Settling Import Payments Using Chinese Currency

 MALÉ, Apr 12 (NNN-IPS) – Maldivian Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Mohamed Saeed, said that, Maldivians will soon have…