RAMALLAH (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said Sunday that more Palestinians were killed in conflicts in 2023 than in any other year since 1948.   &nb…

COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka slapped a new 18 percent value added tax (VAT) on fuel, mobile phones and computers from Monday to raise desperately needed revenue ahead of a foreign debt restruc…

BEIJING (Xinhua) - China's state-level economic and technological development zones have played an important role in high-quality development and the stability of foreign trade and inve…

Kathmandu: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said Udayapur Cement Factory is important for the whole country.     All should join hands to address the problems the Fa…

HANOI (Xinhua) -- As the Vietnamese economy still faces headwinds, the World Bank has suggested the country to extend the implementation of the economic support program 2022-2023 into next year …

CANBERRA (Xinhua) -- Australia's unemployment rate has risen to an 18-month high despite a surge in jobs growth.     The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Thursd…

PARIS (AFP) - Credit Agricole, one of France's biggest banks, announced Thursday it would no longer finance any new fossil fuel extraction projects, a day after delegates agreed the COP28 cl…

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Union reached an agreement on Thursday to reform the bloc's electricity market in a bid to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and stabilise consumer prices, the …

BUDAPEST (Xinhua) - The heavy snowfall that began Wednesday evening and continued overnight was still causing disruptions in central and western Hungary on Thursday afternoon.  &n…