Asia

At the opening of the China-Africa Forum in Beijing on Thursday September 5, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a major announcement that over the next three years, the African continent will be able to count on China’s financial support. “China is Africa’s leading trading partner, with bilateral trade worth $167.8 …

Assimi Goïta, Mali’s transitional president, is planning to travel to the People’s Republic of China soon to take part in an event after visiting Russia. Assimi Goïta’s will be going to the Land of the Rising Sun to represent the Malian delegation taking part in a Forum. The Forum on …

Thai authorities said they have detected a case of mpox in a European who arrived from Africa last week and are awaiting test results to determine the strain, a disease control official said on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Thai authorities were treating the case as if it were the Clade 1 …

The UN castigated on Monday 19, August 19, “inadmissible” violence on Monday 19, which are generalized against humanitarian workers, including 280 were killed worldwide in 2023. An outburst of trivialized violence. “The normalization of violence against humanitarian workers and the fact that no one accounts are unacceptable, inadmissible and extremely …

China announced on Friday, August 16, that it was strengthening its controls on people and goods likely to have been in contact with mpox (or “monkey pox”), after the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert about the disease. Mpox, formerly known as monkey pox, is a viral disease that …

Nigerian government has accused a Chinese company of trying to seize its assets overseas, including presidential jets, a government spokesperson said on Thursday. Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd. is using “unorthodox means” to target Nigerian government property, despite having no contractual obligations with the …

American tech giant Google began rolling out an update to its Chrome browser on August 6 to fix several security flaws. Available in the coming days, or even weeks on Windows, Mac and Linux, it is important in terms of security. It fixes several security flaws. Google does not provide …

Torrential rains hit China on Monday, July 29, leaving at least 30 dead and 35 missing in a village in the center of the country, state television CCTV reported on Thursday, August 1. The town of Zixing, located some 1,500 km southwest of Beijing, had experienced record rainfall at the …

While the Gaza Strip is deprived of the internet due to Israeli bombing following the October 7 attacks, a hospital in the enclave benefits from humanitarian internet access thanks to Starlink, Elon Musk’s company. Starlink continues to expand around the world, especially when telecom networks are destroyed. Elon Musk has …

A study published in a scientific journal has revealed that lunar soil samples brought back by China’s Chang’e-5 space mission in 2020 contain traces of water. This statement testifies to the scientific importance of China’s space ambitions, which aim to send a manned mission to the Moon by 2030. According …