CHINA National Immigration Administration (NIA) will launch new services, such as online appointments and inquiries for foreigners’ visas and other relevant documents, on its service platform starting from Oct. 9.The platform’s new service menu would feature online appointments for applications for individual visas and other documents. It would offer online …
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AN economist and the former Director General of the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management, Prof Akpa Ekpo, has urged the federal government to take seriously the implementation of the currency swap agreement with the Peoples Bank of China to trim down reliance on dollars for trade. Ekpo …
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CHINA’s woven fabric, women suits, fake hairs and other goods valued at N1.4 trillion ($1.95 billion) were ferried to Nigerian ports in April, 2023 as several interventions by the government to revive the ailing local textile industry have failed. Findings by New Telegraph revealed that only $150 million goods were exported …
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India, with an estimated population of over 1.425 billion people, has become the most populated country in the world, Guinness World Records confirmed. According to new figures from the United Nations’ Population Division and quoted by Guinness World Records, India’s number of residents is estimated to be 1,425,775,850. In …
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China on Wednesday slammed a comedy company with a 14.7 million Yuan ($2.13million) penalty, accusing it of “harming society’’ after a military joke made by one of its comedians drew public criticism. The Beijing arm of China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism Bureau said it would fine Shanghai Xiaoguo Culture …
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China issued a sharply worded warning to the European Union on Monday against sanctioning Chinese companies that do business with Russia. “We urge the EU not to go on this wrong path. Otherwise, China will take firm actions to safeguard our legitimate and lawful rights and interests,” said Chinese Foreign …
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The Sudanese army says the UK, US, France and China have decided to be evacuating their diplomats and foreign nationals from Sudan. The Sudanese Army says they have agreed to facilitate the evacuation of those diplomats and nationals.
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China reported nearly 13,000 Covid-related deaths in hospitals between January 13 and 19, after a top health official said the vast majority of the population has already been infected by the virus. China a week earlier said nearly 60,000 people had died with Covid in hospitals as of January 12, …
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China announced Wednesday a nationwide loosening of Covid restrictions following protests against the hardline strategy that grew into calls for greater political freedoms. Anger over China’s zero-Covid policy, which involved mass lockdowns, constant testing and quarantines even for people who are not infected, stoked unrest not seen since the …
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Security services were out in force across China’s major cities Tuesday, which for the time being appeared to have quelled nationwide protests calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns. The country’s leadership faced a weekend of protests not seen in decades as anger over unrelenting lockdowns …
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