According to official data, outbound investment into manufacturing and information transmission sectors continued to grow. The manufacturing sector attracted $7.2 billion in the first five months, up 11.8% year-on-year. Investment by China’s local enterprises reached $32.75 billion, up 3.8% from a year earlier and accounting for over 75% of the …
Read More »Pyongyang must be ready for ‘both dialogue & confrontation’ with US, N. Korea’s Kim says
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un provided a “detailed analysis” of Joe Biden’s administration during a plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party’s central committee, state-run KCNA reported on Friday. Kim “clarified appropriate strategic and tactical counteraction and the direction of activities to be maintained in the relations with the US …
Read More »‘Taking some personal time’: Naomi Osaka will MISS Wimbledon to continue mental health break – but WILL play at Olympics
Osaka, 23, withdrew from the French Open in May after triggering a row with organizers when she refused to conduct her media duties after matches, citing the toll it took on her mental health. Threatened with fines and potential expulsion, Osaka opted to walk away from the tournament after the …
Read More »ENTIRE Portland rapid response unit dealing with protest violence RESIGNS after member indicted
The Police Bureau’s Rapid Response Team self-imploded on Wednesday, after around 50 police officers, detectives, and sergeant members of the squad voted to leave it, Acting Portland Police Chief Chris David confirmed on Thursday. “They’re not feeling like that sacrifice that they have made, necessarily, has been understood very well, …
Read More »760,000 South Koreans to receive Pfizer & AstraZeneca jab mix due to supply delays
Seoul made the decision due to a delayed shipment of 835,000 AstraZeneca doses that was expected by the end of the month. Officials had hoped to use the jabs as a second shot for around 760,000 health and frontline workers who had already received their first dose in April. With …
Read More »WATCH: Smiling Ukraine star Yarmolenko makes light of Ronaldo and Pogba sponsor snub by moving bottles CLOSER in press conference
One of the subplots to this summer’s Euros has been the sponsorship snubs by the likes of Ronaldo and Pogba, after the Portugal icon implored people to drink water rather than Coke and the French midfielder appeared nonplussed at a bottle of Heineken being placed in front of him, despite …
Read More »Total shutdown of brothels in German region ‘no longer constitutional,’ court says, allowing red-light district to reopen
The High Administrative Court of Baden-Wurttemberg ruled that brothels can once again open their doors on Monday following a request filed by a brothel operator from the Karlsruhe region. According to the description of the case on the court’s website, the plaintiff argued that the coronavirus-related ban on the operation …
Read More »Twitter India’s head called in for police questioning over refusal to remove video ‘inciting communal violence’ – reports
Manish Maheshwari, Twitter India’s managing director, was given one week to provide an in-person statement at a police station in Ghaziabad’s Loni district, according to a notice obtained by local media. He was asked to answer for controversial footage showing the beating of an elderly Muslim man earlier this month, …
Read More »The 15-year race for the Moon has just kicked off
On Wednesday, Chinese and Russian officials jointly released their comprehensive roadmap towards the construction of the International Lunar Research Station. Having already signed a Memorandum of Understanding earlier this year, the two powers have now set out a 15-year plan to build a base on the Moon, a feat which …
Read More »‘It’s not zero, but it’s much less’: General Milley minimizes report of 1,900 lost & stolen military weapons
Testifying at a Senate committee hearing on Thursday, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff was asked about a recent Associated Press investigation, which claimed that at least 1,900 small arms had gone missing from military facilities during the previous decade. The weapons included rifles, shotguns, pistols, machine guns …
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