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The European Union (EU) is to increase the share of renewable energy in the bloc’s overall energy consumption, under a deal reached between national capitals and the European Parliament on Thursday. The energy produced from wind, solar, and other sustainable sources will amount to 42.5 per cent of consumption by...

Chinese Premier Li Qiang Monday urged all parties to enhance consensus, strengthen cooperation and jointly promote the recovery of the world economy when meeting with representatives of overseas attendees to the China Development Forum 2023 in Beijing. The attendees included the heads of Fortune Global 500 companies, scholars and experts...

China and Honduras established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level on Sunday, right after Honduras decided to sever “diplomatic relations” with the Taiwan authorities. “The government of the Republic of Honduras recognizes that there is only one China in the world, the government of the People’s Republic of China is...

The UN 2023 Water Conference ended on Friday with the adoption of the Water Action Agenda, a “milestone” action plan containing almost 700 commitments to protect water, humanity’s most precious global common good. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister of Water Resources, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu led...

The Red Cross Society of China has decided to provide the Malawi Red Cross Society and the Mozambique Red Cross Society with $100,000 and $50,000 in cash, respectively, as emergency humanitarian assistance. The two African countries sustained heavy casualties and losses during deadly Cyclone Freddy, which has killed 507 people...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin jointly signed and released here on Tuesday the Joint Statement of the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination for the New Era at the Kremlin in Moscow. In the statement, the...

A 70-year-old woman died after her husband accidentally ran over her in a church parking lot in Sydney, Australia. The woman was dropped off at Castle Hill Baptist Church, where she led a bible study group, Mirror reports on Monday. The woman’s husband, who drove the car, was not injured...

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, March 17, 2023 (NAN) The Pre-Trial Chamber of the UN-backed International Criminal Court (ICC), on Friday issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin of Russia. ICC President, Piotr Hofmański, said that the arrest warrant is in connection with alleged war crimes concerning the deportation...

A police officer, Judas Chiloane, was killed in a sexcapade with his lover in a bush in Mpumalanga in South Africa. According to Harare on Thursday, the officer was shot twice in the back seat of his Ford Ranger bakkie while his lover was unharmed. The South African Police Service...