The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this update do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. AT A GLANCE The agricultural and export price indices closed 1 percent and 6 percent higher, respectively, than reported in the last update prepared on December 1, 2022; the […]
Thousands of Chinese took to the streets to mark the New Year as authorities and state media sought to reassure the public that the COVID-19 outbreak sweeping across the country was under control and nearing its peak. Though many people in major cities have continued to isolate as the virus spreads through the population, New Year revelries appeared to […]
At least nine people including a 10-year-old boy suffocated to death as crowds rushing to see a New Year’s firework display got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping mall near Uganda’s capital, police said. People started pushing through a passage in the Freedom City Mall just after clocks struck midnight, police said. “Very many people got […]
Ukrainians cheered from their balconies while their air defences blasted Russian missiles and drones out of the sky in the first hours of 2023, as Moscow saw in the new year by attacking civilian targets across Ukraine. Ukraine’s Air Force command said it had destroyed 45 Iranian-made Shahed drones overnight — 32 of them on Sunday after midnight and […]
The World Archery Africa Executive Committee decided to entrust the organisation of the 13th African Archery Championships to Tunisia. The championships are to due to be held in November 2023. They are a qualifying event for Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Source: Tap News Agency
Tunisia will equip in the next four years 65,000 houses currently connected to the low-voltage power supply network with photovoltaic units. The annual electricity consumption of target houses ranges between 1,200 and 1,800 kilowatt hours (kWh). The government entrusted the implementation of the project, which is part of PROSOL ELEC Economique programme, to the National Agency for Energy Command […]
Six illegal crossings were thwarted on Saturday night by coast guards of the midland and Sahel districts, the spokesperson for the National Guard said on Sunday. A total of 108 undocumented migrants, including 94 of different nationalities, were rescued. The boats and marine engines were seized. Source: Tap News Agency
BEIJING, Dec. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — For more than a century, China has tirelessly pursued modernization — from “Revitalize China” to the “four modernizations” goal launched after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, referring to agriculture, industry, defense and science. Now modernization is no longer simply a dream for the Chinese […]
BEIJING, Dec. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — From medical professionals to delivery men and women, from community workers to next-door neighbors, ordinary Chinese people are doing their best and lending a hand to help others cope with the latest waves of COVID-19 infections in the country. With extraordinary efforts, China has prevailed over unprecedented difficulties and […]