Brazil's new president Bolsonaro announc...
The Brazilian government of President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday announced its priorities for the first 100 days of administration. Onyx Lorenzoni, the president's chief of staff, made an announceme
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Brazil's new president Bolsonaro announc...
The Brazilian government of President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday announced its priorities for the first 100 days of administration. Onyx Lorenzoni, the president's chief of staff, made an announceme
Finland upgrades preventive measures aga...
The Finnish government has completed an action program to prevent criminality with immigration background. However, most of the fifty policy changes announced on Wednesday by the Finnish interior mi
China to further cut spending on officia...
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese central government will cut its general expenditures by 5 percent, and reduce spending on official overseas visits, official vehicles, and official hospitalit
News Analysis: Israel sees Lebanese new ...
by Keren Setton JERUSALEM, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Days after the new Lebanese government convened its first cabinet meeting, Israel sees its neighbor's new government formation with caution. Hezbollah, h
Russia to earmark 320 mln USD for touris...
MOSCOW, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Russian government said Monday it is planning to provide 21 billion rubles (320 million U.S. dollars) to enhance tourism infrastructure across the country for the next
Cameroon: Former senior official abducte...
YAOUNDE, March 20 (Xinhua) -- A former senior government official was kidnapped early Wednesday in Camroon's troubled English-speaking region of Northwest, local authorities said.Emmanuel Ngafeson Ba
Houthis push for military escalation in ...
ADEN, Yemen, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's government accused on Wednesday the Houthi rebels of pushing for a new escalation of armed confrontations in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah despite the ce
Longest gov't shutdown in U.S. history d...
As the partial government shutdown stretches into its 26th day Wednesday, the damage to the overall U.S. economy is piling up, with federal workers, business people, travelers and beyond badly affec
12 killed as clash erupts in Afghan west...
QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- A total of 12 people including 11 militants and one government soldier have been confirmed dead as clash erupted in Ab Kamari district of the western Badg
Fighting kills more than a dozen militan...
KABUL, March 25 (Xinhua) -- More than a dozen militants have been confirmed dead as government forces increased pressure on the armed opposition groups in Afghanistan, officials said Monday. In the l
Macao gov't extends concessions for two ...
MACAO, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The government of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Friday decided to authorize the applications submitted by two gaming operators to extend their respe
China lifts 2019 fiscal deficit target t...
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China lifts its fiscal deficit target to 2.8 percent of GDP for 2019, up by 0.2 percentage points compared with 2018, says a government work report. The report was availa
Japanese government report to say econom...
Japan's government is expected to keep its view of the economy as “recovering at a moderate pace” in its monthly report for March but not risks from overseas, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tu
Across China: Housekeeping helps women d...
A government campaign to train impoverished women in the housekeeping business has helped them dust off poverty in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Wu Limei, a resident of Guizhou's Yuelianghe To
Longest U.S. gov't shutdown inflicts wor...
As the partial government shutdown stretched to the second month, experts and lawmakers warned it would inflict far greater damage on U.S. economy than previously anticipated, and the longer the sta
Trump two years in: The dealmaker who ca...
Donald Trump was elected president partly by assuring the American people that “I alone can fix it.”But precisely two years into his presidency, the government is not simply broken — it is in crisis,
New Latvian gov't gets down to work on d...
RIGA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Latvia's new government under the leadership of Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins has started work on the 2019 budget, which has been delayed due to a protracted government fo
Palestinian president assigns long-time ...
RAMALLAH, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas officially assigned on Sunday his long-time adviser Mohammed Shtayyeh to form the new Palestinian government, the official Palestini
Albanian opposition organizes new anti-g...
TIRANA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Some 3,000 opposition protestors gathered in a new anti-government demonstration in front of Albania's Parliament on Thursday, calling for Prime Minister Edi Rama's step-
Motorcycle bomb kills 6, injures 26 in w...
ADEN, Yemen, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- A motorcycle rigged with explosives detonated at a public market in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Mocha on Monday evening, killing six civilians and injuring 26 others