The European Commission is planning to impose increased duties of up to 38 per cent on imported Chinese electric vehicles from July, escalating a trade dispute that Brussels sees as part of an effort to protect EU-bloc manufacturers, the Voice of America (VOA) reported.
The recent motion passed by the Canadian House of Commons acknowledging Tibetan self-determination has left China surprised. The motion, proposed by Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, a Member of Parliament representing the Bloc Quebecois, gained unanimous support from attending MPs during Monday’s session.
India is set to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Oman in the first 100 days of the third term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who on Tuesday said that strategic ties between the two countries are destined to scale new heights and the matter figured in commerce minister Piyush Goyal’s review meeting.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, since the reign of The Founder King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud, until the reign of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has given the utmost attention and care to the Two Holy Mosques and the holy sites to accommodate the increasing numbers of the Hajj pilgrims, Umrah performers and visitors.
Hong Kong’s Security Bureau said on Wednesday it would use powers in a new national security law against six self-exiled activists residing in Britain, including cancelling their passports, after they fled the China-ruled city.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call a snap national legislative election following heavy losses to the far right in the European parliamentary polls widens the fissure in the bloc’s stance over its relationship with China, analysts said on Monday.
The Maldives is alleged to be grappling with a dire new menace: the infiltration of the lethal synthetic opioid ’’China White’’ or fentanyl-laced drugs. This highly potent substance, exceeding 900 times the strength of morphine, is leaving a trail of devastation and death in its wake.
As parties gear up for the Presidential and Parliamentary elections scheduled to be held later this year, it is learnt that an extensive popularity poll on all presidential candidates is being conducted by an international IT company who conducted a similar poll and predicted the victory of Narendra Modi at the just concluded Indian election.
The first assignment for India’s foreign policy under the historic third consecutive term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin at the meeting of the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) Foreign Ministers beginning in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod on Monday.