‘Why should we vote?’ India’s jute workers blame politicians for woes
Jute, one of India’s exports, is in a crisis. The vote of millions of industry workers in Bengal state is up for grabs.
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Jute, one of India’s exports, is in a crisis. The vote of millions of industry workers in Bengal state is up for grabs.
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Ministry of Commerce announced sanctions against Boeing and two other defense companies Monday for arms sales to Taiwan, on the day of Taiwan’s presidential inauguration.
A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran crashed in a remote part of the country yesterday, according to state media. The helicopter — which was also carrying the foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian — has not yet been found.
When it turned six months old in mid-April, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway had moved 2.56 million passengers, made 7,050 trips and covered 1.26 million kilometres (783,000 miles), China’s state-owned Xinhua News Agency reported.
NEW YORK -- Super Hi International, the overseas operator of Chinese hot pot chain Haidilao, soared 46% above its opening price in the first hour of trading after it went public on the Nasdaq Friday morning.
Vietnam forfeited at least $2.5 billion in foreign aid over the last three years and may lose another $1 billion because of administrative paralysis, the United Nations, the World Bank and Western donors told the government in a letter seen by Reuters.
But security researchers suspect the true purpose of the warships’ presence is more closely linked to the training of Cambodian sailors – with a view towards future arms sales to the Southeast Asian nation – as well as establishing a military transit point for refuelling and replenishment.
Gone are the days when wine tasting was confined to local wineries or national borders.