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Chinese firms are adapting to an ever-changing business environment as Central Asian leaders and citizens demand more local job creation, value-added industry, and opportunities for skills and advancement.

Bahrain welcomes foreign direct investment as a solution to its needs.

Former DR Congo health minister Eteni Longondo was detained on Friday over the alleged misappropriation of funds allocated to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, official sources said.

As U.S. military operations in Afghanistan drag on inconclusively, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Taliban insurgency is gaining ground. In the first six months of 2010, for example, there was a 31 percent rise in civilian casualties while

Washingtons persistent difficulties in Afghanistan are due to the Obama administrations mission creep. Within a matter of months, U.S. operations expanded from counterterrorism measures designed "to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda in Pakistan

“We take strong exception to the gratuitous and unwarranted comments made in the report on Pakistan’s judicial system,” said Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri. — APP/File ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the comments made against its judicial system in a latest US report, Pakistan on Tuesday made it clear that its courts were independently performing their functions in accordance with the Constitution. “We take strong exception to the gratuitous and unwarranted comments made in t...

July 24, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The US State Department has portrayed the judiciary of Pakistan in an extremely negative manner and stated that theoretically the country’s judicial system operates independently of the executive branch but the reality is quite different. In its latest report, ‘2021 Investment Climate Statements: Pakistan’, the State Department says, “Pakistan’s judiciary is influenced by the government and other stakeholders. The lower judiciary is influenced by the executiv...

SET up a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to reform the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC). So urged Pengerang MP and Deputy Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azalina Othman Said. Among others, Azalina said the RCI should look into breaking up the roles of the AGC to prevent internal conflicts of interest. It’s not the first call by Azalina on the matter. In February, she had made the same call for reforms to the appointment and functions of the attorney-general. “One crucial reform urgently required ...

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) had 13.7 percent, while liberal, Western-leaning grouping Democratic Bulgaria had 12.6 percent. The mostly ethnic Turkish-backed Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) had 10.6 percent, while Stand Up! Get Out! -- a new, center-left alliance launched by former Ombudsman Maya Manolova -- was at 5 percent. A pre-election survey by Gallup International showed ITN at 23.2 percent, ahead of GERB at 23 percent. Other polls forecast similar close results. Popular TV...

Partido reformista se perfila a la victoria en Moldavia Por CORNELIU RUSNAC y STEPHEN McGRATH, Associated Press July 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Una mujer emite su voto en una elección parlamentaria adelantada, el domingo 11 de julio de 2021, en la localidad de Nimoreni, Moldavia. (AP Foto/Aurel Obreja)Aurel Obreja/AP CHISINAU, Moldavia (AP) — Un partido promotor de reformas que desea una relación más estrecha con la Unión Europea parecía enfilarse el domingo a una clara mayoría en ...