COVID-19 by the numbers Over the weekend, New Mexico health officials reported 520 new COVID-19 cases: 275 on Saturday and 245 on Sunday. Santa Fe County had 16 new cases nine on Saturday and seven on Sunday. The state also announced 31 more deaths: 15 on Saturday and 16 on Sunday. These included two deaths from Santa Fe County: a man in his 70s who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions, and a man in his 60s who was hospitalized. As of yesterday, 192 people were hospitalized with COVID-19. On Friday, the New Mexico Corrections Department reported 191 new COVID-19 cases at the Lea County Correctional Facility, a surge contributing to that day s higher case counts. Corrections Public Information Officer Eric Harrison tells SFR the facility noticed an uptick in inmate cases on Feb. 11, when surveillance testing turned up 27 positive cases. At that point, the department began regular weekly surveillance of 100% of both staff and inmates an increase from prior surveillan
China keeps head high facing unprecedented challenges in its global rise
Wang Wen Published: Mar 01, 2021 05:48 PM
Illustration: Tang Tengfei/GTChina is facing a more complicated, difficult and diversified external environment for its rise than any other emerging powers in history since the modernization of humanity. International society today witnesses world historical seismic shifts: climate change and ecology, fierce competition between major powers and fragile national security in the digital era. Combined with external moral restraints on China s willingness for peaceful development, all are resonating with each other, setting a chain of obstacles for the nation s rise.
To begin with, China is the only global emerging power that has to care about the ecological variables since modern industrialization. Be it the era of colonial expansion or the industrial age, the West didn t have to pay extra development costs for destroying the ecology of other countries, nor for pol
(Business in Cameroon) - Eighty (80) billion CFA Francs. That is the total amount for the Douala Grand Mall & Business Park, a gigantic business, trade, and leisure center, whose first phase (already 50 billion FCFA invested) was recently completed in the economic capital of Cameroon.
In this interview, Mathurin Kamdem, the dreamer and determined patriot behind this project, gives details about its development, challenges faced, his opinion of the local business climate, and the role of the diaspora in the development of Cameroon.
Business in Cameroon: On December 17, 2020, Cameroon’s Prime Minister Joseph Dion Nguté inaugurated, on behalf of the President of the Republic, the Douala Grand Mall, which is considered as the largest shopping and leisure center in Central Africa. As its promoter, could you tell us more about this infrastructure?
Zarif reaffirmed that the Islamic Republic will continue its supports for Syria in various fields and in its efforts to ensure security and stability across Syria, the Xinhua news reported.The