North Korea condemns Hitler Mein Kampf report
North Korea has blasted a report that its leader, Kim Jong-un, gave out copies of Adolf Hitler’s memoir Mein Kampf to officials on his birthday. The report said Kim Jong-un believed North Korea should draw More...
Kikwete cautions against ‘unemployed anger’
Tanzania has cautioned against the increasing rate of unemployment among youths in Africa. It has also predicted the occurrence of ‘’unemployment springs’’ that will cripple democratically-elected governments More...
Fire in China poultry plant kills dozens
A fire at a poultry processing plant in China has killed at least 119 people, officials say. Firefighters battle a fire at a factory in Wenzhou, China, in January 2013. A blaze at a poultry processing plant in northeast More...
China defends actions in maritime disputes
A senior Chinese general has rejected criticism over his country’s role in territorial disputes in the South and East China seas. China did not have a policy of foreign expansion, Gen Qi said Gen Qi Jianguo, More...
Xi ‘no reformer’ – Tiananmen group
Relatives of victims of the 1989 Tiananmen killings have criticised Chinese President Xi Jinping for failing to initiate political reform. China’s president Xi Jinping The open letter, from the Tiananmen Mothers More...
Dar es Salaam water supply set to improve significantly
Water supply in Dar es Salaam is expected to increase by 50 per cent after completion of a project involving laying down a water pipe with the width of 1,800 millimetres between lower Ruvu and Ardhi University, More...
China to buy US pork firm for $4.7bn
The biggest pork firms in China and the US plan to join forces in a $4.7bn (£3.1bn) deal that aims to feed the world’s most populous country. Smithfield Foods is the world’s biggest producer of hogs China’s More...
Launch of the First Green Games
PARIS, France, May 29, 2013 – The Green Games were born out of necessity: the need to make young people aware of environmental problems. And what better way is there to attract the attention of children aged More...
OECD cuts eurozone growth forecasts
The OECD has again cut its growth forecasts for the eurozone and called on the European Central Bank to consider doing more to boost growth. The organisation said the eurozone will shrink by 0.6% this year, widening More...
Rescuers save a newborn from sewer pipe in China
Firefighters in China have rescued a newborn baby boy lodged inside a sewage pipe leading off a toilet. China rescuers save baby lodged in sewage pipe Residents of an apartment building in Jinhua city, Zhejiang More...
