THE NETHERLANDS A ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II is held in The Hague on August 15 NEW ZEALAND Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces at a press conferen
A ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II is held in The Hague on August 15
NEW ZEALAND
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces at a press conference in Wellington on August 17 that the general election will be held on October 17, four weeks after the original schedule
UNITED STATES
Fire engines spray water onto a burning plastic plant in Grand Prairie, Texas, on August 19. A power line fell onto a storage area containing plastic sheeting and triggered the fire
RWANDA
Epidemic control workers disinfect a market in Kigali on August 17. Two major markets in the capital city were closed for a week due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in Nyarugenge District
CHILE
President Sebastian Pinera launches a public bidding for building the national 5G network at a ceremony in Santiago on August 17
INDONESIA
Medical workers celebrate the 75th anniversary of Independence Day at a temporary hospital in Surabaya on August 17
In February, when the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had started to affect production, construction and other economic activities, construction on the China-Laos Railway in Laos continued in ful
James Kimonyo, Rwandan Ambassador to China, is becoming an online star. He has found a new way to take diplomacy to the people by selling some of his country’s best-known products, including coffee an
The peace deal reached between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel on August 13 is a milestone in the relations between the Arab world and Israel. It also marks the start of a new era of pan-Ara
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The Fengyun-2H satellite is launched on a Long March-3A rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province, southwest China, on June 5, 2018 Professor Xu Jianmin is a proud man today
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The new semester starts at Wuhan High School in Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province in central China, with a ceremony on September 1. After recovering from the novel coronavirus disease, the city saw its
S&P Global Market Intelligence is anticipating an upsurge in green bonds from China, which was already the third largest issuer of the bonds in the fi rst half of the year, following the U.S. and Fran
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Every cloud has a silver lining, goes the old saying. For the exhibition industry in China amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the cloud itself has become a silver lining. Online e